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Fifth consecutive year of growth for DAB+ in Germany

03.09.2018 - Deutschlandradio WorldDAB Member - Germany Germany

DAB+ has shown strong growth across key markets in Germany, according to a new report published today. The Digitisation Report 2018 shows the proportion of people in households owning at least one DAB+ device is almost seven million – an increase of almost one million from 2017. DAB+ was also shown to experience the strongest growth as the preferred reception route ahead of internet radio, increasing by 15.2%, and enabling 12.72 million Germans to have access to DAB+. Record growth was also reported for sales of DAB+ devices, with total sales close to 12 million (an increase of 19 per cent from last year), and almost every second new car has DAB+ line-fit, with total number of car radios with DAB+ growing from 3.7m last year to 4.41m in 2018. The Digitisation Report 2018 was conducted with participation of ARD, Deutschlandradio and Media Broadcast.

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