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France to Auction Digital Radio Licenses for 23 Cities
18.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Le Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel, the French broadcast industry authority, said that it plans to open a call for digital terrestrial licenses for France's next 20 biggest cities. This after relaunching its call for digital radio networks in Paris, ...
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Survey Proves Audience Knows What They Like, Pays Attention
18.05.2012 - United Kingdom
In the UK, for example, commercial radio broadcasters began to shun local origination and branding in 2008 when Global Radio acquired GCap and homogenized the Heart brand across much of the country. When media regulator OFCOM officially relaxed rules ...
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British radio listeners go digital
18.05.2012 - United Kingdom
A full 29.2 per cent of radio listening is now via digital devices. RAJAR said 22.1 million adults now have access to a DAB receiver, up 12 per cent year on year. Internet listening hit an all-time high with the population listening to 42 million hours ...
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Absolute Radio in tune with almost 3m listeners
18.05.2012 - United Kingdom
However, Absolute Radio Noughties saw its audience decline by 50% year-on-year to 84000. Absolute Radio noted that 77% of listeners now access its stations via digital platforms, such as DAB, considerably ahead of the industry average of 29.2%.
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Overview by the Carat Broadcast Team
18.05.2012 - United Kingdom
- 45% of the population tuned in via any Digital platform, including DAB & Digital TV – a record high. - 42.6% of UK adults now own a DAB radio at home – a record high. - 34% of 15-24's listen to the radio via their mobile phone each week – a record ...
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BBC Details Digital Olympics Coverage
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
There will also be extensive coverage on Radio 5, and a temporary 24 hour digital radio station, Radio 5 live Olympic Extra, will boost that further.
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RAJAR Q1 2012: Absolute Radio, Kiss and Smooth among the winners
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
A number of the digital-only stations performed strongly. Jazz FM had an average weekly reach of 564000 in the first three months of 2012, up 13.9% year on year and 10.2% when compared to the final three months of 2011.
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Absolute Radio grooves total of almost 3 million listeners
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Absolute Radio's total audience came within a whisker of 3 million listeners on the back of its new 60s and 70s digital stations – but there was a big drop for its noughties-themed offering. The Absolute Radio group of stations had a total average ...
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6 Music audience up 12%
17.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
Over half of all listeners are tuning into radio via digital platforms as over four in ten households have access to a DAB radio.
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Ofcom Reports on DAB Coverage Planning
17.05.2012 - United Kingdom
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom recently published a report on an approach to DAB coverage planning. The report is a technical feasibility study produced as part of the Coverage and Spectrum Planning work set out in the Digital Radio Action Plan (DRAP), ...
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