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Glasgow’s thriving digital radio scene was celebrated at a special event, Doing the DAB, attended by broadcasters from BBC, commercial and community radio at 29 Private Members’ Club in central Glasgow.

Four applications by Digital Audio Broadcasting Platform (DABP), Media Broadcast and Radi / o digital, have been submitted to the German Broadcasting Corporation for the second nationwide DAB+ multiplex. The Expert Committee on Networks, Technology and Convergence of Media Authorities will address the applications on 7 March and make an initial assessment of the admissibility and quality of applications.

Absolut Digital has applied to be the platform operator for the second nationwide DAB+ multiplex in Germany. Willi Schreiner , Managing Director of Absolut Digital, sees the development of a second multiplex in Germany as great news for the development of DAB+ technology in Germany.

Highlights from Digital Radio UK's event 'Doing the DAB'in Glasgow included news of the on-going innovation and investment in digital radio taking place in Glasgow, where the imminent launch of four new services will take the total number of radio stations available on DAB to over 70.

NRK’s Øyvind Vasaasen says the public broadcaster has succeeded with a comprehensive information strategy up to the digital switchover in Nordland on 11 January. On average the audience saw the DAB message 27 times on television, radio and the internet before the shutdowns occurred.

Norway began switching off its national FM networks on 11 January, becoming the first country move towards a fuller digital radio infrastructure. The digital switchover (DSO) will continue over the course of this year, with the last region due to lose analogue transmissions in December.

ATEMIO presents the Pilatus, it's first model with DAB+. The receiver also has an integrated CD player along with Spotify.

JVC's new multimedia receiver KW-V235DBT has a DAB+ tuner and a Bluetooth module, which can automatically be connected to the users phone via "auto pairing"

The Danish company DENVER is launching two new DAB+ radios onto the German market. The DAB-39 (black, gray or blue) has a 7.11 cm LCD display and the DAB-40 (black or gray) has a 6.10 cm color display for displaying the DAB + slideshow.

Following the success of the WorldDAB Automotive Event 2016, the event returns this year in Munich. The event will bring together car manufacturers, their suppliers and broadcasters from all over Europe to Munich on 21 June 2017.