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Factum and Teracom live on air with cloud based DAB+ digital radio system
14.05.2013 - Sweden Sweden
Factum and Teracom have recently been successful in its efforts to make the transition from traditional DAB+ HW to a solution based on virtual machines.

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No joy for digital community radio in budget, better news for ABC and SBS
14.05.2013 - Australia Australia
SBS and ABC Radio have received small increases in funding for digital radio transmission, while money for the community sector is nowhere to be found in tonight's federal budget.

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Clearing the airwaves
14.05.2013 - South Africa South Africa
Digital over-the-air radio through Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus (DAB ) – the radio version of Digital Terrestrial Television – or another technology offers greater possibilities, although its introduction in South Africa is still a long way off.

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Win A Roberts Radio Worth £200
13.05.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The Piano Black Gloss radio features all the benefits of a DAB radio as well as rotary tuning, volume controls and RDS station name display. It also features a stereo line in socket for iPod/MP3 playback so you can listen to your favourite playlists.

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BR: PULS - this new (digital) Radio
13.05.2013 - Germany Germany
Bayerischer Rundfunk PULSE is the successor to the current youth program on3radio. It will broadcast progammes such as the "Morning Show, News, Celebrity DJ shows and a lot of good music from Bavaria and the rest of the world.

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ARD Radio Tatort with slideshow on digital radio
10.05.2013
The new ARD Radio Tatort "witching hour" will be broadcast on Radio Bremen offers Nordwestradio and will use slideshow so anyone with a digital radio can then not only hear, but also see photos of the actors involved in important situations of the plot. This gives the digital radio listeners a glimpse behind the scenes of the radio play.

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Amazing Radio returns to DAB in London
09.05.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Amazing Radio will be back on DAB in the London area exactly a year after transmissions on the national Digital One multiplex ended.

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Volvo boosts new car line-up
09.05.2013 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
All of the models feature new front and rear profiles plus enhanced equipment levels, including DAB radio as standard.

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Construction of DAB transmitter sites for national commercial stations has started
09.05.2013 - Netherlands Netherlands
Broadcast Transmitter Operator Partners have launched the construction of the DAB transmitter network for national commercial radio stations.The first transmitters are to be switched on in June.

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MDR provides barrier-free digital radio stations available
09.05.2013 - Germany Germany
MDR presented three blind and visually impaired associations in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia ten with accessible digital radios. "Our goal is to enable blind and visually impaired people access to new digital radio," says Niels Schulze, head of program distribution at the MDR.

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