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The European Parliament in its Plenary session voted to adopt the new European Electronic Communications Code. This Directive will require all new car radios in the EU to be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio. This requirement is in addition to any FM or AM functionality which manufacturers may wish to include.

The European Parliament has voted in its Plenary session to adopt the new European Electronic Communications Code, requiring all new car radios in the EU to be capable of receiving digital terrestrial radio. The next steps for the Directive are: first, formal approval by the Council and, second, publication in the Official Journal of the European Union – at which point the Directive enters into force. These steps are expected to be completed in early 2019.

Representatives from the major automotive brands will gather in Rome on 15 November for a conference to determine the future integration of DAB+ digital radio in the car. Hosted by Italian broadcaster Rai, the day will be the first time that a day has been dedicated to discussing the future of car radio.

47 organisers of radio and audio programs as well as platform operators have registered interest in DAB+ capacities in North Rhine-Westphalia, which will be assesses by the State Media Authority. This is the result of the call for interest of the Medienanstalt NRW.

47 organisers of radio and audio programs as well as platform operators have registered interest in DAB+ capacities in North Rhine-Westphalia. This is the result of the call for interest of the Medienanstalt NRW. Among the interested parties are national providers, locally and regionally oriented private broadcasters and nationwide operating platform operators.

47 organisers of radio and audio programs as well as platform operators have registered interest in DAB+ capacities in North Rhine-Westphalia. This is the result of the call for interest of the Medienanstalt NRW.

The trial will include all BBC radio services and test the listening experience between broadcast (FM, DAB, DAB+) and BBC metadata on the move.

International broadcasting service Radio Maria steps up investment to increase its DAB+ circulation in France. Present in 11 countries across Europe, Radio Maria already operates over 340 DAB+ multiplexes.

For the Flemish Minister of Media, Sven Gatz (Open VLD), the big radio stations will have to disappear from the FM band from here. The goal is to digitise the entire radio network in the north of the country. According to the first measures of the Ipsos office, one in five Flemings have gone digital. "That's more than we thought," commented Mr Gatz.

DAB+ continues its successful rollout across Europe as Belgium officially launches the technology across the Flanders region today to mark the start of Digital Radio Week. As of today, all Flemish national radio stations will be available on DAB +, while the technology is expected to launch across the rest of the country – and specifically Belgium’s French-speaking region – on Thursday.