Newsroom

03.07.2012

United Kingdom

CEO of Digital Radio UK, Ford Ennals, said: ”The Manchester signal boost is great news as it brings the full line-up of digital radio stations to 250000 more people."

03.07.2012

United Kingdom

Toumaz Ltd. (Abingdon, England) has agreed to buy fabless DAB radio chip firm Frontier Silicon (Holdings) Ltd. (London, England) for up to £32.3 million (about $50 million).

03.07.2012

United Kingdom

The new transmitter marks the culmination of four years of investment by broadcasters to deliver digital radio across Greater Manchester. From tomorrow, nearly 90% of Manchester households can receive the full line-up of 42 digital stations.

02.07.2012

Germany

Digital Radio will a key subject that will be highlighted during IFA 2012 in Berlin where equipment manufacturers and private and public broadcasters, will be in attendance.

02.07.2012

United Kingdom

Plans to extend local digital radio coverage moved a step closer today as Government, the BBC and commercial operators signed a joint agreement, establishing the framework for up to £21 million of new investment in radio infrastructure.

02.07.2012

Switzerland

At the end of June SRG SSR, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO), SwissMediaCast and a number of manufacturers, will begin digital radio tunnel tests. The findings will also benefit Switzerland’s international neighbours. The programme will be testing the latest technical digital radio equipment, including the facility to interrupt broadcasts with important emergency travel information, as required by ASTRA. MCDT has been able to engage importers of Audis, BMWs and Minis to participate in the tests by providing cars fitted with the latest DAB+ car radios.

02.07.2012

Switzerland

OFCOM has green-lit a new DAB+ transmitter network in German-speaking Switzerland. Both private and SRG SSR radio stations will now be able to expand their offerings at the regional level. In the future, SRG’s regional news magazine programmes will be broadcast in DAB+. The third network in German-speaking Switzerland covers seven reception areas, which are being built up gradually. The first, covering the Zurich-Aargau-Glarus-Schaffhausen region, will go live in December 2012.

02.07.2012

Switzerland

MCDT held the 10th Swiss Digital Radio Workshop in Zurich on 26 June. The Workshop is regarded as the principal digital radio event in Switzerland, because it offers a platform for exchange between all of the key B2B partners – manufacturers, importers, specialist retailers, consumer electronics outlets – and representatives from the authorities, SRG SSR, SwissMediaCast and private radio stations. MCDT offered a review of the first half of 2012 and the outlook for the second half, as it explained its marketing, communications and promotional activities. Other topics included the move from DAB to DAB+ and the ongoing expansion of digital radio.

02.07.2012

United Kingdom

Commercial radio groups, including Bauer Media, UTV Media and Global Radio, along with the BBC and the Government, have committed to invest at least £21m in local DAB infrastructure, with a decision on final digital switchover date promised in 2013.

02.07.2012

France

Reportedly, the government is about to make a trade-reaching consequences for the recovery of terrestrial digital radio (DAB). Its has decided not to preempt frequency for Radio France in calls for applications for the cities of Paris, Marseille and Nice, which have been boosted by the Higher Audiovisual Council (CSA).