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Dutch Discuss FM Shut off Dates, Requirements
10.12.2013 - Netherlands - Netherlands
During the Dutch Guild of Multi-Media Engineers meeting in November, Tom Visser, of the Ministerie van Economische Zaken (Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs), announced that in 2015 the government would decide whether or not to shut down FM frequencies and switch completely to digital.
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German winter cross media campaign for digital radio launches
09.12.2013 - Germany - Germany
The German winter cross media campaign for digital radio has been launched by Initiative Digitalradio Deutschland. The planners rely on fancy display texts and humorous online spots that illustrate emotions , digital radio and its everyday and future viability. Promotional activities that include advertorials, online banners and so-called webisodes will run throughout the Christmas season into the new year.
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EBU Creates Strategic Program on Digital Radio Platforms
09.12.2013 - Switzerland - Switzerland
The European Broadcasting Union has formed the Strategic Program on Digital Radio Platforms. The group’s chair Javier Sánchez Perez announced a technical recommendation at the Digital Radio Summit in Geneva.
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire gets DAB
06.12.2013 - United Kingdom - United Kingdom
New digital transmitters in Herefordshire and Worcestershire means BBC Hereford & Worcester, Free Radio and Sunshine Radio join the DAB line-up. The new multiplex was officially switched-on this morning.
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Emitel wins tender for DAB+ for Polish Radio
06.12.2013 - Poland - Poland
Emitel has defeated competitor Polskie Sieci Nadawcze i Bcast, and will provide the transmission of terrestrial digital signals of Polish Radio in Warsaw, Katowice and Silesian agglomeration from 2014 for three years, reports Rpkom.pl.
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Three-way shootout: Digital radios
05.12.2013 - Australia - Australia
Here's a perfectly fair question to ask about portable radios: why would you spend $100 or more on a digital when the analog equivalent is one-quarter the cost?
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Radio listeners prepare for digital switch-on
05.12.2013 - United Kingdom - United Kingdom
The new Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) radio transmitters, which will serve Herefordshire and Worcestershire, will be turned on by West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin and former Worcester Warriors stalwart Craig Gillies during a ceremony on Friday.
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Pioneer Australia’s AVIC-F950DAB reviewed
04.12.2013 - Australia - Australia
The level of features that the AVIC-F950DABpacks in and the quality of the hardware and the interface helps to make its one of the best aftermarket in-car AV system we’ve used.
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Digital switch-on to mark a "new era" for local radio
03.12.2013 - United Kingdom - United Kingdom
A new era for radio listeners will be ushered in this week when a new digital network is switched on. West Worcestershire MP Harriett Baldwin is expected to switch on the new digital transmitters during the official ceremony at the Sixways Stadium on Friday, ...
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EBU Forms Strategic Program on Digital Radio Platforms
WorldDMB Members News - 03.12.2013 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) - Switzerland - Switzerland
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Strategic Program on Digital Radio Platforms (SP-DRP) was recently created to help members to clarify their strategies, to identify work to be done, and to exchange ideas on technologies for digital radio that now exist.
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