15.05.2014

Bauer Media’s latest listening figures show 49.1% of all UK listening is through digital radio, compared to the industry average of 36.6%.

Dee Ford, Group Managing Director Radio, Bauer Media, said: “… To deliver almost half of listening through digital sources is a tremendous achievement, demonstrates our continued commitment to digital and it sets up our business extremely well with a strong and healthy digital future as DAB grows and we move towards switchover.”

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15.05.2014

Listening to radio on AM/FM in London falls below 50% for the first time

Listening to radio on AM/FM in London has fallen below 50% for the first time (48.6%, down 10% year on year). 55% of Londoners listen to radio on a digital platform each week, and digital listening in London is now 44.1% of all radio listening hours, up 9% from 40.3% in Q1 2013.

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15.05.2014

Rajar Q1 2014: Digital Radio Figures

27.1 million people now tune in to radio via a digitally enabled receiver - DAB radio, digital TV and online. In total, 25 million adults have access to a DAB receiver, up 10% year on year.

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15.05.2014

DAB Receiver Review: Solar Condor DAB and FM radio

The Solar Condor DAB and FM radio is a pocket-sized portable radio, smaller than a box of cigarettes, with a slot for a TF card (a micro SD card). A TF card loaded with songs means at the click of a button, you can turn the radio into an MP3 player.

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15.05.2014

Radiokomunikace ready to cooperate in DAB implementation

Czech Radiokomunikace has summed up the main issues discussed at the conference on digital terrestrial radio broadcasting, DAB - Innovation Day – Radio in the 21st Century, which took place in Prague on 13 May.

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14.05.2014

Škoda offer DAB radios in cars

Today, Škoda presented an overview on which of their vehicles would be offering DAB radios.

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14.05.2014

DAB+ car radio continues to gain momentum

The use of DAB+ digital radio in vehicles is incontrovertible, and a timetable for switching from VHF to DAB+ is essential. Speakers and experts were unanimous on this when they discussed the future development of DAB+ in cars in front of a 100-strong audience in May.

(MCDT (Marketing and Consulting for Digital Broadcasting Technologies)) Read more

14.05.2014

Derby Digital Radio tests have commenced

Test transmissions for Derbyshire's new DAB digital radio multiplex have commenced. The multiplex will allow listeners in the area to tune into BBC Radio Derby via DAB for the first time.

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14.05.2014

Better Connected

Two key themes emerged from the Digital Radio summit masterminded by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to coincide with the recent Geneva Motor Show. The first was that the digital radio revolution is gathering speed – with a switch away from FM by bigger stations increasingly likely in coming years. The second was that digital radio and mobile phone technologies are steadily moving closer together – all changes which seem certain to benefit drivers and radio listeners.

(International Fleetworld) Read more

13.05.2014

Ofcom approves requests to add local TalkSPORT versions on DAB

Local versions of national commercial station TalkSPORT can now be launched on DAB digital radio, following Ofcom approval.

(a516 Digital) Read more