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Swiss promotion highlights DAB device variety
19.05.2014 - Switzerland Switzerland
Since May, TV ads with selected digital radios are being broadcast across the country. The aim of these ads is to further boost sales and to promote the large selection of DAB+ sets available. In Switzerland, the product range already includes 550 models in all price ranges. The TV adverts form part of the 2014 DAB+ campaign, which is reaching radio listeners of all ages through radio spots, information material and social media activities.

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UK Automotive Trades Taking Notice of "Smart Radio"
19.05.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Broadcasters are delivering ever more digital programming, and DAB+ continues on course to become a standard for Europe and beyond. Best of all, the innovators are hard at work to make fully connected cars - and smartphones - an easy to use reality at last.

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Albrecht DR 56 digital radio adaptor. Clear sound while on the road.
19.05.2014 - Germany Germany
The new Albrecht DR 56 digital radio adaptor is ideal for anyone wanting to upgrade their car radio in a simple, quick and cost-efficient way in order to be able to listen to DAB+ radio.

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Five things you need to know about the Rajar figures for Q1 2014
19.05.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The conversion from analogue to digital is happening and will open up further opportunities for listeners and advertisers as digital listening continues to increase. In London, FM and AM radio listening has fallen below 50 per cent for the first time at 48.6 per cent, down 10 per cent year on year. Nationally, analogue radio listening share is at its lowest ever, at 57.8 per cent of all listening hours.
Absolute Radio: How their new playlist choice at breakfast works
19.05.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
In many of my speaking engagements, I talk about the opportunities that digital offers radio stations - particularly in terms of brand extensions. One of the examples I give is the Radio Academy Award-winning Absolute Radio, which, apart from the main Absolute Radio service, has a selection of additional stations based on decades: Absolute Radio 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s; and Classic Rock.

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Frontier Silicon Gains UK Digital Tick Mark Technology Approval
19.05.2014 - Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Frontier Silicon, the world leader in technology solutions for digital radio receivers, is the first technology provider to receive formal confirmation that its solutions are Digital Tick Mark compliant. The Digital Tick Mark is being introduced in the UK this year to give consumers confidence that digital radios purchased are “future ready”.

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Steps and Challenges to Going All-Digital
19.05.2014 - Norway Norway
We are now finalizing FM switch-off plans and looking to provide listeners with digital-only sources of radio. Listeners may choose to tune in to radio via their smartphones and online, but the majority of digital radio listening remains via DAB/DAB+, which is and will remain, the backbone of radio broadcasting.

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CTO withdraw 12 regional DAB L-band allotments from Česke Radiokomunikace
16.05.2014 - Czechia Czechia
Monitoring report from the Czech Telecommunications Office informs that the CTO has withdrawn 12 frequency assignments in the band 1452-1492 MHz bands ("L") for distribution of terrestrial digital radio broadcasting T-DAB. Download press article (pdf)

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German and Swiss Broadcasters, Automobile Manufacturers Agree on the Future of Digital Radio
16.05.2014 - Germany Germany - Switzerland Switzerland
The German/Swiss automotive workshop sponsored by Digital Radio Germany Initiative, the ARD Project Office for Digital Radio, and Swiss marketing company MCDT was held in Zurich yesterday with attendees from the Broadcast, Automotive, and Appliance industries. One of the many purposes of the workshop was the desire to establish common strategies to develop and promote DAB+ in the car.

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DAB Still in the Future for the Czech Republic
16.05.2014 - Czechia Czechia
The conference "DAB - Innovation Day - Radio in the 21st Century" took place in Prague today. One of the main issues summed up by Czech Radiokomunikace was that there is no plan for a transition from analog to digital.

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