Newsroom

01.08.2013

United Kingdom

It’s been a good quarter for Real Radio and Smooth Radio as the group has increased audience figures both quarter on quarter and year on year.The group’s only digital spin-off station Smooth 70s has also seen an increase in listeners, making it the third biggest digital-only commercial station behind Planet Rock and Absolute 80s.

01.08.2013

Vietnam

Late July saw a three-day DAB+ Technology Workshop and Transmission Demonstration conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam (26, 27, 29 July). The event was jointly organised by WorldDMB and Voice of Vietnam and was supported by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The workshop, organised in the lead up to the Radio Asia conference, 29 – 31 July was attended by more than 90 delegates from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Macau and reflects growing interest in the DAB+ standard in the Asia Pacific.

01.08.2013

Australia

At 1pm today a new DAB+ channel will be launched. Dance Super Digi are playing dance anthems from the 80s, 90s and early 00s. It is run by the Super Radio Network, who also have digital channels Gorilla Radio and Zoo.

31.07.2013

GatesAir WorldDAB Member

United States

While the television migration to digital is proceeding smoothly around the world, the picture is rather different for radio, says Rich Redmond.

31.07.2013

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland got a big digital radio boost when Arqiva launched 14 national digital radio stations on DAB on July 26.

31.07.2013

United Kingdom

Digital radio coverage has been extended to nearly a quarter of a million people in the Heads of the Valleys area of south Wales.The transmitters are part of wider plans by Digital Radio UK to bring digital radio to 400,000 extra homes in Wales over the summer.

31.07.2013

Australia

In the bustling Vietnamese capital Hanoi this week, a team of Australian digital radio experts demonstrated DAB to local broadcasters, in a series of drive tests.

31.07.2013

France

In an interview with Voice of Russia, Enrico della Rosa, a professional culture and audiovisual who now works for Radio France gives his view on the future of radio.

30.07.2013

Vietnam

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung opened the Radio Asia conference in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday. To coincide with the conference, a test broadcast of DAB+ digital radio technology was organised on Saturday.

30.07.2013

South Africa

Mobile TV believes there is market demand for digital television and radio programming based on the Korean digital multimedia broadcasting standard it wants to launch in South Africa.