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Digital radio licence gets North Devon expansion
07.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The new multiplex will enable local stations to broadcast on DAB for the first time in North Devon, including Heart Devon, Capital FM, Gold Devon, XFM, and BBC Radio Devon. Sara Bond, managing director of Heart Devon, said, “We are delighted that we ...

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SwissMediaCast advances expansion in Switzerland
07.02.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Switzerland Switzerland
In Switzerland, since early February, three new stations went into operation.

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RNT: CSA wants to launch digital radio on preque throughout France before the end of 2012
07.02.2012 - France France
This Monday, February 6, 2012, Rachid Arhab was the guest of Le Radio. The CSA advisor, specializing in digital radio, announced that Eric Besson, the Minister for the digital economy had agreed in principle to an addition of the DAB + standard in the texts.

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Rachid Ahrab, in Le Figaro about terrestrial digital radio
06.02.2012 - France France
Digital radio is now on air in certain cities, receivers are already available: get ready for digital waves.

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Digital Radio 2012: a 'visionary' year
06.02.2012 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member - Switzerland Switzerland
The next 12 months will confirm that radio has a digital hybrid future. The view is expressed in a collection of essays published on Tuesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) New Radio Group. The 'Digital Radio in 2012′ document also draws a ...

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Eros Group has been signed as a distributor for digital radio products from Revo for the Gulf.
06.02.2012 - United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
The digital radio products, which are aimed at consumers, allow users to access FM, Internet and DAB radio stations, as well as streaming audio files from iPods and connected PCs, to give flexibility and access to a wide range of music services.

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Digital radio chiefs hail “milestone” quarter
02.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
More than 23 million people listened to radio on DAB sets, the internet or digital television in the three months to 31 December, up 2.2 million year on year. Of all radio listeners, 49.4% tune in via a digital platform. DAB remains the biggest ...

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RAJAR figures highlight the march of digital
02.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Although both internet radio, now 3.4% of the market, and digital TV, 4.5% of the market, have recorded healthy gains the main factor fuelling this growth has been the growing popularity of DAB radios which now command 71% of all listening.

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Digital signing of the NDR Radio-state contract
01.02.2012 - Germany Germany
The states of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern to the offer of digital radio Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) is regulated by international treaty. The Schleswig-Holstein state government has agreeda treaty today (January 31), and thus paved the way for signing by Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen.

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Switchdigital Appoints VDL as its new Transmission Services Provider
01.02.2012 - VDL - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Switchdigital has agreed a deal with VDL to provide transmission services for the London 2 DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) multiplex for a period of 12 years from June 2012.

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