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18.12.2017

Norway

DAB actually has significant advantages over FM. It offers a range of new features, including real-time information like song titles, music type and news or traffic updates up to 128 characters in length. It also contains local time information, which can be used to make real-time adjustments.

18.12.2017

Norway

As of last Wednesday, FM radio can no longer be found in Norway, which eliminated the stations as part of a national technology upgrade towards the DAB+ standard.

16.12.2017

France

Norway has become this week the first country in the world to permanently turn off the FM band to switch fully to digital radio. Conversely, France is lagging behind, with digital terrestrial radio taking off very slowly. Only the cities of Paris, Marseille and Nice have been covered since 2014. Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg will soon follow. However, the CSA promises to accelerate the pace by organizing national tenders on areas that are easier to make profitable.

16.12.2017

Austria

For the first time, the media authority KommAustria has granted approval in Austria for the regular operation of a multiplex platform for digital terrestrial radio in DAB+. The license, effective April 3, 2018, goes to RTG Radio Technikum GmbH for a period of 10 years; it will initially carry 11 radio programs as well as an electronic program guide and, if required, a hazard warning service in the Greater Vienna area and in parts of Vienna's surrounding area a technical reach of around 2.25 million people will spread.

15.12.2017

France

This receiver can operate with three modes of energy: a manual dynamo, a solar panel and, of course, a rechargeable lithium battery. It also offers a USB plug (convenient to charge your phone for example), a lamp and even a LED Flash to send an SOS.

15.12.2017

Norway

National broadcasters across the Scandinavian country will now only broadcast using digital audio, which allows for better sound quality and more channels at a fraction of the cost.

15.12.2017

United Kingdom

Norway has become the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts on its FM radio network. From now on all the state broadcaster's radio programmes can only be heard via DAB."

15.12.2017

United Kingdom

The Onkyo TX-8250 has access to Spotify, DAB radio, and sockets catering for all sources, with built-in stereo amplification, and numerous streaming solutions.

15.12.2017

Austria

A regular DAB+ multiplex has been announced for Austria – with the licence being effective from April 2018 is expected. The license for the regional multiplex which will cover 2.25 million people in Greater Vienna was awarded to RTG Radio Technikum GmbH for a period of 10 years. Initially 11 radio programmes will be transmitted as well as an electronic program guide (EPG) and, if required, a hazard warning service. An announcement about a regular national multiplex is expected in Q1 2018.

15.12.2017

Norway

The last FM transmitters of government radio services, in Troms and Finnmark in the country's most remote northern areas, shut down on Thursday. The nationwide change to DAB, or digital audio broadcasting, took nearly one year.