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21.02.2019

DAB+ launched in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in late 2009, followed by Canberra and Darwin in 2017.

In a news release on 21 January 2019, Commercial Radio Australia reported the latest GfK data show that people  listen to radio through multiple platforms, with significant increases in people listening online and through DAB+ digital radio, which provides access to extra stations.
 
More than 4.2 million Australians listened to radio via a DAB+ digital radio each week in 2018 (up from 3.6 million in 2017), and 2.2 million listened online on a connected device such as a mobile phone, computer or tablet (up from nearly 1.9 million). 

The total number of DAB+ digital radios in Australia has now reached 3.4 million, including over 800,000 in-car units, as well as portable digital radios and home receivers sold through retailers.

PwC projects that close to 4 million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ will be sold by the end of 2021, up from 862,426 at the end of 2016. 

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28.01.2019

DAB+ launched in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in late 2009, followed by Canberra and Darwin in 2017.

In a news release on 21 January 2019, Commercial Radio Australia reported the latest GfK data show that people  listen to radio through multiple platforms, with significant increases in people listening online and through DAB+ digital radio, which provides access to extra stations.
 
More than 4.2 million Australians listened to radio via a DAB+ digital radio each week (up from 3.6 million in 2017) and 2.2 million listened online on a connected device such as a mobile phone, computer or tablet (up from nearly 1.9 million). 

The total number of DAB+ digital radios in Australia has now reached 3.4 million, including over 800,000 in-car units, as well as portable digital radios and home receivers sold through retailers.

PwC projects that close to 4 million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ will be sold by the end of 2021, up from 862,426 at the end of 2016. 

Further information: 

 

 

21.06.2018

DAB+ launched in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth in late 2009, followed by Canberra and Darwin in 2017.

DAB+ digital radio is continuing to grow in popularity, gaining 168,000 listeners to reach 3.6 million in the five metropolitan capital cities, according to the latest digital radio report by GfK.

The total number of DAB+ digital radios in Australia has now reached 3.4 million, including over 800,000 in-car units, as well as portable digital radios and home receivers sold through retailers.

PwC projects that close to 4 million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ will be sold by the end of 2021, up from 862,426 at the end of 2016.

In 2017, LG brought the world’s first smartphone with in-built DAB+ broadcast digital radio to Australia.  

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