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Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid
02.05.2018 - Australia Australia
Australian Cayenne E-Hybrids will also come standard with rear-side airbags, surround-view cameras, DAB+ digital radio, privacy glass, lane-change assist, auto-dimming mirrors and driver’s seat memory.

(Motoring Australia) Read more


Switzerland plans DAB+ education initiative
02.05.2018 - OFCOM Switzerland WorldDAB Member - Switzerland Switzerland
Switzerland is on its way to being the second country in the world to discontinue analogue FM broadcasts. The Swiss Federal Office of Communications recently announced a four-year information campaign on DAB+ (from 2019) so that the population can be prepared in time for the switch from VHF to DAB+.

(Radio Magazine) Read more


2018 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid
02.05.2018 - Australia Australia
Australian cars will gain surround view cameras, privacy glass, auto-dimming exterior and interior mirrors, rear side airbags, lane-change assist, the comfort memory package and DAB+ digital radio as standard equipment.

(Car Advice) Read more


New DAB+ funding for Dutch regional broadcasters for two more years
01.05.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
Dutch minister Arie Slob has confirmed that 750,000 euros will be made available to regional public broadcasters in the Netherlands to continue airing content on DAB+. The minister said that DAB+ broadcasts would require self-funding from January 2020.

(Radiofreak) Read more


Pure Siesta Home
01.05.2018 - Pure - Spain Spain
The Pure Siesta Home has an FM radio tuner compatible with the DAB and DAB+ digital systems, it has Bluetooth to send music from your mobile.

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D-M41DAB
01.05.2018 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The Denon RCD-M41DAB centre unit also has two digital optical inputs to hook up a TV, set-top box or other digital gear that deserves improved audio quality, and has built-in CD plus FM radio DAB/DAB+

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DAB+ more popular in the Netherlands
01.05.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
Research by GfK and Jato Dynamics shows that at the end of 2017 885,000 DAB+ radios were sold in the Netherlands, with current trends indicating the one million barrier will be passed by the end of the year.

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Australian radio consumption on the rise, according to new study
01.05.2018 - Australia Australia
Key findings show a rise in radio consumption across multiple platforms in the marketplace, with 88% of people having listened to an AM/FM/DAB+ either via free to air broadcast or online in the last week, up from 85% in 2017. That figure is three times as many people than the second highest audio platform.

(Radioinfo) Read more


Almost one million DAB+ radios sold in Netherlands
01.05.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
The most recent figures released by GfK and Jato Dynamics show that DAB+ sales in the Netherlands has almost reached one million.

(Media Magazine NL) Read more


Regional radio to receive additional two years' funding in Netherlands
01.05.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
Dutch public radio broadcasters will receive an additional 750,000 euros for funding of their DAB+ broadcasts for another two years, as confirmed by Media minister Arie Slob.

(Media Magazine NL) Read more