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Radio Today talks to Matt Deegan, Creative Director at Folder Media, home to digital radio station Fun Kids.

The latest small-scale DAB trial multiplex has launched – by Celador Radio in Bristol. Ofcom has licensed 10 multiplexes to broadcast for nine months as part of a small-scale trail. Services in Brighton, Portsmouth and Manchester have already launched whilst Cambridge is currently offering test transmissions.

At the annual IFA consumer electronic trade show in Berlin, Pure have announced a raft of new DAB+ digital radio sets. The most interesting device is the Pure Evoke F3, a first for the company in a number of ways.

A pioneering new technology developed by Global, the media & entertainment group, will now allow drivers radios to automatically switch between different local radio stations that are part of the same network as they travel around the country.

DAB technology seems to appeal more and more countries in Europe and elsewhere. This summer has also been marked by numerous decisions to encourage the development of this technology. While some countries are still in the testing phase, others definitely seem to have integrated DAB.

Technology by Global, the media & entertainment group, will now allow drivers radios to automatically switch between different local radio stations that are part of the same network as they travel around the country.

Frontier Silicon announces that its recently launched Verona 2 module now supports colour screen displays for DAB / DAB+ digital radios. The Verona 2 module, based on the company’s Kino 4 system-on-chip, has received a firmware upgrade which allows manufacturers to add colour screen capability to audio devices – using a single, integrated technology solution.

LGB&T radio station Gaydio is adding three new UK cities to its list of terrestrial broadcast areas this month. Gaydio is joining a number of small-scale DAB licence trials to boost its coverage areas, including the one launched this week in Manchester.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) had given the thumbs up to extending the DAB+ digital radio trial licences in Canberra and Darwin. Commercial Radio Australia chief executive officer Joan Warner said: “The commercial radio industry is buoyed by the support from ACMA on the extension of the Darwin and Canberra trials, and the Communications Department for the announcement of the Digital Radio Planning Committee for Regional Australia. We’re working with our industry colleagues on the planning for the first committee meeting.”

"For such a strong and well-established music brand as Klassik Radio, digitisation offers an outstanding corporate opportunity" says Ulrich Kubak, CEO of Klassik Radio AG, on the development of web-based streaming services and the nationwide broadcast on DAB+.