19.12.2013
Halfords to cease sales of analogue-only car radios
Halfords has announced plans to cease sales of analogue-only car radios by 2015 to help usher in the digital switchover.
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19.12.2013
Thailand: Digital radio trials set for 2014
Thailand’s media regulator says it will start trials of digital radio in 2014.
(Asia Radio Today) Read more
19.12.2013
BBC working to improve DAB radio reception across County Down
Alliance Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed written confirmation that the BBC is currently working to improve the discrepancy between BBC’s national network coverage of DAB radio reception and that of local BBC DAB radio services in County Down and other parts of Northern Ireland.
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19.12.2013
Mobile phones set to invigorate DAB radio market
With the UK digital radio switchover being pushed back as there is yet too few digital listeners, news that DAB chips are likely to appear in the next generation of mobile devices is a big boost.
(TechRadar UK) Read more
18.12.2013
Ford Syncs with Radio Player to store online Radio on the road
In total, Ford has put almost 500,000 DAB-fitted vehicles onto Britain's roads over the last six years and they now account for half of Ford sales.
(Business Standard) Read more
17.12.2013
Volvo and Renault push digital radio upgrades
Volvo and Renault have both announced official DAB digital radio upgrades for existing models. The moves coincide the radio industry’s GoDigital conference, held this week at Broadcasting House in London.
(Business Car Manager) Read more
17.12.2013
Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member
Toumaz Ld : New digital radio chip targets smart devices and global markets
Frontier Silicon announces details of Chorus 4, its next generation digital radio chip. Chorus 4 is a single-chip solution, which integrates four previously separate chips to deliver significant cost and energy consumption savings.
(4-traders (press release)) Read more
17.12.2013
Halfords to wind down analogue car radio sales ahead of digital switchover
Car maintenance company Halfords will stop selling analogue-only radios within two years to provide a major boost to the proposed switchover to digital. From 2015, Halfords will offer only digital receivers and fit them in customers' vehicles.
(Hull Daily Mail) Read more
17.12.2013
Mongolia launches Korea-developed mobile broadcasting service
A new mobile digital media broadcasting (T-DMB) service that was developed in Korea was recently launched in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar.
(Korea.net) Read more
17.12.2013
