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Available to download as an infographic here, the WorldDAB report includes statistics on receiver sales, road and population coverage, household penetration and the number of national stations on DAB/DAB+ compared to FM. The report covers Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK, along with DAB rollout status for emerging markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Croatia will start a one-year DAB+ test at the end of November. The Medienanstalt has now published the list of the 16 private radio stations that will participate in it. A selection decision had to be taken as a total of 25 applications had been received, but only 16 were available.

The Go Digital Car conversion pilot in Surrey has been put together and coordinated by Digital Radio UK, and sees local broadcasters, garages and retailers working together to make it easier for drivers to get DAB digital radio in their car.

With just over 2 months until the FM networks are switched off in Norway, Manager of Coop Elektro in Hammerfest prepares for the inquiries on how to listen to DAB+.

France is at an important stage in the deployment of digital radio. Norway will soon complete its shift to digital broadcasting. And it is in this environment that the WorldDAB 2017 General Assembly will take place in Paris and the future of digital radio will be discussed.

To address these questions, the WorldDAB team gathered existing research from around the world and spoke to experts from the radio and mobile worlds to better understand the issues and challenges. The outputs from this work include a factsheet, slideshare and interview with a 5G expert.

The conference, for which the organisation is still accepting registrations, will serve as a platform for discussions on the future of digital radio and DAB+ deployments around the world. It will also give an overview of the advances made in the transition to digital radio and the impact of DAB + on the future of radio.

The second Australian Share of Audio study by GfK, which measures listening to all forms of audio including radio, owned music collections, streaming services, podcasts and online music videos, found Australians spend 65.3% of audio time, or 2 hours and 10 minutes per day, listening to live Australian radio...

Many see the digital terrestrial radio (DAB+) only as a bridge technology until the new mobile radio standard 5G from 2020 the digital radio broadcast can take over.However, the WorldDAB digital radio world warns of such a scenario. If radio were only transmitted via the mobile radio standard 5G, 2.2 GB of data per month per user per month were used. This means that alone for the radio 11 euros per month and listeners incurred. On the other hand, DAB+ is free for the listener.

The DAB or mobile networks argument is something we often hear at events and in conversation with DAB sceptics. But do the claims for mobile platforms provide a complete and accurate picture? To address this issue, we have spoken to industry experts ...