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DAB coverage expansion programme completed in UK
03.04.2018 - Arqiva WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The launch of the two new transmitters completes the initiative to expand the UK’s local DAB transmission network towards FM equivalence, which was announced by the DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) in 2015 and jointly funded by the DCMS, BBC and local DAB multiplex operators. This has doubled the local DAB network, with new transmitters or modifications to 221 local DAB sites, boosting local DAB coverage from 72% to more than 90% of UK households.

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lulu.fm starts in the Rhine-Neckar area and will soon be regional
03.04.2018 - Germany Germany
After exactly 18 months on DAB+, lulu.fm is further expanding its broadcasting area. From Wednesday April 4, the gay and lesbian metropolitan radio can also be received in the Rhine-Neckar region via DAB+.

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Radio Caroline in London on DAB+
02.04.2018 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Radio Caroline has been available in London since this Easter weekend via DAB+. The station already broadcasts in England with a temporary DAB+ license until June 2018 in six other places.

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Ukraine will build 10-channel DAB multiplex for Kyiv
02.04.2018 - Ukraine Ukraine
10 radio stations in Kyiv are to broadcast in DAB, with three of those being dedicated to public broadcasting. Eight companies were granted the right to broadcast in digital, with licences awarded for seven years.

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Dutch court confirms digital radio is the successor to FM
01.04.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
The Dutch court upheld the accuracy of the information campaign in the Netherlands, which identifies DAB+ digital radio as a successor to FM. The Dutch court has now made a clear statement: "Advertising is not misleading because the digitisation of radio air is taking place all over the world. DAB+ is practically the only successor to FM broadcasting.

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DAB+ is the only practical successor to FM, the Dutch authorities have decided
01.04.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
The Dutch Advertising Regulatory Committee (RCC) has concluded that a promotion for DAB+ by Digital Radio NL in the Netherlands is not "fake advertising", retracting its previous decision to find the campaign misleading to consumers. "The digitization of airborne transmissions takes place all over the world. DAB + is the only practical successor of FM," the committee concluded.

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Teufel 3sixty
01.04.2018 - Germany Germany
The Teufel 3sixty is a modern radio that can do much more than a normal radio. On board are things like DAB+, FM, DLNA, Bluetooth and Spotify Connect. In addition, you can also connect a device such as the Amazon Echo Dot on the jack to the radio on request.

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Isle of Man minister puts forward DAB question
01.04.2018 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - Isle of Man Isle of Man
The BBC could be approached by the Isle of Man government to help radio stations in the island broadcast digital content via local DAB transmitters. Chief minister Howard Quayle said he could raise the issue of allowing other stations to use the DAB transmitter as part of wider negotiations over the TV licence fee and the corporation’s Isle of Man coverage.

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RCC: DAB + advertising campaign is not misleading
31.03.2018 - Netherlands Netherlands
The advertising campaign in which DAB + is the digital successor to FM is not misleading. This was the opinion of the Board of Appeal of the Advertising Code Committee (RCC).

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Living with the Hyundai i30 N
30.03.2018 - Hyundai Motor Group WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom
There’s wireless phone charging, sensors front and rear, DAB radio, keyless entry, and the eight-inch infotainment features sat nav among other things.

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