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One week to launch of BBC Radio 2 Eurovision pop-up DAB station
01.05.2014 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
BBC Radio 2 Eurovision will broadcast from midday to midnight BST on four days – Thursday, May 8 to Sunday, May 11 – except on the big day of the final itself, when the channel will be simulcast with BBC Radio 2.
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Icasa licenses new pay-TV operators
30.04.2014 - South Africa![South Africa South Africa](/assets/flags/za-0a1bb0c29fdd4c2c41ad4b258a49ec9f.gif)
Mobile TV wants to introduce TV services in South Africa using Korea’s digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) technology as well as digital radio using the DAB and DAB+ standards.
Autocar - Seat Leon Ecomotive first drive review
30.04.2014The Leon Ecomotive comes with a decent level of standard equipment boosted by a free Technology Pack upgrade which adds LED headlights, a DAB radio and sat-nav.
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Dear Car Companies.
30.04.2014 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Michael Hill writes an open letter to the car companies asking where the radio is in their fancy new cars.
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2wcom is first-time ANGA COM exhibitor
30.04.2014 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
Wireless World Communications, 2wcom, will be joining Wisi at its ANGA COM booth launching new professional audio broadcast products for FM, RDS, DAB, DAB+, DVB-S, DVB-S2 and DVB-T.
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Ford adds some little extras to its multi-award-winning hot hatch
30.04.2014The new Fiesta ST-3 adds keyless entry, a Sony DAB radio/CD with navigation system, cruise control, automatic headlights and wipers to the original spec.
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MCDT publishes Annual Report 2013
30.04.2014 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
MCDT (Marketing and Consulting for Digital Broadcasting Technologies has released its financial report for 2013. MCDT offers professional consulting and marketing services for the introduction of new digital transmission technologies, in particular for DAB+ digital radio.
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MEDIA BROADCAST to set up a supervisory control system
30.04.2014 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
MEDIA BROADCAST has been commissioned by NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk (public service broadcaster in northern Germany) to realize a new, cutting-edge telecontrol system. It is to supervise and monitor the transmission sites distributing DAB digital radio.
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What will digital radio do? Guidance on where you park, says analyst Filip Rožánek
29.04.2014 - Czechia![Czechia Czechia](/assets/flags/cz-232ab3c526f0edddb52b18c065eede16.gif)
Filip Rožánek, analyst at Czech public broadcaster, Český rozhlas, discusses how drivers who listen to the radio in the car, can look forward to a new generation of traffic information. "Digital radio will tell drivers what awaits them on the road, what is the practicability of the road in front of them or where the nearest free parking places are."
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Digital radio sends out message
29.04.2014 - Hong Kong![Hong Kong Hong Kong](/assets/flags/hk-e78d5464dbe8be507fd2855dcd6177f0.gif)
To expand the station's infiltration rate, owner Bill Wong Cho-bau is sparing no effort and is handing out digital radio sets widely. I saw Loh recently, and he said digital sets have already been installed in more than 10,000 taxis and 5,000 green and red public light buses.
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