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Radioscape celebrates ten years as pioneer in digital radio
27 November 2006

RadioScape marked its 10th anniversary last week by hosting a celebratory event for the industry at the Getty Images Gallery in central London. 
The event included a special exhibition of images, entitled 100 Years of Radio, selected from the Getty archive, together with demonstrations of some of the very latest digital radio technology.
Guest of honour, John Whittingdale MP, Chairman of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, in his keynote address, praised RadioScape for the impact that the company had made on the digital radio industry in recent years and said that he was delighted to see a British company at the forefront of this exciting new technology. 
In particular, he highlighted the Company's initiative in the development of multi-standard radio technology to address both the DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) market as well as the emerging DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) markets in Europe that will bring digital radio to wider audiences.  He also congratulated the Company on recognising the importance of establishing a presence in the Chinese market where almost 50 per cent of the Company's workforce are now located.
 The company also used the event to call for closer cooperation between industry players to more aggressively address the factors that will make digital radio a 'must have' consumer item.
 John Hall, RadioScape's chief executive officer, said: “We are not just celebrating RadioScape's 10th anniversary, but also the significant achievements the digital radio industry has made during this period.” 
 Hall cited the emergence of DAB as a global standard with over 500 million people now within range of a DAB broadcast, and, with the prospect of many Asian countries such as China coming on line, these figures could increase sharply over the next few years.