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The Swiss manufacturer Geneva Lab has announced that the Wireless Model S DAB + is immediately available in Germany and Austria.

Deutschlandradio director Willi Steul sees it as possible to launch a national children's radio station. It could be made possible through cooperation with ARD and the children's channel Kika.

The firm Audioblock now offers radios with DAB+ radio.

The Ford Tourneo Custom 2.2 TDCi now comes with DAB.

The new Range Rover Sport now comes with DAB.

The BMW M135i comes with DAB as standard.

The UK Government is hailing a recent digital radio test as a success, saying listeners who are in a good coverage area love digital radio.

The report 'GO Digital Trial: Measuring the impact of radio switchover on consumers is now available. Ipsos MORI was commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to conduct a digital radio switchover pilot, to document and explore the conversion experience of households from an analogue to digital-only radio environment.

The BBC and leading commercial radio broadcasters today hailed the results of a Government trial into the impact of converting homes to digital radio, which demonstrates that listeners who are in good coverage love digital radio.

At almost every conference about radio’s future, one can find a speaker or two saying that traffic information is one of the reasons why consumers should opt for digital radio in their cars.