Germany - Receiver Market - History

19.08.2015

GfK sales figures indicate continuously a significant growth of the market: up 37% in 2014 in comparison with the previous year and around 75% in Q1/2015 compared with Q1/2014. The number of devices available on the market has grown from 120 devices in 2011 to more than 400 by mid-2015 with manufacturers offering products at all price points and starting with less than 20 Euros. 

A comprehensive list of DAB+ receivers available in Germany can be found at: www.digitalradio.de/geraete

Initiative Digital Radio Deutschland Product Finder

Overview list of the digital radio receivers available on the German market

Digitalisierungsbericht which includes the Infratest figures (2.7 million receivers in German households) presented during IFA

 

10.07.2015

GfK sales figures indicate continuously a significant growth of the market: up 37% in 2014 in comparison with the previous year and around 75% in Q1/2015 compared with Q1/2014. The number of devices available on the market has grown from 120 devices in 2011 to more than 400 by mid-2015 with manufacturers offering products at all price points and starting with less than 20 Euros. 

7.7% of the German population now own an average of 1.7 million DAB sets (TNS Infratest 2014). There are 2.7 million digital radio devices in the German market - 25% of them are in car.

Broadcasters and receiver manufacturers have collaborated to produce:
• a receiver classes definition document to help to develop a greater number of devices at reasonable price-points
• a list of services document to ensure that manufacturers had the correct functionality built into their receivers
• usage of text services and usage of visual services documents providing guidance on preparation and resentation of text and visual services

A comprehensive list of DAB+ receivers available in Germany can be found at: www.digitalradio.de/geraete

Initiative Digital Radio Deutschland Product Finder

Overview list of the digital radio receivers available on the German market

Digitalisierungsbericht which includes the Infratest figures (2.7 million receivers in German households) presented during IFA

 

05.02.2015

GfK sales figures indicate growth of the market of approximately 63% year on year. The number of devices available on the market has grown from 120 devices in 2011 to more than 320 by early 2014 with manufacturers offering products at all price points. 7.7% of the German population now own an average of 1.7 million DAB sets (TNS Infratest 2014). There are 2.7 million digital radio devices in the German market - 25% of them are in car.

Broadcasters and receiver manufacturers have collaborated to produce:
• a receiver classes definition document to help to develop a greater number of devices at reasonable price-points
• a list of services document to ensure that manufacturers had the correct functionality built into their receivers
• usage of text services and usage of visual services documents providing guidance on preparation and resentation of text and visual services

A comprehensive list of DAB+ receivers available in Germany can be found at: www.digitalradio.de/geraete

Initiative Digital Radio Deutschland Product Finder

Overview list of the digital radio receivers available on the German market

Digitalisierungsbericht which includes the Infratest figures (2.7 million receivers in German households) presented during IFA