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Germany’s ARD Broadcasters select VDL Multiplexers for DAB+ Networks
05.09.2012 - VDL - Germany Germany
VDL (Lyon, France) have supplied their all-in-one Multiplexer D-VAUDAX to most of Germany’s ARD consortium of public broadcasters as part of regional deployment of DAB+ networks.

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Hamilton and Dene return to The Wireless
05.09.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The Wireless is a service for the over 50s and has been online since May, but will join a couple of DAB multiplexes providing “a mix of music, entertainment and information to improve later life in the UK”.

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Expanded Traffic Information in TPEG Demonstrated at IFA
05.09.2012 - Germany Germany
During the gathering attendees were able to obtain information on the technical basis, the new digital radio transmitter network and the potential of the new service.

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Second phase of the national broadcasting network
05.09.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany Germany
MEDIA BROADCAST is the second stage of the national digital radio broadcasting network in the channel 5C is implemented as planned with the commissioning of the last five transmitter sites. This gave MEDIA BROADCAST known on the edge of the IFA. It started in August 2011 with 27 stations network national distribution of digital radio has been so extended in 2012 at a total of 19 locations. With the completion of this network expansion stage, the number of residents who can enjoy digital radio at home, over 43 million people. The area for the mobile service, that is to receive the car rises, throughout Germany to over 50 percent in Germany. This includes nearly 70 percent of the German autobahns.

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[IFA] DAB + Retro Case: Philips radio dock Philetta
05.09.2012 - Germany Germany
DAB with nostalgia factor: Philips has modern audio technology has packed into the shell of a retro radio. The ORD7300 is modeled after a Philetta 255 from 1955, but inside lies a digital radio receiver. In addition, a docking station for iPhone and iPod is available.

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DiBcom, Business Unit of Parrot, Launches Octopus2s, the Digital TV & Radio ...
04.09.2012 - Faurecia Clarion Electronics WorldDAB Member - France France
DiBcom, a business unit of Parrot, is pleased to announce a new circuit dedicated to head units, leading to a new stage of Mobile TV and Digital Radio integration into Automobiles.

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Frontier Silicon Transforms the Listening Experience with Advanced Bluetooth ...
04.09.2012 - Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Frontier Silicon, the leading supplier of Digital Radio and Network Audio technology, has announcesd the launch of its new DAB 5.0 Software Development Kit (SDK).

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News from Czech Republic
04.09.2012 - Czechia Czechia
Digital radio can be newly tuned in central and eastern Bohemia.

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Garmin, Inrix Partner on Traffic Data via UK DAB
04.09.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Garmin is teaming with Inrix to provide up-to-the-minute traffic information across the DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) network in the U.K.

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SwissMediaCast selected VDL and Sumatronic
04.09.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Switzerland Switzerland
The SwissMediaCast AG have selected VDL (Lyon, France) and Sumatronic AG (Unterägeri, Switzerland) to provide their equipment, installation and service for DAB + encoding and multiplexing head-end systems.

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