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Sony launches XDR-C705 alarm clock radio
27.02.2008Apparently Sony's first ever DAB clock radio, the XDR-C705 is hoping to muscle in on Pure and Roberts' territory and is available to buy now for around £60. ...
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DnC Multimedia Launches Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) Device
27.02.2008"The DnC Multimedia DMB device is an advanced product with strong demand in a number of important markets," commented Mr. Robert Lott, CEO of DnC Multimedia ...
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Rohde & Schwarz adds a DAB and T-DMB option to four of its signal generators
26.02.2008Owing to a new option for DAB and T-DMB, the Rohde & Schwarz signal generators provide maximum test flexibility for manufacturers of mobile phones and car radios. Using a single instrument, signals can now be generated for all conventional mobile radio standards as well as for GPS, DAB, and mobile TV via DVB-H and T-DMB standards.
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Tyco Electronics Introduces New Ultra Low Noise Amplifier Family With Less Than 1 dB Noise Figure
26.02.2008Tyco Electronics today introduced a new family of ultra low noise amplifiers (LNA) with less than 1 dB noise figure (NF) across the designed frequency range that are appropriate for a variety of applications.
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Digital Jazz Contenders Challenge BBC
25.02.2008The figures back this up: theJazz is the most successful DAB station launch to date. Late last year, it announced a total audience of 441000 people each ...
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The joy of 6: Who says digital radio is dead?
24.02.2008Content is king when it comes to digital radio." Unsurprisingly, the BBC, along with Channel 4 and others, remain convinced DAB represents the future. ...
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Has digital radio had its day?
23.02.2008His company's latest product, the Blik RadioStation, offers both internet and DAB radio, and has rapidly become the firm's bestseller. ...
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Digital radio: reasons to be cheerful
22.02.2008It's hardly in rude health but digital radio - that is digital audio broadcasting, or DAB - is alive, abeilt on crutches or with a nasty case of the squits ...
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RadioScape delivers 100th DAB Broadcast System as worldwide take-up of digital radio accelerates
22.02.2008 - RadioscapeRadioScape?plc, the world’s leading developer of end-to-end digital audio broadcasting solutions, announced today that following a number of recent contract awards it has now delivered its 100th DAB Broadcast System for live service transmission. The Company has additionally...
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New DAB transmitters in Plzen, Czech Republic, on air
22.02.2008 - Czechia
On Friday 22 February 2008 the TELEKO company switched on two DAB/DAB+ transmitters in Plzen on channels 12B and LG with Czech public radio programmes. These programmes will be broadcast on the same MUX in the following bands - DAB: Wave (192 kbit/s, Cro Plzen (192 kbit/s); DAB+: Cesko (40 kbit/s), Leonardo (56 kbit/s) a D-Dur (64 kbit/s). This trial covers almost 300,000 listeners. Please find coverage maps for this trial at www.tdab.cz