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DAB+ digital radio listening continued to grow throughout 2017. More than 3.6 million people throughout 2017 listened each week to DAB+ digital radio in the five metropolitan capitals, showing nearly double the number of people are listening via DAB+ than listened to radio via streaming.

Highlights included a series of sessions about Nordic radio's switchover from FM to DAB, with key statistics noting that the average use of data in Nordic countries is 20 GB per month and 36% of listening in DENMARK is to digital...

WorldDAB has joined with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the European Digital Radio Alliance (EDRA) to call upon EU decision makers to introduce measures to encourage the interoperability of radio receivers across the EU. Such an initiative would require new radio receivers (consumer and automotive) to be capable of receiving both analogue and digital transmissions.

Edinburgh is a dynamic and iconic radio market with one of the highest levels of DAB radio ownership in the UK (63.3%) and where digital listening is just about 50% (49.9%). There are now over 60 digital stations available on DAB in the Edinburgh area.

BCast was born in the spring of 2013 when Emitel, which dominated the Polish broadcasting services market, took over the company Info-TV-Operator. Two employees, Krzysztof Karpiński and Maciej Lipiński, decided to start a company and continue to fight for the market with Emitel.

The Renault matches the Cactus pretty much blow for blow in this tussle with little to separate the pair. The list continues with a rear-view camera, leather steering wheel, LED daytime running lights, hill hold assist, heated and powered wing mirrors, climate control, DAB+ radio, tyre pressure monitor, and park assist.

For that price you get 20-inch alloy wheels, adaptive LED headlights, keyless entry and ignition, a power tailgate, head-up display, navigation, DAB+ digital radio, a wireless smartphone charging pad and a six-speaker sound system.

We think it’s worth upgrading to SE Technology specification however, for this brings the 8-inch touchscreen with satnav and DAB radio, auxiliary ports and a wireless charger for your phone, rear parking sensors and a CD player.

I am completely in love with this new, ahem, wireless set, Geneva Lab’s FM/DAB Touring S. What it is, is ergonomics. Take a bath, sit on the lawn in your deckchair, put it on your boat deck while doing whatever people do on boat decks, turn on the radio, and listen. News, cricket, drama, just enjoy. You could do it blindfolded.

Factum Radioscape are delighted to be working with AKOS, the Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia, by providing them with our market leading monitoring device for DAB+, the OBSERVA Field Monitor.