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Fifty eminent broadcasting industry players are joining the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium 2013, adding value to this event in several ways. Among them are equipment manufacturers, system integrators, transmission network integrators, frequency planners, Internet and broadcast service providers, digital system proponents and regulatory agencies.

Digital One has applied to Ofcom to extend the national DAB multiplex to Northern Ireland for the first time.

With the coverage now extended, listeners in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide will be able to experience the format in their cities digital radio and via on-line streaming and iphone app. smooth will replace NovaNation in Perth and Adelaide, but in Brisbane, ...

dmg radio Australia have today confirmed that the Smooth brand has been extended nationally with the format to be available on DAB in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth from today, Valentines Day.

The digital switch will enable people in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide to listen to Smoothfm via DAB Radio, online streaming and an iphone app. And advertisers will now be able to book the station nationally, through dmg radio's local sales teams.

The new DAB transmitters will be switched on in a ceremony at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Radio tomorrow morning, coverage of which will be available via @RadioTodayLIVE with Arqiva.

MKFM is preparing to bring a full community radio service to MK on the new DAB Digital Radio multiplex.

London agency RKCR/Y&R has launched a viral music video for the BBC and Digital Radio UK called 'Endless Dove.' It features D Love, the diminutive new star of digital radio, his pet dove, and huge up and coming talent Phebe Edwards.

The key points of the EBU Recommendation are: • there should be adequate national planning, in order to provide digital solutions for all radio services; • there should be immediate deployment using DAB+, which uses more advanced audio coding than the original DAB standard; • where DAB coverage isn’t possible the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) system should be used; • enhanced features such as text, images and programme guides should accompany digitization; • hybrid services taking advantage of additional internet-delivered content should be deployed, for example using the RadioDNS system; • added momentum could be given to deployment if it were possible to agree on harmonization around a future analogue switch-off date for radio in Europe.

The EBU launched a new technical Recommendation at the Digital Radio Summit today, in Geneva, confident that it will bring added impetus to the rollout of digital radio services across Europe.