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Nielsen’s latest report on radio listening in Norway shows that DAB+ continues to gain ground in Norway. According to the report, more than 3.4 million people (approximately 73% of the population aged 10+) now have DAB radio in their home, while 67% of the population had access to DAB radio in their car.

RTN's new transmitter, which launched in La Brévine, a region bordering with France in western Switzerland, should help listeners in the region benefit from improved coverage on DAB+ digital radio.

Roberto Moro, Strategic Broadcast Services Manager at SRG SSR, and Chair of the Group that produced the report within the EBU Project Group on Sharing & Planning Terrestrial services as part of the EBU's Strategic Programme on Spectrum, discusses the importance of measuring a DAB network and its coverage as part of the launch of the EBU's Technical Report TR 051 on Measuring Techniques for DAB Coverage Performance.

Digital Audio Bulgaria has launched a new promotional video on DAB+, highlighting the various benefits of DAB+ digital radio. A new consumer-facing DAB marketing website adopting the DAB+ logo and branding in line with other European countries looking to help develop DAB+ digital radio has also launched in Bulgaria - www.dab.bg.

Info Digital's May issue includes all the latest information on DAB+ in Germany, including the launch of the second national DAB+ multiplex - the first exclusively dedicated to commercial broadcasters - and information required to retrofit DAB+ receivers in existing cars.

The number of DAB+ stations on air in the Netherlands is on the rise, with several new stations launching across various cities in last week, including Zoetermeer, Almere, Den Helder and Zandvoort. Some of the new stations available to listeners on DAB+ include Beat FM, Dance Radio, DB 96.2, Wereldstad and Coastline.

To celebrate the launch of Smooth Chill nationally on DAB digital radio, Smooth Radio has launched a competition whose three lucky winners will take home a VQ Retro Mini DAB/DAB+ radio.

The topics covered in this report pertain to DAB coverage measurement. The reasons why such measurements may be necessary are discussed in depth, along with the technical prerequisites required before these measurements are made. Various use cases for measuring DAB network coverage are presented; for each use case the techniques, measuring parameters and requirements are described. Further, the requirements for the measuring equipment and its operation are discussed.

In this series of interviews with WorldDAB members, Nick Piggott from RadioDNS explains what markets and solutions are supported by RadioDNS, as well as highlighting some of the projects recently carried out by the company.

Despite consumers’ increasing interest in DAB+, broadcasters in France are now facing a uncertain future caused by the coronavirus outbreak and drop in advertising revenues. However, new DAB+ services continue to launch in the country, with regional DAB+ services set to launch in Bordeaux and Toulouse in the summer.