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21.03.2017

Mitsubishi Electric Automotive Europe BV

The hi-spec Outlander PHEV Juro will now come equipped with Electronic Parking Brake with Auto Hold, EV Priority Mode, Smartphone Link Display Audio with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, DAB radio, and a reversing camera.

20.03.2017

Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Australia

Four million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ are predicted to be sold by the end of 2021, doubling the number of current vehicles with the technology, according to projections by PwC. In-car listening remains one of the most popular ways for Australians to listen to radio and growing audiences on the road are expected to contribute to the significant growth of DAB+ over the next five years.

20.03.2017

Digital Radio UK

United Kingdom

The first speakers for Doing the DAB in Birmingham have been announced by Digital Radio UK. Confirmed speakers include broadcaster and former Orion Media Group Content and Operations Director, David Lloyd, and Ed James, host of Heart West Midlands’ Heart Breakfast with Ed & Gemma.

20.03.2017

Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Australia

Almost four million new vehicles sold in Australia by the end of 2021 will be fitted with DAB+ digital radio technology according to projections. Figures released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) from PwC also indicate the number of new vehicles sold with DAB+ technology will double, accounting for 60% of total sales in 2021. 862,426 new vehicles sold were fitted with DAB+ as of the end of 2016.

20.03.2017

Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Australia

Projections by PwC for DAB+ digital radio show that nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2021 will be fitted with a digital radio, forecasting nearly double the number of current new vehicles fitted with the technology.

20.03.2017

Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Australia

Projections by PwC for DAB+ digital radio show that nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2021 will be fitted with a digital radio, forecasting nearly double the number of current new vehicles fitted with the technology. PwC projects that close to 4 million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ will be sold by the end of 2021, up from 862,426 at the end of 2016.

19.03.2017

Netherlands

Radiodays Europe (RDE) is being held at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam from 19th until 21st March. Gathering together radio professionals from 62 countries, the theme of the event this year "A Sound Future" is dedicated to the future of radio, specifically looking at the growing market for digital audio products, the challenges relating to digitization, changing consumer demands and the necessary innovations for existing business models.

18.03.2017

Germany , Switzerland

The real threat to the market position of active private radio broadcasters is not to participate in terrestrial digital radio, rather than participation in the DAB market. This article gives a German translation of WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon’s recent presentation on the DAB business case for commercial radio broadcasters in Europe presented at the EBU Digital Radio Summit this year in Geneva.

17.03.2017

Austria

A one day event hosted jointly by Digital Radio Austria and the Association of Commercial Radios (VÖP) is being held in Vienna, Austria on 28 March 2017 for potential multiplex operators to present their concepts on DAB+ digital radio to interested radio broadcasters. There is currently an open tender for applicants to manage one nationwide DAB+ multiplex and if required additional regional/local DAB+ multiplexes which will close on 12 June 2017.

17.03.2017

National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission of Thailand WorldDAB Member

Thailand

NBTC plans to launch digital radio in 2018 and states that guidelines should be finalised before the start of a nationwide trial. DAB+ licenses are to be gradually sold nationwide, regionally and then locally. The first trial DAB+ broadcasts began in Bangkok in March 2013.