26.01.2021
New transmitter improves DAB+ coverage in northern Germany
Listeners in Neumünster will now be able to listen to NDR's stations on DAB+ digital radio.
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26.01.2021
Martin Koch Will Head WorldDAB Auto Working Group
The WorldDAB Automotive Working Group has a new chairman, Martin Koch, who succeeds Laurence Harrison. Koch is head of development entertainment and car functions at Volkswagen Car SW.Org Wolfsburg AG.
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26.01.2021
Germany - DAB+ receiver sales increase by amost a quarter
According to the latest data from GfK, year-on-year DAB+ receiver sales in Germany recorded a 23% percent increase. A total of 4.2 million audio devices were sold in Germany in 2020, 38% of which were DAB-enabled.
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26.01.2021
Volkswagen Car-Software Organisation’s Head of Development Entertainment & Car Functions to chair WorldDAB Automotive Working Group
WorldDAB announces the appointment of Martin Koch, Head of Development Entertainment & Car Functions at Volkswagen Car SW.Org Wolfsburg AG, as the Chairman of the WorldDAB Automotive Working Group.
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25.01.2021
Switzerland to switch off FM services in 2022/2023
Switzerland's various radio associations have accepted the regulator's switch off plans, and public and commercial FM services are set to be switched off between August 2022 and January 2023.
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25.01.2021
Small-scale DAB+ network grows in the Netherlands
10 months after the first small-scale permits were issued, 21 out of 22 local transmitter sites across the Netherlands are already on air.
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22.01.2021
Media regulator in North Rhine-Westphalia reveals DAB+ licence applications
The media regulator for Germany's western state has reveleaed the broadcasters that have applied for a state-wide DAB+ licence.
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20.01.2021
France - national DAB+ expected to launch on 15 July
The French media regulator CSA has announced that the launch of national DAB+ services in France will take place on Thursday 15 July 2021. A total of 25 stations are set to broadcast their services across France on DAB+ digital radio.
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20.01.2021
NDR improves network coverage in eastern Germany
Public broadcaster NDR is continuing the expansion of its DAB+ network in Germany, with the launch of its services in the Penkun region in the east of the country.
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19.01.2021
Australia - 13% rise in audiences for DAB+ only stations in 2020
Commercial DAB+ only stations attracted nearly 1.6 million listeners, an increase of 13% or 180,000 people compared to 2019. More than half of those listened to DAB+ stations at home and 676,000 listened in the car.
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