19.12.2013
DAB chips to be featured in next wave of smartphones
The next stage for mobile phones looks like it could be digital radios, a surprising departure from current technology. Sir Hossein Yassaie, CEO of Imagination Technologies, said: “The next big stage is the penetration of digital radio technology into mobile devices.
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19.12.2013
Reaching For The Future Means Holding Tight
A digital future has crept up on us. Like the weather there can be no denying. Some changes have come as storms, even tsunamis, lifting media landscapes or inundating them. Policy makers, however, live in the present where the future is always tense.
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19.12.2013
DAB car radio: should I switch?
The digital switchover from FM to DAB radio looks certain after Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey, reiterated the Government's commitment to digital services at the Go Digital Conference in London on Monday.
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19.12.2013
HK regulator reveals digital radio investment
Hong Kong’s media regulator has revealed that the territory’s three DAB licencees are investing US$77 million (HK$594 million) in the new platform.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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