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The UK’s first and only national digital radio multiplex operator, Digital One, today announces a deal which heralds a groundbreaking new venture in data broadcasting. BT Wholesale will develop a service which utilises capacity on the national commercial DAB digital radio network to broadcast multimedia data services.

This year's Media Meeting Point in Germany (May 6- 8) will see experts answer this question. They will also look at successful campaigns from Switzerland and the UK.

The Southwest (SWR) and the National Institute of Communications (LFK) have held a joint study "Radio Plus 2". The following results were unveiled in Stuttgart.

Included in the latest edition is an interview with Uwe Ludwig (Digital Radio Club Central Germany) about successful digital radio marketing.

WSFM's breakfast duo will today introduce a new digital radio station called WS4KIDS in Australia.

The BMW Z4 sDrive 18i now comes with DAB as standard.

In another win for radio Ford Australia now includes DAB+ in the new Kuga, joining nine other vehicle manufactures (Land Rover, Mercedes, Toyota, Lexus, BMW, Audi, Hino, Jaguar and Isuzu Trucks), including DAB+ in selected Australian vehicles.

About 94,000 DAB digital radio devices were sold in the period, up from about 88,000 in the same quarter last year, bringing the total number sold since the technology's 2009 launch to 1.25 million..

Digital radio sales and listening figures recorded another significant rise with 94,024 DAB+ digital radio devices sold in the first quarter of 2013, bringing the total number sold since the 2009 launch to 1,250,179, in addition listening figures from Survey 2, 2013 show 12.3% of people are now listening via a DAB+ device each week.

The radio station Beat Hell will from 1 May also be heard in Saxony-Anhalt on DAB +.