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The latest market report from WorldDAB reveals that by the end of the second quarter of 2017, nearly 60 million receivers DAB/DAB+ consumer and automotive (58,432,000) have been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific, up from 48 million a year ago.

Patrick Hannon, President, WorldDAB, said: “Digital radio has made excellent progress in the last 12 months across all markets, encouraged by strong political commitment, the launch of new services and increased investment from broadcasters and manufacturers. The impact of Norway’s digital switchover, due to complete by the end of this year, is being felt around the world and, with Switzerland starting switchover in 2020, momentum for digital radio continues to build.”

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.

WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that, by the end of Q2 2017, almost 60 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers (58,432,000) had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 48 million one year earlier.

From today, all VRT stations (Radio 1, Radio 2, Klara, Studio Brussels, MNM) and the additional digital channels (MNM Hits, Klara Continuo, VRT NWS) will now be available on DAB+.

By the end of 2017 more than 40 private radio stations will be available on DAB+ in Germany. Never before have there been so many new releases in digital terrestrial radio within a year. The boom has been particularly notable in Bavaria and Saxony.

In a new listening survey conducted for a selection of local radio stations in Rogaland and Sunnhordland, Radio Haugaland, with full DAB coverage appears as the largest local radio with 114,167 listeners.

Como Audio is a brand of is a hi-fi systems disguised as a desktop radio. With DAB+, they have multi-function, and are also easy to use with six to eight favourite buttons where different audio sources can be stored.

"Even though the big promise has been taken for the development of DAB transmitters in Norway, DAB transmitters will continue to operate for both NRK and commercial channels," says Ole Jørgen Torvmark, General Manager of Digital Radio Norway. P4 and Radio Norway will set up a DAB transmitter in Lakselv before Christmas.

A digital radio unit has been fitted into a tractor owned by a local farmer at Halfords in Redhill to mark the launch of an in-car digital radio pilot scheme.