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Boosting revenues from digital and sponsorship – moving beyond standard ad sales – is crucial to Absolute's success, Kilby says. He says that online ads hold the key to growing revenues in an increasingly connected world for the whole radio industry.

The 'Albrecht DR 900' digital radio, designed by product designer Rüdiger Bachorski, was awarded "Best Product of 2013" by the jury of the Plus X Awards.

The larger Melody Media comes with a powerful 120W amplifier on-board and plays CDs, FM and DAB radio, as well as online content from services such as Spotify and Last.fm. It is also compatible with AirPlay to play music from iTunes and iOS devices, and comes with a digital input to hook up a TV set or set-top-box.

Clive Dickens told RadioToday: “I am thrilled that Chris Johnson has agreed to lead our Digital Content Team. His unique experience of Broadcast Radio within the Digital Team at the BBC and targeted consumer media at Kidspot as part News Corp Australia;...

Dickens, SCA's director of digital and innovations, said: “I am thrilled that Chris Johnson has agreed to lead our digital content team. His unique experience of broadcast radio within the digital team at the BBC and targeted consumer media at Kidspot as part...

Southern Cross Austereo's new director of digital and innovation Clive Dickens has made on of his first appointments since joining the company from the UK. He has appointed former BBC Radio producer Chris Johnson as digital content and product director.

SCA's Director of Digital & Innovation Clive Dickens said: “I am thrilled that Chris Johnson has agreed to lead our Digital Content Team. His unique experience of Broadcast Radio within the Digital Team at the BBC and targeted consumer media at Kidspot as part News Corp Australia will be a great asset to SCA..

Digital radio body RadioDNS is developing plans that would allow customers to tag audio content they're listening to in their cars, one of several measures mooted aimed at making it easier for advertisers to evaluate their digital radio spend.

Pryor told allmediascotland: “We will be found on DAB between Radio Clyde and Radio Forth. We'll be a mix of BBC Radio Scotland and Real Radio Scotland. My background is sales and promotion and I think there is a gap in the market to cater for sports-mad males, aged 18-50."...

South African radio broadcasters are set to start trialling digital radio channels using the DAB standard, the Sunday Times reported. The Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) standard has been in use since the 1990s, and its successor, DAB+, was introduced in 2007.