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08.03.2012

Hong Kong

The Government has granted sound broadcasting licences to Digital Broadcasting Corporation Hong Kong Limited, Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited and Phoenix U Radio Limited for providing digital audio broadcasting service.

07.03.2012

Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Australia

The commercial radio industry recorded growth in metropolitan advertising revenue during February with a 1.19% increase on the same month a year earlier, to a total of $51.774 million, according to figures released today by industry body, Commercial Radio Australia.

06.03.2012

Australia

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, ...

06.03.2012

Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member

United Kingdom

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.

06.03.2012

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

06.03.2012

United Kingdom

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.

29.02.2012

France

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.

29.02.2012

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.

29.02.2012

France

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, ...

29.02.2012

Norway

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), ...