Tag: dab
Please: no more wooden retro DAB radios
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is the future, right? It's Radio 2.0, providing crystal-clear access to loads of digital stations, some of which aren't available on FM. It's starting to get interactive features too, including proper EPGs, two-way connectivity, and the ability to pause live radio and record shows.
One in three people listen to radio via the Internet
New research from Sony suggests that one in three people now listen to the radio via the Internet.
15% of people listen to radio programmes on stations outside their traditional broadcast area, while 18% have downloaded shows after they were broadcast by visiting the station’s web site.
Turning off analogue: is UK radio next?
Traditional analogue radio stations could eventually be shut down, under proposals from Ofcom.
Channel 4 to launch on-demand digital radio service
On Wednesday, Channel 4 is to submit its application to launch an on-demand digital radio service which will include a range of content from business news to children's shows and audio books. Digital radios and mobile phones able to receive…
BBC to extend digital radio to Scottish Borders
The BBC has announced that it is to extend its DAB digital radio coverage to include the Scottish Borders. The new transmitter, to be located in Selkirk, will bring DAB to another 40,000 people in the Melrose, Galashiels, and Hawick…
Meridian team up with Ferrari (vroom vroom) to bring you the F80 system
Now, the extent of my car knowledge doesn't go much beyond having a driver's licence, and watching Top Gear, but even I was excited to be invited to Silverstone Racing Circuit on Tuesday by audio-makers Meridian and those boys…
Alba unveils new time-shifting DAB/MP3 player
It's called the PRDAB210MP3 (catchy!), and it's a personal DAB radio with 1GB of memory shoehorned in, to store your digital tunes. In other words, to give you something to listen to when you're sitting on a train and can't…
Review: Virgin Mobile Lobster 700TV
The propaganda Through out this year, mobile TV has been heralded as the future by most major mobile network operators.But even the improved data speed of 3G still isn’t enough to make it into the killer app the networks…
Vita Audio R1 DAB radios with stylish wood or laquer finished cases
These compact digital radios from Vita measure in at 17cm high by 13cm deep and wide, and feature both DAB and FM radio with RDS, alarm and clock functions, a switchable front line input for connecting other audio devices, headphone…
Pure unveils Élan DX40 DAB/FM portable radio
Pure has introduced a new Élan model – the DX40 – a budget portable DAB, hoping to emulate the original Élan, which was once the best seller on the market. There are some new features in the DX40, including textSCAN,…
