Newsroom

15.03.2021

Inovonics Inc.

United States

The new DAB+ monitoring package has been introduced to meet the increased growth of DAB+ broadcasts worldwide. The new 660 DAB+ Rack Bundle allows broadcasters to monitor three independent off-air channels simultaneously in a compact 1U package. The modestly priced package is tailored to the budget conscious broadcaster.

15.03.2021

United Kingdom

New consumer research commissioned by Frontier Smart Technologies shows how the coronavirus shifted broadcast radio listening across the United Kingdom and how those developments could influence that country’s move toward DAB, DAB+ and IP streaming and multimedia technologies.

12.03.2021

Germany

German public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk has launched a new DAB+ transmitter near Germany's border with Luxembourg, bringing nine stations to DAB+ listeners in the region.

12.03.2021

Germany

The public broadcaster has equipped two motorway tunnels with DAB+ reception in the southern part of the country.

12.03.2021

United Kingdom

The station, which launched on February 14 both online and on DAB in select UK cities, reports having attracted 100,000 listeners in less than one month and has been inundated with thousands of enquiries from listeners looking to tune in on DAB in areas not yet covered. To meet this demand, from Friday morning, listeners from across the UK will be able to tune in on DAB+.

11.03.2021

Frontier Smart Technologies WorldDAB Member

United Kingdom

Frontier Smart Technologies has released a new white paper that explores the impact digitisation is having on the radio listening experience. A significant number of people (40%) reported that a standalone radio was their main source of audio entertainment, compared to their mobile phone (19%), Smart Speaker (18%), Laptop/PC (8%), Tablet (5%), CD/Record player (4%) or ‘Other’ (6%).

11.03.2021

, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member

Yesterday, WorldDAB and the EBU brought together experts from the broadcast and automotive industries to discuss the future of radio in the car and how hybrid radio - with DAB+ at the heart of it - allows radio to stay relevant in the competitive entertainment world inside the connected car.

10.03.2021

Cyprus

The Department of Electronic Communications launched a tender for the development of a study on the operation of DAB+ in Cyprus, with a view to develop the regulatory and technical framework, which will be used for the subsequent authorisation of the individual right of use of radiofrequencies.

10.03.2021

Germany

Tens of thousands more people in northern Germany will have access to DAB+ services with the newly launched transmitter in Neumünster, located north of Hamburg towards the border with Denmark.

10.03.2021

Belgium

At the beginning of March, five local radio stations in Belgium began broadcasting in DAB+ to serve the Picardy Wallonia region and the North of France. The transition from FM to DAB+ grows the listening area from 150,000 to 5 million people.