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Frontier Silicon announces details of Chorus 4, its next generation digital radio chip. Chorus 4 is a single-chip solution, which integrates four previously separate chips to deliver significant cost and energy consumption savings.

Car maintenance company Halfords will stop selling analogue-only radios within two years to provide a major boost to the proposed switchover to digital. From 2015, Halfords will offer only digital receivers and fit them in customers' vehicles.

A new mobile digital media broadcasting (T-DMB) service that was developed in Korea was recently launched in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.

London, 17 December 2013: Over 300 radio industry representatives from the UK and the rest of Europe came together yesterday for the Digital Radio UK ‘Go Digital Conference’ The Radio Theatre, BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

The new generation of ST digital radio receivers will support a wide range of global digital radio standards including DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) and HD Radio

Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said up to £21m will come from the BBC, government and commercial radio. It will be used to increase digital radio coverage so more homes can receive DAB signals. "I absolutely believe that the future of radio in this country is digital. We cannot go backwards," said Mr Vaizey.

At the Go Digital Conference held today at the BBC Radio Theatre, Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, confirmed Government's vision of a digital future for radio and said he wanted to continue to improve the service, and reach coverage and listening criteria before a radio switchover.

Halfords, the leading supplier of car audio products, will stop selling analogue-only radios in 2015, it was announced today.

Digital radio is to get £21 million in investment from Government, the BBC and commercial radio networks Arqiva, Bauer and Global.

Imagination has licensed its Ensigma communications processor technology to STMicroelectronics for use in a multi-standard programmable SoC for car radios. Under the terms of its licensing arrangements, Imagination receives license fees, and royalty revenues on shipment of SoCs incorporating the IP. The new generation of ST digital radio receivers will support a wide range of global digital radio standards including DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) and HD Radio.