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IFA with a digital radio focus
29.08.2012 - Germany Germany
At IFA 2012 a "Digital Radio 2012/2013" event will be held. It will be held in the IFA Red Lounge and is aimed mainly at current and future development of the equipment market and the expectations of retailers will also be discussed. Among them a new repeater solution is presented, which should solve the problem of receiving digital radio in the electronics stores.

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Garmin Bets on DAB for Real-Time Traffic in Europe
29.08.2012 - Germany Germany
Garmin today announced they will be launching in Europe a range of Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) that rely on digital radio broadcast (DAB) to receive traffic updates.

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Factum receive orders from Kuwait and Australia
28.08.2012 - Factum Electronics AB - Sweden Sweden
Kuwait has ordered two large systems covering 24 redundant DAB+ services hosted by two separate multiplexing and data broadcasting systems. In Australia the Factum main installation is the prestigious contract for the continental roll out of CRA and CBAA.

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ABC Radio's Kate Dundas responds to DAB+ doomsayer
28.08.2012 - Australia Australia
Contrary to the suggestion that the audience for ABC Local Radio is rusted on to the AM band, the largest audiences by far for ABC digital radio services are listening to Local Radio on DAB+.

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Clueless rant from anonymous 'radio insider' is an epic fail
28.08.2012 - Australia Australia
With over 800,000 sets already sold, and around a million listeners a week, digital radio has surpassed most people’s expectations. By any measure it already represents a significant chunk of listeners and growing fast.

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Joan Warner comments on Crikey's Digital Radio article
28.08.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
I would like to comment on the ill-informed piece Friday's Crikey entitled Digital radio already yesterday's news as net rules the waves.

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SCA Launches Stardust
28.08.2012 - Australia Australia
Just as the broadcasting industry in Australia celebrates its third anniversary of DAB broadcasts, Southern Cross Austereo has launched a new digital radio station called Stardust.

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Reception forecast updated
28.08.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany Germany
The latest German digital radio reception information has been published just in time for IFA (Berlin ) at digitalradio.de.

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ARD Digital Radio with at IFA
26.08.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany Germany
Digital Radio is this year's IFA focus of the "Digital World" on ARD.'s Hall 2.2 present the regional broadcasters their current and future supply with program-accompanying additional information in text and image, and TPEG, the mobility service of the future.

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Panasonic presents the smallest DAB / DAB + / DMB module
26.08.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany Germany
The new family ATD8ZP Panasonic Industrial Devices Europe GmbH has developed the currently world's smallest DAB / DAB + / DMB module. The SMT-compatible components for automotive use (head units / navigation) thought. In addition to the original equipment and the aftermarket Panasonic has in mind.

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