50% of radio listening is now digital
Digital listening has reached a new record share of 50.9% – a landmark achievement for the industry which hopes will trigger action from the Government about the future of DAB.…
Broadcast Digital Radio Technical Codes and Guidance
Ofcom’s Digital Radio Technical Code and accompanying Guidance Note set out the high level requirements with which radio multiplex licensees are required to comply as a condition of their multiplex…
Government unveils boost for digital radio
Plans to extend local digital radio coverage have moved a step closer as Government, the BBC and commercial operators signed a joint agreement, establishing the framework for up to £21…
DAB radio sales down
Fewer DAB Digital Radio devices were sold in December 2008 than in the same month the year before, according to figures released today by the Digital Radio Development Bureau. The…
Radio chiefs call for their digital switchover
Leaders of the UK’s commercial radio industry are calling on the Government to declare when analogue radio signals might be switched off. Andrew Harrison, chief executive of commercial radio trade…
Radio companies call for analogue switch-off
Commercial radio companies in the UK are calling for a timetable to go from analogue to digital within eight years. The broadcasters want a timetable like the one for digital…
DAB radios ‘to reach 50% UK households by 2010’
Digital radios will achieve a 50% household penetration by 2010, according to the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB). Its annual forecast says sales of digital audio broadcasting (DAB) sets in…
Half a million DAB radios sold at Christmas
Nearly 500,000 digital radios were sold in the UK in December, putting cumulative sales at 2.7m by the end of 2005, according to market research for the Digital Radio Development…