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More work needs to be done on DAB, says Vaizey
19.10.2011 - United Kingdom
More than 14 million digital radio sets have been sold in the UK and the medium currently accounts for more than a quarter of all radio listening. Vaizey said the industry was on course to hits its 50% target by the end of 2013 – with Government set to ...
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BBC to fund DAB rollout to 97% of UK population
19.10.2011 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
The BBC has confirmed that it will pay for the rollout of the UK's digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio infrastructure to reach 97% of the population. Tim Davie, the corporation's director of audio and music, said that the BBC would fund the ...
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Regional reception for digital radio
18.10.2011 - Australia
A report that will assist with the rollout of digital radio in regional Australia has been published. According to the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, the findings of the Review of Technologies ...
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Absolute Radio to launch 60s and 70s stations
18.10.2011 - United Kingdom
The 60s station will be broadcast to over a third of the UK population through DAB (including London, Bradford and Liverpool) and will be available through Radioplayer, the Absolute Radio 60s website and Absolute's smartphone apps. ...
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Media Council approved nationwide radio services in DAB+-Standard DAB + standard
18.10.2011 - Germany
The Media Council of the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) in its meeting on 13 October 2011, approved the nationwide distribution of five Radio programs in the DAB + standard for the next eight years.
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CRA chairman Cathy O'Connor: Internet radio poses no threat
14.10.2011 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
O'Connor cited radio listening data that, she claimed, shows that listening to broadcast digital radio already outstrips internet radio listening by nearly three to one after just two years on air. However, as Mumbrella has previously reported, ...
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Conroy cuts radio red tape
14.10.2011 - Australia
He added the review said high quality audio, good value receivers and good geographic coverage were major issues among regional consumers concerning the future digital radio ...
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Date set for NI digital switchover
14.10.2011 - Ireland
Northern Ireland will be one of the biggest winners from the switchover process, with free-to-air digital TV and radio coverage boosted from 66% to 98% of households. Digital services are also available via broadband, cable and satellite. ...
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Frontier Silicon Introduces a Raft of New Features to Low Cost Digital Radios ...
13.10.2011 - Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member - Hong Kong
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of digital radio and connected audio solutions announced today the launch of new software for its widely adopted DAB/DAB platforms. This latest release not only brings advanced text ...
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Digital audio broadcasting network sharing arrangements confirmed
13.10.2011 - Hong Kong
Compared to analogue radio services, DAB provides better sound quality, more stable reception and a greater diversity of programmes.It also supports the transmission of digital images (ancillary visual service) to the screens of DAB receivers. ...
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