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Age UK launches The Wireless station on DAB digital radio
26.09.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Charity Age UK is launching a new radio station called The Wireless on DAB in London and Yorkshire, and online in the rest of the country.

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UK Digital radio switchover moves closer London
26.09.2012 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Global Radio confirmed today that they have concluded a deal with Bauer, investing £15 million for the carriage of all their stations on their local multiplexes for the next 12 years. They have stated their commitment to digital radio and confirm that they have chosen to focus on the national and local DAB layer, and see the regional layer of multiplexes becoming redundant.

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Limited UK allocation for Peugeot 208 GTI
26.09.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Each car will be individually numbered and specified to a high standard with satellite navigation and, for the first time on a Peugeot − Digital Radio (DAB). All cars will also feature a Union Jack flag on the lower grille, signifying the importance of the GTi badge to the UK.

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“Scary” DAB may close commercial radio channel
26.09.2012 - Norway Norway
The only country that’s set a hard date for radio platform switch-over from FM to DAB is Norway. When first announced by the Culture Ministry in February 2011 the plan was for all national radio channels to vacate the FM band in 2017.

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Global Radio announces £15m investment in local DAB with Bauer
25.09.2012 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ashley Tabor, founder and executive president of Global said: “This is an important development for this company and for the future of local digital radio. It is critical,” he added, “that as DAB grows, the investment in the local layer of DAB infrastructure matches the investment being made to the national layer.”

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ANTENNE BAYERN auf DAB+ on air
25.09.2012 - Germany Germany
ANTENNA BAVARIA is the most successful commercial radio program in Germany and on DAB +. The program will be broadcast on the national DAB multiplex 12D in Bavaria. After ROCK ANTENNA, ANTENNA BAVARIA Top 40 and BAVARIA BAVARIA info is the fourth program of the group, which will be broadcast on DAB +.

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Regional MXR digital multiplexes to close
25.09.2012 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Global Radio say their investment in the DAB platform continues with local and national services. They have just invested a total of £15m committing to providing their stations on more localised multiplexes owned by Bauer Media, for the next 12 years.

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Loss-making station Planet Rock for sale
25.09.2012 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Four potential buyers have shown an interest, according to the report, in which Malcolm said: “Digital radio has come of age and Planet Rock is at the forefront of that. “I have put four and a half years of my life into this and £3m of my own money.

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CNBC Africa commences trials on its Korean Digital Multimedia Broadcasting ...
25.09.2012 - South Africa South Africa
He further added, “This MobileTV-CNBC Africa partnership is one of a sign of great things to follow, once we complete our technical trials on the DMB/DAB, DAB+ platform, conducted successfully for the past 18 months. With CNBC Africa coming aboard the MobileTV Love Train, we can only say - watch this space as we break news at short intervals.”

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DAB+ Technology Workshop and Transmission Demonstration commences
25.09.2012 - WorldDAB News - Indonesia Indonesia
Yesterday saw the start of a four day DAB+ Technology Workshop and Transmission Demonstration, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event is jointly organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), Ministry for Communications and Technology, Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI), Commercial Radio Australia and WorldDMB.

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