06.03.2012

Lexus To Become First Car In Australia With Digital Radio

by Paul Cashmere on March 4, 2012 The new Lexus GS range will be the first car in Australia to feature DAB digital radio as standard equipment. The Lexus system will take advantage of Australia's DAB broadcasts by also providing live traffic alerts, ...

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06.03.2012

Frontier Silicon aims at colour touch screen DAB radios

Venice 8.1 is a DAB radio module from Frontier Silicon that can drive a colour LCD or a receiver or dock. "Slideshow is rapidly becoming a feature of DAB/DAB broadcasts across Europe as well as in Australia and Hong Kong," claimed Frontier.

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06.03.2012

Frontier Silicon and Fraunhofer cooperation

Fraunhofer and Frontier Silicon develop components which enable the reception of TPEG services over digital broadcasting.

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06.03.2012

Broadcasting needs an independent outlook

Denmark sustains a licence-fee funded public service broadcaster (DR) with five national TV channels plus HD version, four national radio stations on FM and more on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting). There are also national commercial TV channels.

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29.02.2012

SIRTI files two applications for interim relief before the Council of State against decisions of the CSA.

SIRTI. The Interprofessional Union of Radio and Television Independent said yesterday that it filed two applications for interim relief before the Council of State against decisions of the CSA. One is on refusal to issue permits in digital radio in Paris Marseille and Nice, the other on a call for nominations distributor for a pay radio service.

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29.02.2012

Digital radio at CeBIT 2012

The world's largest computer fair CeBIT 2012 in Hanover (6th to 10th March 2012), will present the new digital radio. Visitors can get an idea of ​​the variety of new digital radio channels, and test a variety of digital radio sets. Expert of the Project Office Digital Radio to explain all the trends for the future and radio show, where digital radio is received. Digital Radio presents itself at CeBIT at the same level as the ARD-transport service - in Hall 6, stand K06.

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29.02.2012

French stations take CSA to court over digital radio

French TV and radio broadcasters' association Sirti has taken legal action against media regulator CSA's refusal to licence terrestrial digital ra dio stations in Paris, Marseille and Nice. Sirti, which took the CSA to administrative court, ...

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29.02.2012

Loudness Normalization for Norway DAB

They said that the main reason for this initial choice of -15 LUFS was to match the levels between DAB, FM and Internet radio in multiplatform receivers. And, with Norway looking at a complete shutdown of the FM network in 2017 (or 2019 at the latest), ...

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28.02.2012

Frontier Silicon announces Venice 8.1 module for sub €100 colour touch screen ...

This module gives OEMs and ODMs the opportunity to bring advanced digital radios and dockers to the market, which are able to display slideshow images broadcast over DAB or DAB providing a colourful and informative backdrop to any radio programme.

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28.02.2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

ABC Radio more efficient: Dundas at Broadcasting Summit

“In 1985 we had two national radio networks, local capital city stations and about 30 regional stations. In 2012 ABC Radio has 4 national networks, the same number of capital city stations and over 50 regional stations, plus digital radio stations and ...

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