Feb 5 2015
Digital listening has increased by 6% year on year to 37.9% according to rajar. DAB listening share has increased by 6% year on year (3% quarter on quarter) and now represents over a quarter of all radio listening (25.2%) and over 30% in home (30.3%). DAB listening in car grew by an impressive 29% year […]
Jan 12 2015
The Government has announced details of a major expansion of local DAB transmitters, with 182 new transmitters across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The plan will also allow modifications to 49 other sites and will take the population coverage of local stations on DAB from 76% today to 91.2% within 18 months. The first […]
May 13 2009
NME Radio has launched on DAB Digital Radio in London, on the DRG multiplex at 80kbps in mono. “Since launch we’ve been dedicated to making NME Radio available on as many platforms as possible making the station more accessible and relevant in an increasingly fragmented market,” said Sammy Jacob, NME Radio’s managing and programming director. […]
Apr 28 2008
Sales of DAB radios in the first three months of 2008 were up 28% on the same period last year. Figures from research firm Gfk show 489,000 receivers were sold during the first quarter. The year-on-year growth was higher than the average of 16% seen in 2007. The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) has put […]
Mar 10 2008
Major broadcasters have been meeting to discuss the future of DAB after Capital Radio owner GCap announced it is to close several of its stations. The profit-stricken company is in the process of dismantling its DAB operation and said it will be closing Planet Rock and The Jazz and selling off its XFM licences fro […]
Mar 26 2007
The BBC’s DAB digital radio coverage is being extended to the Scottish Borders. A new transmitter in Selkirk will join up the BBC’s current digital radio coverage north and south of the border and bring digital radio to another 40,000 people in the Melrose, Galashiels and Hawick areas. BBC chief operating officer Caroline Thomson said: […]
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Oct 30 2018
DAB digital radio sales hit 71 million worldwide
WorldDAB has published its latest market report, which illustrates that by the end of Q2 2018, more than 71 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific. This, says WorldDAB, is up from 58 million in Q2 2017. According to the organization, the new study, which covers Australia, Belgium, […]
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By Expat • DAB • Tags: DAB Radio, World DAB