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RAJAR Q4 2012: Digital

31.01.2013 - United Kingdom

Listening to radio via a digital platform has increased by 9% year-on-year, with 25.2 million people now tuning in via a digitally enabled receiver (DAB, DTV, Online) each week - up from 23.1 million in Q4, 2011.

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Online radio listening tops 50m hours

31.01.2013 - United Kingdom

Online digital radio listening hit 51m hours for the first time in the last quarter of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 43%.

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BBC 6 Music leads digital stations

31.01.2013 - United Kingdom

BBC 6 Music has overtaken Radio 4 Extra to become the leading digital-only station, Rajar audience figures show. The music station now has 1.9 million listeners a week - up 31% on last year.

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Mobile phone radio listening continues to rise according to latest Rajars

31.01.2013 - United Kingdom

The share of digital radio listening has grown to 33 per cent according to the latest RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2012, with mobile radio listening up by 28 per cent.

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Absolute Radio and Planet Rock on song despite sell-off plans

31.01.2013 - United Kingdom

Among the commercial digital-only stations, big year-on-year risers included Bauer Media's Heat, up 18.4% to 767,000, and Jazz FM, up 18.8% (but down 2.6% on the previous quarter) to 608,000.

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BBC 6Music is UK's most popular digital radio station

31.01.2013 - United Kingdom

“Digital radio continues to transform the way people listen to the radio and one third of all listening to digital platforms represents an important milestone,” Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK has said as the platform as a whole saw a rise of 14% in listeners.

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MDR Broadcasting is committed to digital radio

30.01.2013 - Germany

The MDR Broadcasting Council has agreed that DAB+ is the standard of choice for the future of terrestrial digital broadcasting.

(www.bayerndigitalradio.de) Read more

Opinion Barometer Digital Broadcasting in January 2013

30.01.2013 - Germany

The topics included in the latest Opinion Barometer Digital Broadcasting is the abolition of royalties and the ARD digital radio campaign that continues in 2103.

(www.barthelmarquardt.de) Read more