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French regulator, Le Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA), today outlined its commitment to the success of DAB+ in France. Addressing over 200 delegates at the WorldDAB General Assembly in Paris, Nicolas Curien, Board Member in charge of radio at the CSA, described the measures being put in place to accelerate the roll-out of DAB+ in new cities and highways across the country.

The Swiss Federal Council has extended VHF FM licenses; those set to expire in 2019 have extended until 2024. However, they also made the decision on Oct. 25 to facilitate a transition to DAB...

There's also DAB digital radio, keyless entry and start, park assist for parallel and 90-degree parking spaces, three individual sliding seats in the second row, two third-row seats, and rear window sun blinds....

LONDON — The newly published ETSI [European Telecommunications Standards Institute] European standard for DAB digital radio, which sets minimum specifications for consumer DAB radios, could help boost DAB sales across Europe...

More than 2.4 million Norwegians listened to Julekanalen P7 Klem in 2016, and after a lot of pressure from listeners, P4 's Christmas channel is finally back, and earlier than ever.

At the IBC2017 Conference in Amsterdam in September 2017, WorldDAB gave a session looking at how DAB is at the core of radio's digital transformation. A highlights video of the session is now available to view.

The team at La Lettre Pro de la Radio are giving you the opportunity to follow live and listen to the highlights of the WorldDAB General Assembly in Paris on 7 and 8 November. With the technical support of RadioKing, a live audio feed and podcasts from international speakers discussing the future of the DAB radio will be available.

For the fourteenth consecutive year the magazine Elektronikkbransjenhe has selected its products of the year. In the DAB category, the portable Geneva Touring L radio came out on top, with Tiny Audio C5 2017 and POPyourCAR 3.0 car adapters as finalists.

Polish company BCAST,has come up with a solution, DABCAST, in response to the needs of smaller broadcasters. DABCAST is an important step in further spreading the digital signal, not only in Poland, but also across Europe.

The Director of the State Media Authority of Saarland (LMS), Uwe Conradt, has said that the response to the expression of interest in DAB+ initiated on 1 September 2017 are a "clear indication of the attractiveness of the digital radio in Saarland".