17.06.2009
Vauxhall and Ford support Digital Britain targets for digital radio
Both Vauxhall and Ford already offer DAB in some car models. The Digital Britain report sets out a five-point plan to encourage the take-up of digital radios in cars, which includes working with manufacturers so that vehicles sold with radio are ...
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16.06.2009
UK Government report says all UK national and local radio stations to be DAB-only from 2015
The UK Government published its final Digital Britain report today (June 16th) with a number of actions to secure DAB digital radio as the primary radio broadcast platform in the UK. It proposes all national and the majority of local radio stations will be transmitted on DAB-only within 6 years, signalling the end of national FM services in the UK. A five point plan for DAB to be in all new cars by 2013 is proposed and the report calls on the European Commission to lead a common Europe-wide approach to digital radio.
16.06.2009
Arqiva WorldDAB Member
Brown visits site of digital dream
The group were shown examples of analogue television and radio transmitters inside the firm's headquarters and met two young apprentices, before going outside to view the 750ft tall broadcast mast which services 12million homes across greater London. ...
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16.06.2009
Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member
Brave new era in radio
When it comes to digital radio there are two types of people; those who are excited about it and those who wouldn't know a digital radio if it cuddled up and called them sweetheart. Whichever group you may be in, the fact is that digital radio cranks ...
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16.06.2009
Norway leads five countries in pushing DMB mobile TV
... called the International DMB Advancement Group (IDAG) was founded last week by companies based in Norway, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and Malta, with the aim of promoting mobile TV, radio and data services via DMB, DAB and DAB technologies. ...
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15.06.2009
Fun Kids goes nationwide on DAB
Glyn Jones, Digital One's acting chief executive, welcomed the launch saying: "With the launch of Fun Kids, Digital One has added three new services to the national line-up on digital radio since April. "Agreeing a fourteen week contract also shows ...
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15.06.2009
Factum Electronics delivers complete DAB+ and T-DMB solution to Malaysia.
Factum Electronics, the world-leading supplier of equipment for mobile digital multimedia broadcasting, today announced it has won a contract for the supply of DAB+ (digital radio) and T-DMB (mobile TV) to a state-owned broadcaster in Malaysia.
15.06.2009
Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member
Sydney switches on digital radio
Commercial radio stations in Sydney 2GB, 2CH, 2UE, 2DAY, TRIPLE M, 2KY, WS-FM, MIX 106.5,
2SM, NOVA, VEGA Radar, Pink Radio, Koffee and NovaNation began broadcasting DAB+ digital radio
services today, joining stations in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane completing the five state
metropolitan switch on and taking the total number of digital radio services on air in Australia to 44.
12.06.2009
VDL Opens New International Sales & Marketing Office for its expanded range of professional DAB and DMB products
VDL (Lyon, France) has extended its investment in its Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB)/Digital
Multimedia Broadcast (DMB) business with the acquisition of the broadcast product range of
Somerdata Ltd. (Wells, Somerset, UK), the opening of its new International Sales & Marketing
office in the UK and the appointment of Edwin Kayes as Sales & Marketing Director for
Broadcast Products.
12.06.2009
The Technology Partnership (TTP)