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Canberra & Darwin digital radio trials extended
02.09.2014 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
Canberra & Darwin digital radio trials extended. Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) welcomed the decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to extend the DAB digital radio trial licences in Canberra and Darwin until 30 June 2015.

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Nine month extension for Digital trials in Canberra and Darwin
02.09.2014 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
CRA has welcomed the decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to extend the DAB digital radio trial licences in Canberra and Darwin until 30 June 2015. The scientific licences have been extended to provide an opportunity ...

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Czech Radiokomunikace adds two radio channels to DAB+ pilot
01.09.2014 - Czechia Czechia
Czech Radiokomunikace have added two new radio stations to the pilot digital radio broadcasting, Radio Blanik and Radio City 93.7 MHz of the media group Media Bohemia. The Prague DAB+ multiplex, covering most of the capital, will include 18 radio stations. The transmitter in Prague-Strahov broadcasts in DAB+ standard on the channel 10D in band III. The pilot was launched on 25 March, and at that time the multiplex included four channels. The transmitter covers more than 800,000 inhabitants of Prague.

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Radio spectrum: Pascal Lamy presents his report to the Commission
01.09.2014 - European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member
Europe's broadcasting and wireless broadband sectors are essential to Europe's digital future and economic prosperity, and they are both hungry users of radio frequencies. The report on an EU-wide spectrum inventory shows that the ever increasing demand for spectrum can only be met through more efficient use, for example through more sharing of spectrum among users or further harmonised conditions that spur investment into more efficient technologies.

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DAB radio in the car retrofit: The cost digital radio
01.09.2014 - Germany Germany
Those looking for a DAB car radio, you are spoiled for choice. Equal to order or upgrade? COMPUTER BILD clarifies what digital radio cost in the car and what radios are particularly popular.

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DAB+ starts in the UK: what you need to know
01.09.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
DAB+, the updated version of DAB in use in many parts of the world, is now on-air in the UK. DAB+ is likely to also be part of the new 'Digital 2' UK-wide DAB multiplex, when that starts broadcasting next year. Ofcom have given specific permission for DAB+ signals to be broadcast. DAB and DAB+ What's the difference?

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Bush DAB+ Digital Radio with AM & FM Tuner
01.09.2014 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Pure - Australia Australia
DAB+ FM and AM Radio for all broadcast areas in Australia. Future proof for DAB+ broadcast.

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Folder Media puts Fun Kids radio on DAB+
01.09.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Folder Media has put its radio station Fun Kids on DAB+ in the North West but warns other broadcasters that whilst the costs might be lower, so will the audience. Folder Media aims to measure listener response to the service. Technical tests will also include observing whether there are implications of running DAB/DAB+ services alongside each other and if there are any reception differences between DAB and DAB+ services, particularly in marginal areas.

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WDR3 on DAB+ from September
30.08.2014 - Westdeutscher Rundfunk - Germany Germany
From September 2014 WDR 3 will be available in North Rhine-Westphalia in Digital Radio DAB+. All radio programs of the WDR, which are broadcast on VHF are now to receive on all digital distribution channels.

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14 new DAB+ radio programs for Zurich region
29.08.2014 - Switzerland Switzerland
Since this weekend, 14 new stations will be available in and around Zurich on DAB+.

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