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RadioDNS has reached a significant milestone with Audi becoming the first automotive manufacturer to adopt their service. The open standards of RadioDNS will be part of Audi’s new line-fit hybrid radio platform in the A8. RadioDNS offers a single intelligent station list which always picks the best way to receive a station, removing the need for the driver to decide between FM, DAB or streaming.

A report on digital radio in Germany presented at the IFA show in Berlin shows more people with access to DAB+ receiving devices; 15.1% of households up from 12.6% one year on.The report calculated that about 2.5 million Germans listen daily to a DAB+ channel, on average about 29 minutes per day.

DAB+ is expanding in Germany. The number of Germans with a DAB+ radio has grown to over 11 million, and on average 2.5 million people listen to the service each day, according to a survey from Media Broadcast and radio broadcasters and associations. The study was presented at the IFA show in Berlin.

Digital Radio UK's radio industry conference, Drive to Digital, will take place at the British Museum on 26 September from 1pm until 6 pm. Chris Chabot, technical evangelist at Amazon, and Paul Rodgers, Head of BBC 6 Music, join the line-up for the event.

European digital radio markets came together recently to announce support for the newly published ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) Euro standard for DAB digital radio. This standard has been agreed to as the minimum specification for DAB digital radio receivers across Europe and is supported by WorldDAB and the European Broadcasting Union, as well as broadcasters and manufacturers in Germany, the UK, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.

Audi has announced that they will be the first automotive manufacturer to adopt RadioDNS’ open and interoperable standards for their new line-fit hybrid radio platform. Launching initially in the new Audi A8 in Europe in Autumn 2017, RadioDNS functionality will be available over time in other Audi models and other regions, and in Porsche and VW cars.

European digital radio markets came together today to announce support for the newly published ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) Euro standard for DAB digital radio. This standard is supported by WorldDAB and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as well as broadcasters and manufacturers in Germany, the UK, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.

The second wave of the four-language publicity campaign for the DAB+ radio standard has begun in Switzerland. The campaign is supported by the public radio SRG and private radio channels, as well as the manufacturer Pure and retail partners Melectronics and Eigitec.

A new European Broadcasting Union technical review paper examines the real world costs of distributing and consuming radio and concludes that broadcast technologies remain the best option: “Digital transition to DAB would indisputably lower the budget required for distribution, permitting greater investment in content production and employment."

One of the world's largest electronics fairs, IFA, shows great optimism with DAB manufacturers this year with exhibitors showing a good selection of new and niche DAB products