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Netherlands: 30 per cent of households have DAB+ radio
05.09.2024 - Netherlands Netherlands
30 per cent of Dutch households now own a radio equipped with DAB+. This is according to figures from the CBS Central Bureau of Statistics. Whereas last year 28 per cent of Dutch households owned a radio equipped with digital airwave reception, by 2024 this percentage has grown to 30 per cent. This involves a radio equipped with DAB+ in the home and/or car. DAB+ awareness also seems to be on the rise. In 2022, 53 per cent of Dutch people knew the term DAB+, while this percentage has risen to 56 per cent this year. All figures can be found on the CBS website.

(MediaMagazine.nl) Read more


Frontier enhances DAB+ with Automatic Safety Alert feature
04.09.2024 - Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member - Germany Germany - United Kingdom United Kingdom
As part of a global initiative with the DAB+ industry, Frontier has been working on defining and developing a new feature that will provide widespread benefits for digital radio listeners and their communities. Automatic Safety Alert (ASA) builds on top of the DAB+ standard and enables safety alerts to be automatically broadcast to listeners via audio, text and images, allowing for key information to be reliably and rapidly delivered to large numbers of people. ASA will be supported on Frontier's Kino 4 Pro chip and Siena Pro module with a new SDK version later this year. The chip and module, which powers over 25 million DAB radios, have passed the latest Digital Tick technology test plan and will be the first to pass the ASA certification in Q4 2024. First products are expected to go into mass production in early 2025.

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DAB+ radio at IFA: Chip manufacturer Frontier Smart Technologies presents prototype for ASA
04.09.2024 - Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom United Kingdom - Germany Germany
At IFA, the British chip manufacturer Frontier Smart Technologies is presenting a prototype of the new generation of DAB+ digital radios equipped with the ‘Automatic Safety Alert ASA’ standard to trade visitors for the first time. The ASA warning system protects the population in emergencies and crises and reliably transmits safety messages digitally on the radio without an internet connection. Listeners benefit from a system that keeps them informed even when mobile phone or internet connections are interrupted. ASA works automatically in the background, can be customised regionally for the place of residence and offers high availability thanks to the DAB+ radio transmission network.

(Digitalradio Büro Deutschland) Read more


WorldDAB members at IBC2024: Nautel / DIGIDIA
04.09.2024 - DIGIDIA WorldDAB Member
In another of our short interviews with WorldDAB members exhibiting at IBC2024, Hermann Zensen, Sales Manager Europe, Nautel / DIGIDIA says they will be showing their DIGIDIA FlexiDAB multiplexer with EDI and RF output. Nautel manufactures complete DAB head end systems under the DIGIDIA brand.

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Frequencies in the Hohenpeißenberg area are changing
04.09.2024 - Germany Germany
Bayerischer Rundfunk will broadcast its programmes BAYERN 1, Bayern 2, BAYERN 3 and BR-Klassik exclusively via DAB+ from the Hohenpeißenberg transmitter site in future. The programmes can still be received via DAB+ or via the FM frequencies of the Wendelstein or Grünten transmitters. BR will provide information about the change with a message loop on the affected frequencies. The background to this is the decommissioning of the FM transmitter on Hohenpeißenberg for economic reasons and to achieve greater energy efficiency in broadcasting. The entire region is also very well covered by DAB+. DAB+ guarantees a significantly greater variety of programmes without additional costs via antenna, free reception everywhere - even without the internet - and the best noise-free radio quality.

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Hájek's Fiera Touch launches digital radio network in Prague
03.09.2024 - Czechia Czechia
At 08:00 on 3 September, a multiplex called DAB MUX Praha, a network for digital radios launched by the Prague company Fiera Touch of media entrepreneur Pavel Hajek, started broadcasting from the Prague-Děvín location. It is broadcasting on channel 5C, i.e. Regional Network 13, one of four that Fiera Touch won in the recent auction of frequencies for digital radio in the DAB+ system. The multiplex is soon to reach 10 kW of power after initial mapping of reception quality. The potential reach is realistically between 1.5 and 2 million listeners, according to Hajek. The first station that DAB Mux Prague is distributing is Radio Energic, based in Mladá Boleslav. "We are negotiating with other radios," Pavel Hájek told reporters today.

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New DAB+ multiplex launched in Prague
03.09.2024 - Czechia Czechia
On Tuesday 3 September, the new radio multiplex of the company Fiera Touch started to operate in the capital. Listeners can tune in on channel 5C and at the moment it contains only one station - Radio Energic, which is returning to the DAB+ platform after a short break, previously it was distributed by the operator Teleko digital. The Děvín transmitter is currently operating at 5 kW, and is due to be increased to a final 10 kW in the near future. Energic plans to add another station to its portfolio next spring, aimed at listeners aged 30 to 59. The Energic Group's portfolio could ultimately include up to six genre projects.

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New DAB digital radio network launches across Inverclyde
03.09.2024 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
A new digital radio network has launched in Inverclyde - with the district’s dedicated station set to hit the airwaves soon. Coast DAB, which also covers Argyll and West Dunbartonshire, features five new stations – Lomond Radio, based in Dumbarton; BFBS Scotland, serving the Faslane naval base; Celtic Music Radio, extending its Glasgow service; Timeless Radio and spin-off Timeless 70s. Further stations are due to join up shortly after licences are awarded by industry regulator Ofcom, including Inverclyde’s Clyde Coast Radio and Dunoon’s DCR. The network aims to broadcast up to 20 new stations for listeners across its coverage areas.

(Greenock Telegraph) Read more


Business Radio resumes DAB+
02.09.2024 - Ukraine Ukraine
On 31 August, Business Radio resumed broadcasting in DAB+ multiplex 11D in Kyiv. The radio station's digital broadcasting had been absent in this multiplex since April 2020. Business Radio is a Kyiv-based entertainment and music station that, in addition to digital broadcasting, also broadcasts in analogue at 93.8 MHz in Kyiv. It is a part of the Business Radio Group.

(Mediasat) Read more


New local DAB+ licences bring changes to the airwaves
02.09.2024 - Netherlands Netherlands
With the entry into force of the new DAB+ licences for local radio stations, the offer via digital terrestrial radio has changed in several places. In addition, a number of networks have switched channels, been temporarily off air or newly put on air. The new licences, valid since 1 September, enable local radio over DAB+ across the country. For this purpose, the National Digital Infrastructure Inspectorate distributed licences to both public and commercial parties in recent months. Through 57 allotments (networks), the whole country can be covered. The number of new networks launched is still limited. This is due to several things. First, licences for commercial stations were granted only last month. In addition, all licence holders must enter into a cooperation agreement for the rollout and operation of the networks. For the rollout itself, licence holders have until September 2025.

(RadioWereld.NL) Read more