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Ireland's DAB Trial Advances
27.10.2012 - Ireland Ireland
dB observes that the test run proves that much will have to be done to pave the way for Ireland’s eventual transition to DAB+, as the country is currently far from the WorldDMB/EBU Profile 1 standard, as established in 2009 to evaluate the European market for broadcasters, manufacturers as well as consumers; currently, not all standard digital radios receive either DAB or DAB+, as would be required by the standard.

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UK Digital Stations Gain Listeners
26.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
According to an article from the BBC, three of its digital stations have attracted record audiences in the past three months, referring to figures released by Rajar.

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Digital radio demonstrates some real success stories
26.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Online listening sits at 4.2% versus 3.7% the same time last year - so growing from a small base. The lion's share for digital listening continues to be DAB (65% of all digital listening) - with four in 10 households owning a DAB radio.

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Vauxhall van customers get DAB digital radio option
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Vauxhall has announced a DAB radio upgrade for its commercial vehicle customers, providing digital radio on all its van models.

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DAB SHOWS DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Weekly DAB reach is at an all time high of 15.3 million adults, up 10% from 13.9 million adults in Q3 2011.

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Radio - the digital revolution begins
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
DAB, once more, is the clear market leader, with almost two-thirds (65.2%) of all listening to radio on a digital platform. The internet continues to be a tiny proportion of radio listening. Importantly, the latest figures show it is growing at the same rate as DAB, 7.6% (vs 7.7%) year-on-year.

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Record ratings for digital radio
25.10.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Overall, DAB radio accounted for 20% of all listening, up from 18% during the same period in 2011. The Absolute Radio Network saw digital listening reach an all time high, with an audience of 2.28 million listeners - the largest digital audience of any commercial station over the past three months, and an increase of 1% on last year's figures.

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RAJAR Q3 2012: Digital
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
DAB radio is still the most popular device when it comes to listening to digital radio, accounting for 65.2% of all digital hours. Listening via DTV (digital television) is down 1.8%, however listening online has recorded an increase of 7.7% YoY. DAB hours are 209 million; DTV hours are 49 million; and online hours are 43 million.

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6 Music continues to grow on DAB
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK, says: “It is pleasing to see that DAB has reached record levels of hours, share and reach in this atypical Olympics quarter. Digital stations are showing strong growth in reach, with spoken word and music genre stations performing particularly well.”

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RAJAR Q3 2012: Agency views on digital plateauing and Bauer Media's success
25.10.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Digital radio growth has been increasing rapidly over the last few years.

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