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Radio station DAB Praha, which is operated by the public broadcaster Czech Radio, has expanded its slideshow services on the Czech Radio DAB+ multiplex so as to display weather forecasts for Prague.

According to the latest data revealed by Jato Dynamics, in the first half of 2019, 96% of the top ten best selling car models in the Netherlands came with DAB+ digital radios included as standard.

Broadcast Partners will be holding various informative evening sessions for any broadcasters looking to get on board with DAB+. The sessions will take place across a number of locations in the Netherlands - namely Amersfoort, Gilze, Amsterdam and Temeuzen - between 19-26 November.

According to new regulation introduced by the EU, all new cars sold in the EU after 20 December 2020 will be required to have digital radio capabilities.

As of 21 December 2020, every new car in Germany will be required to have a DAB+ digital radio included on board. While the cars already on the road are not required to comply with this law, drivers are already looking into ways to convert their in-car radios to DAB+ digital radio - here's how you can do it.

KKRIT, the Polish regulator, has announced the radio stations that will be granted DAB+ licenses in Torun and Katowice. As part of the second expansion phase, due to take place in coming weeks, DAB+ licenses will be granted in Bydgoszcz, Kielce, Krakow, Łowicz, Łódź, Opole, Radom and Warsaw.

A new DAB+ transmitter operated by Teleko is set to launch in the southeastern city of Zlin, Czech Republic. Another DAB+ transmitter operated by Czech Radio is already in operation in the region.

DAB+ radio listening time in Dutch-speaking Belgium has tripled - going from 3% to 9% - compared to last year, while digital listening in the region makes up 26% of total listening time. What's more, more than 16% of Flemish people already have a DAB+ device, while 12% want to buy one.

The ability to record RF signals during test drives and to reproduce them in the laboratory can significantly reduce time-to-market and cost when developing radio receivers. The IZT Record and Replay system (IZT RecPlay) is widely used in the car industry and enables manufacturers to test and to verify their implementations in a very reliable and reproducible way.

From December 21, 2020 radios in new vehicles as well as new stationary radios with displays need to enable the reception and playback of DAB+.