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47% of listeners tuning into Digital Radio
12.07.2014 - Digitalradio Norge AS - Norway![Norway Norway](/assets/flags/no-3a912b38df26cd2185f34aabbddedc01.gif)
Every day, 47% of Norwegian radio listen to a digital radio. This is an increase of 2% since the previous quarter, and means that 1,390,000 Norwegians use digital radio every day.
(Digital Radio Norge) Read more
The New Wave signs Smart Radio Initiative
10.07.2014 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
"This initiative is useful because it allows new radio equipment to receive different radio standards, which not only radio users, but also broadcasters, trade and industry would benefit Europe," said Willi Carpenter, CEO of New Wave.
WorldDMB session at IBC - A secure future for in-car digital broadcast radio
10.07.2014 -![WorldDAB News WorldDAB News](/assets/icon_worlddab-86a673f856ffd574dcbcd4a202521cc3.png)
In-car radio accounts for a large part of the daily European listening figures and the dashboard is changing. Apple's CarPlay, Google and Microsoft’s connected cars of the future, all have the power to disrupt radio's long-held captive audience.This session will focus on finding some answers and look at the steps that the industry need to take to ensure that radio maintains its leadership position for in-car entertainment. Read the session details in full.
DAB+ Cheaper than LTE
10.07.2014 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
This new German study, “Analysis of Radio Transmission in Bavaria Through DAB or LTE — Comparing the Costs of Supply” concludes “providing terrestrial radio exclusively via LTE would be around 40 times more costly than transmission via DAB .”
(Radio World) Read more
BR Klassik: Aigner welcomes digital radio compromise
10.07.2014 - Bayerischer Rundfunk WorldDAB Member - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
Aigner warns however: "We must ensure that the digital distribution DAB + will be significantly increased..."
(Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology ) Read more
RAI Radio launches three new DAB+ stations
08.07.2014 - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
Today, RAI announced the launch of three new DAB+ services: RAI WR6 will be dedicated to speech, while RAI WR7 and RAI WR8 will be host a selection of music from pop to rock.
(Rai Way) Read more
Latest digital listening figures for Bavaria
08.07.2014 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
Almost 3% of the audience listens to DAB digital radio in Bavaria, corresponding to 322.000 listeners aged 10 plus. Altogether 5,8% of the listeners tune in DAB Bayern at least once a week.
Around 10% of the population of Bavaria are equipped with a digital radio gadget, at home or in the car.
(Bayerische Landeszentrale ) Read more
Kultradio station licenced for DAB+ in Bavaria
08.07.2014 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
BLM, the Bavarian commercial regulator has awarded a DAB licence to Kultradio.fm station for broadcast in Bavaria on Band III, Block 12D. The licence expires on 31 October 2019.
(Bayern Digital Radio ) Read more
DAB Driving Test Routes Established in UK
08.07.2014 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
In the UK, the national DAB multiplexes use single-frequency-networks (SFN) and so as you drive from say, London to Bristol, listening to BBC Radio 4, you need do nothing with your radio, since the multiplex transmitters are designed to provide coverage in a contiguous fashion along the way.
(Radio magazine (press release)) Read more
Rolling Stones and AC/DC front men join Triple M Classic Rock Digital
07.07.2014 - Australia![Australia Australia](/assets/flags/au-c12c8f9368588b8e9cd42504b9b1cdae.gif)
Triple M Classic Rock Digital will fire up digital radio this month when it honours some of the world's greatest rock legends! With four weeks of exclusive shows and content from rock icons Steven Van Zandt, Jimmy Page, Ronnie Wood and Brian Johnson, fans will get to know the men behind the music.
(Radioinfo (subscription)) Read more