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11.07.2025
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France
Since February, he has been at the helm of the digital transition of French radio within Arcom. With his eclectic listening habits and commitment to the diversity of the radio landscape, this fervent advocate of DAB+ is drawing up an ambitious roadmap for a medium that he wants to be ever more accessible, innovative and rooted in the regions. Meet Romain Laleix, a passionate listener turned strategist, determined to make regulation and transformation go hand in hand. "Today, we have two battles to wage simultaneously," Laleix says. "On the one hand, we need to create the conditions for the successful roll-out of DAB+ and its subsequent adoption by the public. It must become the sovereign, free, anonymous and universal broadcasting network. Secondly, to make radio accessible everywhere and on every medium, so as to widen the points of contact with the public and enhance their experience of radio."
(La Lettre Pro de la Radio (€)) Read more
10.07.2025
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SRG SSR
WorldDAB Member
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Switzerland
Mediapulse AG has published consolidated radio usage figures for the first time since SRG ceased FM broadcasting at the end of 2024. Compared to the same period a year ago, the SRG station group's market share fell by 6 percentage points nationwide - in line with expectations. This result is in line with the exceptionally high quarterly figures published by SRG in April. With a market share of 53%, SRG remains the clear market leader. This is an important indicator, as it shows how much SRG radio is used in Switzerland as a proportion of total usage. Radio penetration is declining overall, as usage patterns have been changing for some time.
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09.07.2025
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Spain
The Spanish Government has launched a "Public Consultation on the Draft Standard for the Promotion of Digital Terrestrial Audio Broadcasting with DAB+ Technology". It says: "the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure (SETELECO) is analysing the possibility of initiating and processing a regulatory initiative aimed at adopting measures to promote the terrestrial digital audio broadcasting audiovisual communication service through the introduction and extension of DAB+ technology... this public consultation seeks the opinion of the subjects and the most representative organisations potentially affected by the future regulation. The deadline for submission is 28 July 2025.
(Government of Spain) Read more
WorldDAB member focus: Teleradio PU, Azerbaijan
18.07.2025
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Teleradio PU
WorldDAB Member
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Azerbaijan
Teleradio PU is the national infrastructure operator responsible for radio and television broadcasting throughout the Republic of Azerbaijan. It is planned that in the future (next step), more than 70 percent of Azerbaijan’s cities and regional centres, as well as highways will be covered by DAB+ digital radio broadcasting. Learn more about Teleradio PU's activities in this interview with Orkhan Karimov, Head of Project Management Department at Teleradio PU.
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Automatic Safety Alert (ASA) for the first time in Czech Republic
17.07.2025
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Czechia
The traditional professional conference MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY (formerly
Radiokomunikace) will be held in autumn on Tuesday and Wednesday 14 and 15 October 2025 at the Floret Hotel, Prague Průhonice. Automatic Safety Alert (ASA) will be premiered in the Czech Republic. One of the most important aspects of the new alerting system is the routing of these messages only to receivers in designated or specified areas.
(dabplus.cz) Read more
DAB+ in Baden-Württemberg: Better reception in the Weinheim region
17.07.2025
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Germany
Südwestrundfunk (SWR) is further expanding its transmitter network for DAB+ digital radio reception in Baden-Württemberg. The commissioning of the Weinheim DAB+ site will improve DAB+ coverage in Weinheim, Hemsbach and Laudenbach. The following Südwestrundfunk stations will then be available on the "SWR BW N" DAB+ ensemble, channel 9D: SWR1 BW, SWR Kultur, SWR3, SWR4 BW (SWR4 Heilbronn, SWR4 Karlsruhe, SWR4 Mannheim, SWR4 Stuttgart, and SWR4 Ulm), SWR Aktuell, and DASDING.
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Switzerland’s FM switch-off speeds up DAB+ transition
17.07.2025
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Switzerland
Roughly six months after Switzerland’s public broadcaster SRG SSR switched off FM, its radio stations still hold the largest market share across all language regions, at 53%. While total radio reach declined as expected compared to the previous half-year, the drop is primarily attributed to the early-2024 FM shutdown. Nationally, SRG SSR’s group of stations saw a 6-percentage-point drop in market share compared to the same period last year, which is well within expectations.
(RedTech) Read more
Factum Radioscape launches experimental DAB system in southern Brazil
15.07.2025
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Factum Radioscape
WorldDAB Member
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Brazil
Factum Radioscape has announced the launch of an experimental DAB+ transmission in collaboration with Radio Mais, part of the Mais Media Brazil group, in Florianópolis-the capital of the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. Beginning with the low-powered, localised transmission of three radio services: Radio More, K Radio, and P7 Nosta, all services are being broadcast using Factum Radioscape’s MultiMuxa system.
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The imminent deployment of DAB+ requires strong public incentives
15.07.2025
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Spain
The Spanish Government has just launched the prior public consultation on the new National Technical Plan for Digital Radio. This will address the deployment of digital terrestrial radio through the DAB+ standard. David Fernández Quijada, co-founder and research director of South 180, outlines the potential public incentives that Spanish administrations should offer to ensure the consolidation of DAB+ ahead of the next National Technical Plan for Digital Radio.
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RTV Krimpenerwaard benefits from better DAB+ network coverage
14.07.2025
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Netherlands
RTV Krimpenerwaard's DAB+ reception has improved significantly in recent months. Thanks to recent optimisations to the DAB+ network in the Randstad Zuidwest region, listeners in Krimpenerwaard, Capelle aan den IJssel, and Zoetermeer, among others, can now count on a more stable and powerful radio signal. The recent improvements to the DAB+ network represent a major step forward for RTV Krimpenerwaard and its listeners. With a more stable signal, greater reach, and improved listening convenience, the local broadcaster is ready for the future of radio in the region.
(rtvmiddenholland.nl) Read more
Land of digitalisation: FM shutdown in Schleswig-Holstein continues
14.07.2025
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Germany
For a large state like Schleswig-Holstein, the digitalisation of radio broadcasting offers various advantages: more programmes can be broadcast using less power and less transmission masts; this means that listeners in Schleswig-Holstein can already listen to significantly more stations in clear sound quality via DAB+ than was previously possible via FM. Now, other broadcasters have reduced their FM frequencies, including both private and public broadcasters. In addition to Klassikradio, Deutschlandradio is also relying on digital broadcasting. Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandfunk Kultur have discontinued analog broadcasting at a total of nine locations, with only two remaining in operation temporarily.
(Medienanstalt Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein) Read more
Hessischer Rundfunk expands DAB+ transmitter network
13.07.2025
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Germany
Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) plans to integrate the Marburg and Aulhausen locations into its DAB+ transmitter network. This is reported by radioblog.eu, citing data from the Federal Network Agency. According to the report, Marburg will be coordinated with 2 kW ERP and Aulhausen with 1 kW ERP for the statewide ensemble on channel 7B. Last year, hr commissioned the three new DAB+ transmitters Rhön, Herborn/Burg, and Schlüchtern for eastern and central Hesse.
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Austria: Media Authority reserves DAB+ national coverage for ORF
12.07.2025
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Austria
The Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria) has published its "Digitalization Concept 2025" for the introduction, expansion, and further development of digital broadcasting (television and radio) and other media services. The regulation will enter into force on August 1, 2025. Although the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) has so far refused to enter digital terrestrial radio DAB+, the media authority has reserved national coverage (MUX IV) for ORF.
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