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Digital radio arrived in Greece this week, with a first pilot broadcast coming from public broadcaster ERT's facilities on Ymittos mountain overlooking Athens....

German brand Blaupunkt is back in business in Australia with a new range of sound and, later this year, display products, with several key retailers set to range the brand which at one stage was a dominant brand in Australia....

The first broadcast of digital radio in Greece occurred on Jan. 5, from the ERT (Greece's public broadcaster) facilities in Ymittos. Seven radio programs of ERT are being sent on channel 12C using DAB...

The strategy of "nodes and arcs" was announced by the CSA during 2017 and gave rise to exchanges and consultations. Just after Christmas, a statement confirmed the decision for a new roadmap to accelerate the deployment of DAB+ across France.

The Czech Telecommunication Office called for comments and suggestions after it issued a new recommendation or plan of usage for Band 174-380 MHz. Network operator TELEKO commented that as the Czech Republic is still waiting for its licensing and coordination of its main group/allotment approval and assignment, and at the same time other countries are already coordinating smaller secondary individual assignments, the Czech Republic is slowly losing a chance for the coordination of transmitters/assignments in bordering countries.

London's popular Asian radio station, Lyca Radio UK is set to go national on DAB digital radio later this year. Lyca Radio UK is expected to launch sometime in Q1/18 with plans currently being put in place for its programming....

The first broadcast on digital radio by Greek Radio began on Friday, January 5th. From ERT's facilities in Ymittos, they started broadcasting 7 radio programs of ERT on channel 12C of the digital radio band DAB+.

ERT's radio programs were always pioneering and they are now broadcasting on DAB+ in a new era...

Radio advertising is extremely effective in terms of conversion. Nine out of 10 adults tune in at least once a week. Digital radio, streaming and podcasts are helping to revive this medium.

The UK Government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport wants to hear from anyone with an interest in low-power DAB as it aims to have new licensing arrangements in place by the end of the year....