WorldDAB blogs
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South Africa on the right path to digitisation
27.11.2018
While in Australia, the delegation held meetings with the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the Australian regulator, and public broadcaster ABC. On 22 November, the delegation also met with Commercial Radio Australia’s Kath Brown and Dr Lesley Sabel (pictured below).
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Leading manufacturers now using new international DAB+ logo
22.11.2018
One month after its launch, the new DAB+ logo has already been adopted by major industry stakeholders
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DAB+ and Early Warning Functionality trials in Slovakia – results and next steps
23.10.2018
Slovakia has been running trials using DAB for Early Warning Functionality (EWF), which were demonstrated this June. They have also carried out a consumer survey into DAB. Juraj Oravec is the Strategy & Development Manager of the Research Institute (VÚS) supporting the process laid down by the Slovak Government for digital broadcasting. Here he discusses the results of the EWF trial, the consumer research and what is next for the territory. www.vus.sk
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Strong momentum for digital radio momentum in Middle East and North Africa following ASBU EBU conference
18.10.2018
High-level radio executives from across the Middle East and North Africa attended the Week of Technology event last week in Tunis, jointly coordinated by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), to learn how new advancements can help the region embrace digital radio.
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Renewed interest in DAB+ in Vietnam
18.10.2018
Government representatives joined the broadcasting sector of Vietnam to learn more about DAB+ international progress, the latest technical developments, and how DAB+ can be further developed in Vietnam.
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Digital Radio Day supported by German Minister Heike Raab
13.09.2018
Digitisation Report 2018 confirms growth for German DAB+ in key markets, access, reach, sales plus market increase against other platforms
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It’s mandatory, DAB+ is more than radio
30.08.2018
In this guest post, Gunnar Garfors and Håvard Wien from NRK in Norway discuss the new DAB+ announcement functionality and how it can be adopted by broadcasters and receiver manufacturers.
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The UK’s Drive to Digital
19.07.2018
In the UK we have just announced a record number of new cars being sold with DAB as standard of 92.4% in Q2 2018. This is up from 38% five years ago and means that 2.2 million new cars came onto the road with DAB in the last 12 months alone.
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WorldDAB wants your input on the in-car UX guidelines
12.07.2018
Our guidelines on Automotive User Experience (UX) were the first of their kind and the result of a close collaboration between car manufacturers, broadcasters and technology providers within WorldDAB. We’ve been impressed with the positive response from the wider automotive industry since they were launched earlier this year.