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Lefteris Kretsos, the Greek Secretary General of Information and Communication, paid a two-day visit to Paris and attended the WorldDAB General Assembly along with George Thalassinos, a member of ERT 's Board of Directors and ERT 's General Manager of Technology, Nikos Mihalitsis. In September, Mr Kretsos revealed that Greece plans to launch digital radio, announcing that digital frequency maps would be ready within the next three months, with licences issued within the next eight months.

In just one month, P4 and Radio Norway will stop broadcasting on FM in Akershus, Oslo, Østfold and Vestfold. From 8 December 2017, listeners must have a digital radio to hear all the national channels in Eastern Norway.

During the WorldDAB general meeting in Paris, the CSA described the measures put in place to accelerate the deployment of DAB + for the benefit of new regions and the French road network.

LONDON — The newly published European Telecommunications Standards Institute standard for DAB digital radio (which sets minimum specifications for consumer DAB radios) could help boost DAB sales across Europe. That's the view of Patrick Hannon...

“DAB is well established as the core future platform for radio in Europe and beyond. Templates for success are firmly established and the FM switch-off in Norway sends a clear signal of what can be achieved,” Patrick Hannon, President, WorldDAB.

Patrick Hannon, President, WorldDAB said: “DAB is well established as the core future platform for radio in Europe and beyond. Templates for success are firmly established and the FM switch-off in Norway sends a clear signal of what can be achieved.

Radio Chopin, a Polish Radio digital station targeting classical music lovers and named after the great Romantic composer, is scheduled to go on air on November 11.

“As this is a digital only station, everything needs to be geared towards getting people to press a button on their phone. Anyone that has a digital radio or DAB knows about it already ...

The new digital station is giving every nominee at the Student Radio Awards free credit to use on Upload Radio. As well as DAB digital radio, listeners can tune in on the website and the Radioplayer mobile apps.

Sahaga has been in Paris this week as a sponsor and exhibitor at the WorldDAB General Assembly 2017. Around 250 delegates from all over Europe, and as far as Australia, met in Paris to learn and share information about the explosive development of DAB+ in Europe. Sahaga's POPyourCAR 3.0 and POPyourMIRROR products were on display.