Germany - Receiver Market - History
08.02.2018
European Parliament calls for European interoperability standard for digital radio
GfK sales figures indicate continuously a significant growth of the market: up 21% in 2016 and up 37% in 2014 in comparison with the previous years. The number of devices available on the market has grown from 120 devices in 2011 to more than 400 by mid-2015 with manufacturers offering products at all price points and starting with less than 20 Euros. As of August 2017, there are more than 45 manufacturers selling DAB+ radios in Germany.
German Government will mandate Digital Interface in most radios
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) is working to promote digital radio services by mandating certain features in new radios. The Action Plan for the Transformation of Radio Broadcasting in the Digital Age Roadmap - Progress Report for the Digital Radio Board / Bill of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy - Fourth Law amending the Telecommunications Act (English translation) suggests that high-quality radio receivers may only be sold if they are suitable for the reception of standards-appropriate digital signals. According to the bill, devices which are “primarily intended for the reception of sound broadcasting and which are capable of displaying program names must be provided with at least one interface, according to the recognised rules of technology, which allows the user to receive and reproduce digitally encoded contents." Whether that interface is DAB+, LAN or WLAN does not matter, according to the same article. Source
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- Radio ratings with DAB+ were available for the first time in Autumn 2016.
- 13% of all German households have DAB+ in 2016
- In Bavaria, 16% of households own a DAB+ digital radio in 2016.
- 3.1 million DAB+ digital radios have been sold in Gemany since the launch of DAB+ 5 years ago. Source
- 900,000 DAB+ radios sold in 2015 (source: GfK)
- 360,000 DAB+ radios sold in the period from January – May 2016 (source: GfK)
- At least every 20th car radio operates on DAB+
A comprehensive list of DAB+ receivers available in Germany can be found at: www.digitalradio.de/geraete
Initiative Digital Radio Deutschland Product Finder
Overview list of the digital radio receivers available on the German market
16.10.2017
The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate has announced support for an initiative outlining that all radio devices should have digital capability. This can be seen as a very important initiative for the development of digital radio in Germany and across the rest of Europe. http://ow.ly/5ihn303Ilcm
European Parliament calls for a European Interoperability Standard for Digital Radio
GfK sales figures indicate continuously a significant growth of the market: up 21% in 2016 and up 37% in 2014 in comparison with the previous years. The number of devices available on the market has grown from 120 devices in 2011 to more than 400 by mid-2015 with manufacturers offering products at all price points and starting with less than 20 Euros. As of August 2017, there are more than 45 manufacturers selling DAB+ radios in Germany.
Market Research
- Radio ratings with DAB+ for the first time will be available in Autumn 2016.
- 13% of all German households have DAB+ in 2016
- In Bavaria, 16% of households own a DAB+ digital radio in 2016.
- 3.1 million DAB+ digital radios have been sold in Gemany since the launch of DAB+ 5 years ago. Source
- 900,000 DAB+ radios sold in 2015 (source: GfK)
- 360,000 DAB+ radios sold in the period from January – May 2016 (source: GfK)
- At least every 20th car radio operates on DAB+
A comprehensive list of DAB+ receivers available in Germany can be found at: www.digitalradio.de/geraete
Initiative Digital Radio Deutschland Product Finder
Overview list of the digital radio receivers available on the German market
Featured receiver - schoolkit to build your own radio
In the summer of 2016, Bavaria's public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk had the idea to start a competition with bavarian schools to create a self-made digital radio. In December, they were ready to write a creative competition for about 4,500 secondary schools. BR provided 600 kits for this purpose. By Easter, 400 classes from around 300 schools had applied and we had a request for almost 7,000 kits. 40 classes werre chosen at random and each class got 15 kits. These were delivered on 19 June 2017 and the pupils can submit their radios by the end of the school year, end of July. The ten winners will be announced at the end of September and will be invited to the award ceremony of the best three on November 9th.
The kit was developed jointly with the BDR and the Frankish companies Elektron and Infoteam Software.
Link to the competition: http://www.br.de/unternehmen/inhalt/medienkompetenzprojekte/digitalradio-wettbewerb-100.html
09.08.2017
The Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate has announced support for an initiative outlining that all radio devices should have digital capability. This can be seen as a very important initiative for the development of digital radio in Germany and across the rest of Europe. http://ow.ly/5ihn303Ilcm
GfK sales figures indicate continuously a significant growth of the market: up 21% in 2016 and up 37% in 2014 in comparison with the previous years. The number of devices available on the market has grown from 120 devices in 2011 to more than 400 by mid-2015 with manufacturers offering products at all price points and starting with less than 20 Euros. As of August 2017, there are more than 45 manufacturers selling DAB+ radios in Germany.
Market Research
- Radio ratings with DAB+ for the first time will be available in Autumn 2016.
- 13% of all German households have DAB+ in 2016
- In Bavaria, 16% of households own a DAB+ digital radio in 2016.
- 3.1 million DAB+ digital radios have been sold in Gemany since the launch of DAB+ 5 years ago. Source
- 900,000 DAB+ radios sold in 2015 (source: GfK)
- 360,000 DAB+ radios sold in the period from January – May 2016 (source: GfK)
- At least every 20th car radio operates on DAB+
A comprehensive list of DAB+ receivers available in Germany can be found at: www.digitalradio.de/geraete
Initiative Digital Radio Deutschland Product Finder
Overview list of the digital radio receivers available on the German market
Featured receiver - schoolkit to build your own radio
In the summer of 2016, Bavaria's public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk had the idea to start a competition with bavarian schools to create a self-made digital radio. In December, they were ready to write a creative competition for about 4,500 secondary schools. BR provided 600 kits for this purpose. By Easter, 400 classes from around 300 schools had applied and we had a request for almost 7,000 kits. 40 classes werre chosen at random and each class got 15 kits. These were delivered on 19 June 2017 and the pupils can submit their radios by the end of the school year, end of July. The ten winners will be announced at the end of September and will be invited to the award ceremony of the best three on November 9th.
The kit was developed jointly with the BDR and the Frankish companies Elektron and Infoteam Software.
Link to the competition: http://www.br.de/unternehmen/inhalt/medienkompetenzprojekte/digitalradio-wettbewerb-100.html