Germany - Current situation - History
17.07.2019
Germany has a regular DAB+ status, and approximately 97% of the country's population is covered by DAB+.
The following websites provide information on all available services, the latest marketing and receivers for home and on the move.
https://www.rundfunkforum.de/viewforum.php?f=11
The take-up rate of new cars (German manufacturers) with DAB-radio (as standard and as an option) is 39.1% in 2017, (Source: DAT Report 2018, p. 8) up from 21% in 2016 and 14.4% in 2015. Audi is first vehicle manufacturer to implement hybrid radio. More info
29.04.2019
Germany has a regular DAB+ status, and approximately 97% of the country's population is covered by DAB+.
The following websites provide information on all available services, the latest marketing and receivers for home and on the move.
https://www.rundfunkforum.de/viewforum.php?f=11
The take-up rate of new cars (German manufacturers) with DAB-radio (as standard and as an option) is 39.1% in 2017, (Source: DAT Report 2018, p. 8) up from 21% in 2016 and 14.4% in 2015. Audi is first vehicle manufacturer to implement hybrid radio. More info
02.07.2018
Germany now has 97% population coverage for DAB+ and a significant consumer-marketing effort is taking place. The website www.dabplus.de/ provides information on all available services, the latest marketing and receivers for home and on the move.
The take-up rate of new cars (German manufacturers) with DAB-radio (as standard and as an option) is 39.1% in 2017, (Source: DAT Report 2018, p. 8) up from 21% in 2016 and 14.4% in 2015. Audi is first vehicle manufacturer to implement hybrid radio. More info
German government support for digital radio
At its meeting on 29 June 2016 in Berlin, the German-French Radio Commission requested the German and the French Governments to ask EU Institutions to assist with EU-wide market development of digital radio, by making it mandatory for all new radio receivers sold to be equipped with DAB+.
The coalition government stated the new government “will continue to develop the regulations, regarding the interoperability in § 48 of the telecommunications law, in order to strengthen digital radio as a low-threshold medium. With the involvement of all stakeholders, we will develop actions, in order to further promote the digitisation of the radio.” On the EU Digital Europe strategy the contract states, “We are committed to the interoperability of digital radios also on the European level.” More info