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Vauxhall van customers get DAB digital radio option
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Vauxhall has announced a DAB radio upgrade for its commercial vehicle customers, providing digital radio on all its van models.
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DAB SHOWS DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Weekly DAB reach is at an all time high of 15.3 million adults, up 10% from 13.9 million adults in Q3 2011.
Radio - the digital revolution begins
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
DAB, once more, is the clear market leader, with almost two-thirds (65.2%) of all listening to radio on a digital platform. The internet continues to be a tiny proportion of radio listening. Importantly, the latest figures show it is growing at the same rate as DAB, 7.6% (vs 7.7%) year-on-year.
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Record ratings for digital radio
25.10.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Overall, DAB radio accounted for 20% of all listening, up from 18% during the same period in 2011.
The Absolute Radio Network saw digital listening reach an all time high, with an audience of 2.28 million listeners - the largest digital audience of any commercial station over the past three months, and an increase of 1% on last year's figures.
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RAJAR Q3 2012: Digital
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
DAB radio is still the most popular device when it comes to listening to digital radio, accounting for 65.2% of all digital hours. Listening via DTV (digital television) is down 1.8%, however listening online has recorded an increase of 7.7% YoY. DAB hours are 209 million; DTV hours are 49 million; and online hours are 43 million.
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6 Music continues to grow on DAB
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK, says: “It is pleasing to see that DAB has reached record levels of hours, share and reach in this atypical Olympics quarter. Digital stations are showing strong growth in reach, with spoken word and music genre stations performing particularly well.”
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RAJAR Q3 2012: Agency views on digital plateauing and Bauer Media's success
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Digital radio growth has been increasing rapidly over the last few years.
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Norkring Places Second Contract for Harris Transmitters to Support Norway’s Transition to DAB Digital Radio
24.10.2012 - GatesAir WorldDAB Member - Norway![Norway Norway](/assets/flags/no-3a912b38df26cd2185f34aabbddedc01.gif)
Harris Broadcast Communications has received a second multi-million dollar Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) digital radio contract from Norwegian broadcast network operator Norkring to support the country’s continuing analog-to-digital radio broadcast transition. The contract represents the third phase of the network, and is an extension to the existing agreement to support the world’s largest DAB Digital Radio network.
Freescale and ALPS Announce Collaboration for Auto Infotainment
23.10.2012 - Japan![Japan Japan](/assets/flags/jp-9a5a4c1c7e45f0e4835c0a8711b2008d.gif)
Successful next-generation infotainment and telematics systems must go beyond connectivity for commonly used features like AM/FM and Bluetooth to also support onboard network connectivity with WLAN and digital radio (HD/DAB).
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Communications watchdog asks DBC to explain switch in programming
23.10.2012 - Hong Kong![Hong Kong Hong Kong](/assets/flags/hk-e78d5464dbe8be507fd2855dcd6177f0.gif)
The embattled Digital Broadcasting Corporation must answer to the communications watchdog after stopping scheduled broadcasts and playing non-stop music on all its stations from Sunday night.
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