17.02.2015

Panjab Radio re-joins RAJAR for London DAB

Asian radio group Panjab Radio is re-joining RAJAR to measure its audience on DAB in London. Panjab Radio is also one of five applicants for the re-advertised London-wide 963/972 AM licence, and is part of the line-up on Listen2Digital’s bid for a national DAB licence.

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17.02.2015

Coverage requirements for digital switchover in Norway have now been met

National Communications Authority (Nkom) have calculated and measured the coverage of the DAB networks in Norway and concluded that the conditions for a FM switch-off have now been met.

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17.02.2015
Digitalradio Norge AS

Coverage requirements for digital switchover in Norway have now been met

Today, the National Communications Authority (Nkom) announced the DAB coverage to be at a satisfactory level and that the requirements (on coverage) have now been met.

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16.02.2015

Successful digital radio development showing similarities to other developed markets

The launch of DAB+ in the Netherlands is not as bad as suggested in some media. Research by Radio.NL shows that sales in the Netherlands is starting to show a picture similar to that of countries such as Switzerland, Australia and the United Kingdom where digital radio is established.

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16.02.2015

Autoradio Telefunken

After the acquisition of the majority of Telefunken Autotainment, Calearo Group, an Italian company, announce that it will be the exclusive distributor of quality products including the TFA-ES7130 DAB car radio.

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16.02.2015
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member, maRadio.be

"The future of radio is digital," said Jean-Paul Philippot, President of EBU and General Administrator at RTBF Belgium

"If we do not adopt DAB/DAB+ in Europe, the probability that there will be radio in 20 years is low. Our future depends on it. This requires a common European standard, since a significant portion of radio listening happens on the move and in vehicle. We need to offer hybrid radio combining DAB/DAB+ and the internet, the latter mode being complementary."

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14.02.2015
EuroDab Italia WorldDAB Member

Vatican Radio looks to Europe's digital radio future

Father Federico Lombardi, Director of Vatican Radio, commented that Vatican Radio covers a wide range of issues, with an emphasis on peace, religious freedom, human rights, dialogue between religions and Christian denominations." Eugenio La Teana, head of research and development at RTL 102.5 Hit Radio added: "DAB/DAB+ digital radio is progressing in Italy, as well as across Europe. There is now a clear path towards digitisation of radio at the European level".

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13.02.2015

Testing hits 100 product milestone for Digital Radio Tick Mark

DTG Testing, the UK's only accredited house testing against the Digital Radio Tick Mark specification, has successfully tested more than 100 different DAB products.

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13.02.2015

Out of chaos comes brilliance! EBU RadioHack 2015

This year marked the fourth anniversary of the EBU RadioHack event, a set of workshops where developers, engineers and geeks can experiment with the newest tools and techniques in digital and hybrid radio.

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13.02.2015

Olivier Schrameck, President of the CSA: "the legislature has clearly shown the way."

President of the French Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), Olivier Schrameck, discussed at length the future of terrestrial digital radio in France during his opening speech delivered just before the International Digital Radio session at French radio industry event "Salon de la Radio". Listen to the speech in full.

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