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This article highlights some of the latest developments of DAB+ in Australia as illustrated by Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia and Grant Blackley, CEO of Southern Cross Austereo at ABU DBS 2019.

NBTC Thailand and Voice of Vietnam both provided further details and timelines for the planned DAB+ trials at this week’s ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium in Kuala Lumpur. A 20 month trial is expected to go on air this year in and around Bangkok, while Vietnam is now ready to proceed with its second DAB+ trial in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh in April 2019.

In 2018, 286,200 DAB+ receivers were sold in Switzerland, with another 300,000 in-car DAB+ receivers sold.According to GfK's report, over 4 million DAB+ receivers have been sold since the year 2000.

Speaking at ABU DBS in Kuala Lumpur, Cath Dwyer, the manager of RN, Radio and Radio Australia at ABC reiterated the Australian national broadcaster's is commitment to DAB+ transmission as part of its multiplatform strategy.

Bayerischer Rundfunk will set to open a new DAB+ transmitter in the Bavarian region Memmingen on Friday 8 March 2019. This transmitter is set to improve the DAB+ reception in the western district of Unterallgäu, particularly in and around the city of Memmingen.

This article published by Le Monde - the leading national publication in France - reports on the latest developments related to DAB+ taking place in France, highlighting the ways in which consumers in France will benefit from an improved listening experience.

The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) has announced the 18 radio groups that have been granted a national DAB+ broadcasting licence. These include all major commercial radio groups as well as a number of smaller independent radio stations.

The Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) is set to announce the 18 radio groups that have been granted a national DAB+ broadcasting licence this week, as France continues its path towards the digitisation of radio.

As announced by the French Minister of Culture Franck Riester, all six of Radio France's radio stations - France Inter, Franceinfo, France Culture, France Musique, Fip and Mouv’ - will be available on DAB+. According to the Minister, this will provide listeners with more content, as well as improving overall sound quality.

France’s Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel has published the list of stations that have received a DAB+ license to begin broadcasting nationwide via digital terrestrial radio in 2020.