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Vatican Radio looks to Europe's digital radio future
14.02.2015 - EuroDab Italia WorldDAB Member - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
Father Federico Lombardi, Director of Vatican Radio, commented that Vatican Radio covers a wide range of issues, with an emphasis on peace, religious freedom, human rights, dialogue between religions and Christian denominations." Eugenio La Teana, head of research and development at RTL 102.5 Hit Radio added: "DAB/DAB+ digital radio is progressing in Italy, as well as across Europe. There is now a clear path towards digitisation of radio at the European level".
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Testing hits 100 product milestone for Digital Radio Tick Mark
13.02.2015 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
DTG Testing, the UK's only accredited house testing against the Digital Radio Tick Mark specification, has successfully tested more than 100 different DAB products.
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Out of chaos comes brilliance! EBU RadioHack 2015
13.02.2015 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member - Switzerland![Switzerland Switzerland](/assets/flags/ch-0751103eb9a8dd8da6a0e545d7f17ca6.gif)
This year marked the fourth anniversary of the EBU RadioHack event, a set of workshops where developers, engineers and geeks can experiment with the newest tools and techniques in digital and hybrid radio.
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Olivier Schrameck, President of the CSA: "the legislature has clearly shown the way."
13.02.2015 - France![France France](/assets/flags/fr-e71e32e8eecca7dcd3095a828e41bf83.gif)
President of the French Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), Olivier Schrameck, discussed at length the future of terrestrial digital radio in France during his opening speech delivered just before the International Digital Radio session at French radio industry event "Salon de la Radio". Listen to the speech in full.
(La Lettre Pro) Read more
Growth in digital bolsters commercial radio revival
12.02.2015 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Rajar figures show that digital consumption of radio has risen to 37.9 per cent of listening...Many in the commercial sector are pinning hopes on a continued rush to digital to lure advertisers with easily reachable, targeted audiences.
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Digital Radio Summit 2015: Unifying the radio experience!
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Yesterday’s Digital Radio Summit marked the 8th anniversary of such an event. With over a 110 participants from 25 difference countries as far as Australia and the United States, the event showed that the discussions around the future of digital radio are still top on the agenda of many organisations.
(European Broadcasting Union) Read more
Digital radio industry share opinions at 'Drive to Digital: NOW'
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The digital broadcasting and automotive industry were interviewed during the Digital Radio UK 'Drive to Digital: NOW' event held in London on the 6th February. Listen to the full podcast (11th February).
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Panjab Radio joining Bradford & Huddersfield
10.02.2015 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
The Bradford & Huddersfield multiplex will be getting two extra services in the next few weeks – Panjab Radio and Asian Sound Radio.
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WorldDMB hold DAB+ session at Salon de la Radio
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This morning at 11:30, the WorldDMB will be holding a conference called " The development and the future of DAB in Europe . " The conference, to be held in the Auditorium Etoile Saint Honore Centre will be dedicated to digital radio with a proprietary platform of experts and professionals from all over Europe.
(La Lettre Pro) Read more
Record DAB sales in 2014
10.02.2015 - Digitalradio Norge AS - Norway![Norway Norway](/assets/flags/no-3a912b38df26cd2185f34aabbddedc01.gif)
Sales of DAB radios grew by 30.5% in 2014 with 667 000 sold radios having DAB reception, according Elektronikkbransjen. In addition, it sold at least 50,000 DAB adapters for cars and an unknown number radio receivers that are not registered in industry association statistics.
(Digital Radio Norge) Read more