WorldDAB blogs
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FEATUREDWorldDAB Automotive 2026: Jacqueline Bierhorst
11.06.2026
WorldDAB President Jacqueline Bierhorst's opening address to WorldDAB Automotive 2026 in Frankfurt
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FEATUREDWorldDAB celebrates new members, reflecting global growth of DAB+
05.05.2026
New joiners in Q1 2026 include key automotive and broadcasting equipment manufacturers, public and private broadcasters, network operators, and national media regulators.
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FEATUREDABU DBS 2026: DAB+ in the Rising Synthetic Era: from innovation to implementation
07.04.2026
From ABU DBS 2026, Dr Les Sabel, Chair, WorldDAB APAC Technical Group, reports that the future of radio depends not only on innovation, but on how effectively it is implemented.
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FEATUREDComparing DAB+ experiences – Ensemble pour le DAB+ & MaRadio.be
04.02.2026
In a session at the Paris Radio Show on Tuesday 3 February, Frédéric Gérand (RTBF) and Charles-Emmanuel Bon (Radio France), chaired by Maëlo Seuret (Ensemble pour le DAB+), compared how Belgium and France are approaching the rollout and promotion of DAB+.
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FEATUREDOIV's Botica receives 2025 WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service
19.11.2025
This year’s WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service has been given to Mate Botica, CEO of OIV, the DAB+ network operator in Croatia, recognising his “truly transformative role in bringing digital radio to a new corner of Europe.”
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FEATUREDDAB+ radio and public safety: how the “Automatic Safety Alert” will save lives
27.09.2024
Carsten Zorger explains how devastating floods in Germany's Ahr Valley served as a catalyst for the development of a pioneering security system using DAB+ radio, designed to save lives and improve public safety worldwide.
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New Arcom report underlines the enduring strength of broadcast radio in France
15.04.2026
The latest audio-video trends report from Arcom offers a timely and important snapshot of how audiences in France are consuming media—and the findings are clear: radio remains a central pillar of the audio landscape, with broadcast continuing to play a vital role.
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WorldDAB at IBC2025: Shaping the future of broadcast radio
16.09.2025
WorldDAB demonstrated how DAB+ is shaping the future of broadcast radio at IBC. From award-winning member companies, to new BBC DAB+ stations and successful testing of life-saving safety alerts in Germany, Will Jackson reports from a packed four days in Amsterdam.
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Major highways and nine further cities across Saudi Arabia to benefit from DAB+ upgrade
22.07.2025
Saudi Arabia’s DAB+ network is expanding to nine more cities this year, coupled with five projects now underway to cover major highways with DAB+ digital radio, Eng. Bander Alrasheedi, General Manager of Radio Projects, Saudi Broadcasting Authority, announced at the ABU-ASBU-WorldDAB Technical Workshop on 16 July.