17.05.2012

6 Music audience up 12%

Over half of all listeners are tuning into radio via digital platforms as over four in ten households have access to a DAB radio.

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17.05.2012

Ofcom Reports on DAB Coverage Planning

UK broadcast regulator Ofcom recently published a report on an approach to DAB coverage planning. The report is a technical feasibility study produced as part of the Coverage and Spectrum Planning work set out in the Digital Radio Action Plan (DRAP), ...

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17.05.2012

DAB radio now standard across Volkswagen range

All new Volkswagens excepting the Up will come with DAB radio as standard. DAB will be fitted to all of the cars in the range from the Polo right up to the luxury flagship Phaeton model.

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17.05.2012

RAJAR: Absolute network hits 3m listeners

Absolute Radio's network of digital stations are attracting almost the same amount of listeners as the main Absolute Radio station, according to the latest audience figures. The national station, although down this quarter, is growing year on year and ...

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17.05.2012

RAJAR: Listening remains static for Q1

The latest listening figures for radio show that 46.7 million Adults or 90% of the adult (15 ) UK population are continuing to tune in each week. 45% of the population has tuned in via any Digital platform, including DAB and Digital TV.

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17.05.2012

Radio 2's Ken Bruce gets best ever audience

And digital station 6 Music posted record listening figures, just two days after it was named UK Station of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards. Rajar figures showed it reached 1.45 million people every week, up from 1.3m last year and 1.44m last ...

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17.05.2012

RAJAR Q1 2012: DAB and internet at listening-hours high

DAB and internet radio each hit a new high in terms of listening hours in Q1 2012, although DAB's share of radio consumption dropped from Q4 2011, despite the usual Christmas gifting of sets. As expected, the latest stats from Rajar point to the ...

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16.05.2012

Jean-Marc Ayrault: a defender of terrestrial digital radio DAB

Jean-Marc Ayrault is our new Prime Minister. To all supporters of terrestrial digital radio, it seems like good news. Jean-Marc Ayrault is the deputy mayor of Nantes, one of the cities tested this new method of radio broadcasting.

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16.05.2012

DAB radios as standard for MY13 VWs

VOLKSWAGEN is tuning in to customer demand and fitting DAB radios as standard on all models. It means Volkswagen's dealer network will be able to provide customers with DAB equipped cars from the Polo to the Phaeton, ready for the digital switch-over.

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16.05.2012
Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Encouraging results of online trial for radio surveys

Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Radio Australia, Joan Warner, said today a trial of online data collection had yielded promising results. International research company, Ipsos, conducted the trial of online data collection in March 2012.

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