News stories from the markets for Frontier Smart Technologies.
12th October 2021
Today, France launches two new national multiplexes that will broadcast 25 DAB+ stations, including national services from Radio France and leading private broadcasters, to metropolitan regions in France. The initiative allows millions of people to benefit from a wider range of national and regional radio stations, improved audio quality, station / programme information and slideshow images.
The radio industry is celebrating the continued success of SmartRadio, fuelled by the SmartRadio logo programme and consumers’ desire to add on-demand listening to their digital radio experience.
Last month marked one year since the SmartRadio logo programme was launched. The aim of the programme is to highlight the benefits of SmartRadio devices - products that provide access to radio stations through analogue (FM), digital (DAB+), and on demand content, such as music streaming services and podcasts, over the Internet via Wi-Fi.
Frontier Smart Technologies has today launched the world’s first implementation of a combined station list for consumer domestic digital radios. Frontier’s patent pending BestTuneTM feature improves the end user experience by presenting users with a single list of stations without the user having to choose FM or DAB+ mode, removing duplicate stations.
Off the back of increased radio listening, discovered during research commissioned by Frontier Smart Technologies and a 40% growth in SmartRadio shipments in 2020, Frontier Smart Technologies has released a new white paper that explores the impact digitisation is having on the radio listening experience, following consumer research which revealed the changing habits of British audiences during Covid-19.
Frontier’s Venice X platform will soon power the listening experience of a new range of SmartRadios launched by German brand Loewe, a company perhaps better known for its high-end TVs.
21 September 2020: Frontier Smart Technologies, a subsidiary of Science Group plc, has become the first company to pass Digital Radio UK’s recently upgraded technology provider testing programme overseen by DTG Testing (part of the Digital TV Group) for the Digital Radio Tick Mark Scheme.
We are launching a new Pro range of chips and modules with enhanced memory, allowing audio brands to create the most feature rich and advanced digital radios in the market.