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20.01.2016

United Kingdom

Data from industry analysts CAP and The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) for the final quarter of 2015 shows that the percentage of new cars sold that were fitted with digital radio as standard grew to 80.1%, compared to 7.5% five years ago and 61.2% year-on-year. This is the second biggest quarterly increase since monitoring began in 2010.

20.01.2016

Norway

A year before the shutdown of FM stations in Norway, Bauer Media’s Kiss and Radio Rock stations have switched off their FM stations and are now exclusively available on DAB+ or the Internet. Bauer Media says the decision to shut off the FM broadcasts of both stations was to accelerate the digitisation process.

20.01.2016

Slovenia

Slovenia's Agency for Communications Networks and Services (Akos) has issued a decision on the allocation of radio frequencies for the DAB+ multiplex R1. Public broadcaster RTV Slovenija and its transmission unit Oddajniki in zveze will be responsible for managing the DAB+ network.

20.01.2016

Norway

The UK now has many formerly local radio stations on national DAB radio, like KISS and Capital Xtra; and now, some UK radio stations are using DAB to help them expand overseas.

19.01.2016

United Kingdom , Norway , Germany

UK station Panjab Radio has launched its service on DAB+ in Oslo and Akershus, Norway. Panjab Radio have increased its DAB+ reach across Europe by recently launching on DAB+ in Germany.

19.01.2016

, European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member

WorldDAB's Technical Committee meeting (WorldDAB committee members only) will conclude the EBU Digital Radio Week 2016 on 11 February. The week takes place in Geneva during the week of 8 February and will cover a series of meeting and discussions on digital radio including case studies on hybrid radio, smartphones and radio in the car.

19.01.2016

Slovenia

Issued to the public broadcaster, RTV Slovenia, the initial network should be operational by September 2016 and is planned to cover 70% of the population.

18.01.2016

United Kingdom

What is in-car digital radio? Should your next car have it fitted? Automotive website carbuyer.co.uk explain DAB and the advantages to having it in your new car or retro fitted.

18.01.2016

Romania

ANCOM (the National Authority for Management and Regulation of Communications) have invited views on the spectrum bands that could be available to tender, the number and type of multiplexes and the services that would be offered.

18.01.2016

Pure

United Kingdom

The Pure Evoke F3 is a DAB radio, one that packs in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to let it stream internet radio and audio from your phone. It includes plenty of features and is easy on the eye. Sound quality is decent too, being far better for music than pretty much any single-speaker Evoke model to date.