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Many DAB+ device manufacturers, content providers, research and development organisations will be exhibiting at IFA 2013. The Digital radio guide for the event details where these exhibitors can be found and there will also be a guided tour on site for interested parties who would like to find out more about the technology.

Before Christmas it is expected that a DAB+ trial will commence in Vienna. Two transmitter sites will be served by SFN. The trial is to remain on air for one year with the possibility of extending the trial for a further year. The objective is to make a transition to regular services in the form of a nationwide roll out from the east to the west of Austria.

German firm 2wcom will unveil the FMC01 codec at IBC2013. FlexNsert DAB+ distribution inserter receives a DAB ETI data stream, converts it into a standard MPEG-2-TS-signal and outputs it via ASI or Ethernet transport stream interfaces. The FlexXtract+ DAB+ distribution extractor demodulates a data stream from a DVB-S or DVB-S2 signal and converts the data into a standard ETI-signal according to EN 300799 or EDI-signal according to TS 102 693 to feed DAB or DAB+ transmitters.

Super Cool Leon SC now comes with DAB as optional.

The Honda CR-V 1.6 diesel now comes with DAB as standard.

Glide FM has been replaced by JACKfm 2 in Oxford, which launched at 10am today using the new strapline “Playing what YOU want”. It’s the opposite of JACKfm which plays “what we want” and is available on FM, DAB and online.

Ofcom recently published a paper detailing a study of an experimental DAB multiplex in central Brighton that uses lower-cost technologies. Conducted between Sept. 14, 2012 and Jan. 27, 2013, the privately funded study explored the potential benefits of low cost DAB for smaller areas by looking at the viability of using a wireless transmitter, which was operated under a Non-Operational Test and Development license, to generate a Eureka 147 DAB compliant signal. Additionally, the study analyzed and compared the methods to other multiplexes.

The Naim Audio UnitiQute allows you to listen to the radio through the built-in DAB/DAB and FM tuners or access internet radio stations.

The Ford Kuga Titanium X Sport launched in the UK will come with DAB as standard.

While the Federal Government eventually made good on the $1.4 million in funding that community radio needed to ensure the survival of 37 community broadcasters on the digital spectrum, it very nearly signed the death warrant on the community radio sector. It’s a situation that the Australian Greens Party want to ensure never happens again should they be brought into power, today announcing a $27 million pledge to community TV and radio broadcasters.