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Digital radio at your fingertips
21.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
A plug in and play DAB interface is claimed to be a neat and effective way of upgrading your existing car radio. With the UK scheduled to switch fuly to digital radio by 2015, more and more drivers are wondering about DAB radio ...

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New pay-TV operators on the way?
21.02.2012 - South Africa South Africa
Mutloatse is a big proponent of a Korean broadcasting technology called digital multimedia broadcasting, or DMB, and of DAB radio. He says Mobile TV plans to offer a radio broadcasting network based on enhancement of the DAB standard, known as DAB , ...

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DAB offers “faster” traffic information
21.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Thanks to the higher bandwidth available with DAB digital radio, the new TPEG standard can be used to provide drivers with more detailed and useful traffic information, whether travelling around town or making long cross-country journeys.

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DAB+ Tests in Geneva
21.02.2012 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member - Switzerland Switzerland
Live DAB transmissions with 100 W ERP were demonstrated for the Digital Radio Summit at the EBU Radio Week, at the European Broadcasting Union headquarters in Geneva. Using mmbTools with a 600 W VHF power amplifier, mask filter and an antenna, ...

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Frequency details for DAB+/DMB trials at Mobile World Congress 2012 confirmed
20.02.2012 - WorldDAB News - Spain Spain
The frequency to be used to broadcast DAB+/ DMB signals at Mobile World Congress 2012 has been confirmed as being in block 9C in Band III corresponding to 206,352Mhz.

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Digital radio is needed in Europe
20.02.2012 - France France
After Germany in 2011, several countries plan to launch terrestrial digital radio this year or next year. Some, like Norway, are already starting to look at FM switch off. In France, the CSA attempts to revive the issue.

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Norway's DAB network embraces loudness normalization
17.02.2012 - Norway Norway
At a meeting in Lillehammer last week all Norwegian DAB/DAB+ content providers agreed to implement a common target level for loudness normalization. Taking the EBU's R 128 as a basis for their discussions, the digital radio broadcasters chose -15 LUFS as a preliminary target level, as opposed to the -23 LUFS specified in the EBU recommendation

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Toyota Steers Clear Of The Queues With UK's First In-Car TPEG Traffic ...
17.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
It works with a DAB digital tuner to provide more detailed, accurate and timely traffic information, co-ordinated with the vehicle's satellite navigation. The result is more efficient journey planning, with drivers kept better informed about the ...

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RAJAR Measures Further Increases in UK Digital Platform Usage
17.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The results show: — The share of radio listening via a digital platform now stands at 29.1 percent of all radio listening increasing from 25 percent in Q4 2010 (28.2 percent Q3, 2011). — DAB listening increased its share from 15.8 percent in Q42010 to ...

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Toyota to provide TPEG digital traffic information service
15.02.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
It works with a DAB digital tuner to provide more detailed, accurate and timely traffic information, co-ordinated with the vehicle's satellite navigation. The result is more efficient journey planning, with drivers kept better informed about the ...

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