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PURE parent company profits up 53 percent
20.06.2012 - Pure - United KingdomThe company that owns digital radio manufacturer PURE has reported an increase in profits of more than 50 percent.
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Finding the spectrum to power the wireless revolution
19.06.2012 - BelgiumNeelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Finding the spectrum to power the wireless revolution Spectrum Management Conference
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WDR information day
19.06.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - GermanyWDR will be holding an information day in July 2012 where topics such as the future of digital radio will be discussed.
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National commercial and public radio in The Netherlands to cooperate on DAB+
18.06.2012 - NetherlandsNPO and VCR have agreed to simultaneously roll out their DAB+ transmitter networks starting 1 September 2013. As a result, in those areas where DAB+ coverage will be available, listeners will have access to a large and diverse range of public and commercial radio stations.
RNT: The SNRL believes digital radio but is still looking business model
16.06.2012 - FranceEmmanuel Boutterin, estimated that terrestrial digital radio must be because you have to upgrade the media radio. This is experiment and find an economic model that allows the modernization of the radio and to the benefit of listeners. The IP model promoted by some, including the large business groups, a model is technically outdated.
Minimal impact to fleets predicted as uncertainty surrounds digital ...
14.06.2012 - United KingdomVolkswagen has joined Ford and Vauxhall by fitting digital radio (DAB.
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Concern for preservation of the airwaves
14.06.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - GermanyThe Media Commission of the State Media Authority of North Rhine-Westphalia (LfM) and the Broadcasting Board of WDR worry about that are neglected in the reallocation of radio frequencies for mobile communications, the interests of public broadcasting as a cultural asset to be high. The occasion is the at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) in Geneva in February 2012 made decision to give additional frequency capacity for the equitable use of radio and mobile phone free. The broadcasters have to make clear statements as soon as possible to the development perspectives of the digital terrestrial broadcast reception
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Voice of Russia begins broadcasts from London
14.06.2012 - United KingdomThe Russian radio company now locally produces on air content in London, broadcasted on the UK's Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) frequency. Broadcasting started on March 26,
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178 Prospects for French DAB
14.06.2012 - FranceThe call for tenders that was relaunched in April by the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel for terrestrial digital radio (DAB) in Paris, Marseille and Nice attracted 178 candidates.
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Vatican Radio: New Communications Strategies
13.06.2012 - ItalyThe 24-hour “Vatican Radio Live” channel has a strong audience on FM in the Rome area and on DAB and DAB+ in most of Italy, and encourages ongoing dialogue between life and culture in Italy and the Catholic Church in the country.
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