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Digital radio installed base could hit 200 million by 2015 (with few here…)

THE ADOPTION OF DIGITAL RADIO is being pushed to customers as governments, public radio stations, broadcasters, and private companies look to reverse international trends of decreasing radio listenership and declining advertising revenue. And according to a new study by ABI Research, their efforts are about to pay off.By the end of 2010, the report Digital Radio says that about four million digital radios using iBiquity’s proprietary HD Radio technology will have shipped in the US, while in Europe, (led by Britain), consumers will have purchased nearly 13.5 million radio receivers using the DAB standard.  By 2015, the worldwide installed base of...