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NAIDOC week sees collaborative digital broadcast
08.04.2015 - Australia![Australia Australia](/assets/flags/au-c12c8f9368588b8e9cd42504b9b1cdae.gif)
Australia's First Nations digital radio broadcasters, 98.9 in Brisbane, Noongar in Perth, 3KND in Melbourne and Sydney's Koori Radio will come together during NAIDOC Week 2015 for a special, national community radio event. Utilising the CBAA’s Digital Radio Project infrastructure the four stations will collaborate to produce a 12-hour live special on 8 July celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples.
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BBC national digital radio transmitter network expands
08.04.2015 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
The BBC has launched a further seven national DAB transmitters during March, bringing the total number of transmitters to 307 and serving more than 95 per cent of the homes in total.
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Radio stations collaborate to propose more choice for Portsmouth
08.04.2015 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Local radio operators are hoping that the City of Portsmouth is one of ten pilot areas licensed by radio regulator Ofcom to trial small scale DAB digital radio services. If successful in their application, transmissions could start as soon as July.
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Why digital radio is the future: Second Digital Multiplex Awarded to Sound Digital
07.04.2015 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Bespoke copy can be run across the wide range of stations, as well as being able to re-target through the digital ecosystem. Real-time advertising also becomes more effective as the target audience becomes more familiar.
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DAB+ News: the new radio commercial for Digital Radio+
07.04.2015 - Netherlands![Netherlands Netherlands](/assets/flags/nl-ae12040fad4ba090081b536551fd5b4a.gif)
The new campaign for Digital Radio+ last week started on the national radio stations. In this commercial listeners are reminded of the benefits of digital radio. This new campaign is one of the campaigns to be launched this year to promote DAB+.
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NOXON awarded Red Dot Award
07.04.2015 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
The NOXON Nova was awarded for Product Design by the jury of the 2015 Red Dot Awards. The new triple-radio receives DAB+, FM, over 40,000 Internet radio stations, has a TFT color display, can be controlled via app has freely programmable preset buttons and a digital output.
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NOXON wins in the Red Dot Award 2015
07.04.2015The NOXON Nova was awarded by the jury of the Red Dot Awards for Product Design 2015. The new triple-radio receives DAB+, FM, over 40,000 Internet radio stations, has a TFT color display, can be controlled via app has freely programmable preset buttons and a digital output.
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Poland: Children's DAB+ radio station started
07.04.2015 - Poland![Poland Poland](/assets/flags/pl-71565849aa0e8a6f892f1f8fd203a95a.gif)
On April 1, 2015, the new children's radio station of Polish Radio went on the air. You can hear Polskie Radio Dzieciom via DAB+ in Poland.
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WorldDMB Conference – Brussels
07.04.2015 -![WorldDAB News WorldDAB News](/assets/icon_worlddab-86a673f856ffd574dcbcd4a202521cc3.png)
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The event, which has as its theme “Radio – the best connection in the car,” will take place May 20 at the Autoworld Museum in Brussels. The conference will look at the growth of digital radio and its automotive prospects as well as the political context for the technology in Europe.
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VRT starts DAB+ test broadcasts
07.04.2015 - Belgium![Belgium Belgium](/assets/flags/be-96296ae64d7cbb085a8ef80198dd6c73.gif)
The Flemish public broadcaster VRT has started DAB+ test broadcasts, reports Totaal TV. The initial broadcasts are on the news station Nieuws+. Norkring, which operates the digital broadcast network in Flanders and Brussels, announced in January that the first DAB+ broadcasts were scheduled to start in the spring.
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