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Latest stats on digital radio penetration in Europe and Australia
13.09.2016 - WorldDAB News - Australia Australia
WorldDAB has released its latest collection of sales and coverage figures for key markets in Europe and Asia Pacific to the end of Q2 2016. Available to download in an infographic here, the statistics include road and overall population coverage.

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Digital radio DAB+ starts in Slovenia
12.09.2016 - Slovenia Slovenia
The first DAB+ has begun operating in Slovenia and the four stations from the national broadcaster are now available via DAB+. The DAB+ network will reach 60 percent of the Slovenian population in the current stage of development.

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Lexus GS F 2016 review
12.09.2016 - Australia Australia
A 17-speaker Mark Levinson audio system includes DAB+ digital radio and there’s Bluetooth connectivity with audio streaming, voice control for phone and dual USB and Aux input and two 12V outlets.

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50m DAB receivers sold
12.09.2016 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Digital radio continues to go from strength to strength with all markets making significant progress in the last six months,” said Patrick Hannon, President of WorldDAB. “The leading markets in Europe and Asia Pacific have almost 50 million DAB receivers on the market, offering an impressive selection of national stations compared to FM/analogue broadcasts.

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Fifty million DAB radios sold in key markets
12.09.2016 - Czechia Czechia
"Digital radio continues its successful journey and for the last six months has made great progress. Norway next year plans to switch off analogue FM transmitters, Switzerland will gradually follow him in 2020. Denmark, Great Britain and Germany are currently at work term shutdown" said Patrick Hannon, President of WorldDAB.

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Broadcast industry launches an Open Radio Interface for Smartphones
12.09.2016 - IDAG - United Kingdom United Kingdom
A consortium of broadcasting companies and organizations has joined forces to develop an open and universal interface to ease the implementation of digital radio on smartphones. The Open Mobile Radio Interface (OMRI) was announced during IBC on Monday.

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WorldDAB announces latest DAB sales and coverage figures for Europe and APAC
12.09.2016 - WorldDAB News - United Kingdom United Kingdom
WorldDAB has released its latest collection of sales and coverage figures for key markets in Europe and Asia Pacific to the end of Q2 2016. Available to download as an infographic, the statistics include road and overall population coverage, receiver sales, household penetration and, for the first time, the number of national stations on DAB/DAB+ compared to FM.

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Capital goes national on DAB
11.09.2016 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Global’s Capital has appeared on the Digital One multiplex as Capital UK, taking the London based hit music station truly national for the first time. Capital joins other Global brands Capital XTRA, Smooth Extra, Heart extra, LBC, Classic and Radio X on D1.

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DAB antenna on the side
11.09.2016 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
On show at IBC was the JVD dipole side-mounted antenna, which Jampro describe as ideal for DAB Band III, where low wind loadings are required. Designed for vertical polarisation, the antenna’s rugged galvanised and stainless steel construction is intended to provide many years of dependable performance, even in the harshest environments.

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TechKnow: Digital clock radios
11.09.2016 - Australia Australia
I love that you don't need to set the time when you plug in these DAB+ clock radios – they know what time it is as soon as they get power. This is perfect if there's been a power outage and the electricity comes back on.

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