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For this year's IFA in Berlin, Thomson will unveil the ANT 1487 indoor antenna. It not only receives digital TV and radio (via DAB+), but can be used according to the manufacturer as a TV simulator to deter burglars.

The French broadcast regulator the Conseil Superieur de l’audiovisuel has launched a call for DAB+ applications at the national level for the first time, with the initial focus on developing services in the metropolitan regions of Brittany and Corsica and its surrounding highways. The tender is aimed at only national radio stations, and requires 90% of the motorway network to be covered within eight years, as well as 80% of Brittany, and 80% of Corsica’s territorial routes and 75% of its metropolitan population. The final date for submissions is 21 November.

It also comes with a number of standard kit including a 6.5-inch display, Apple Car Play, DAB radio, Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) and Intelligent Emergency Calling (E-call), as well as Bluetooth hands-free function.

Satellite Navigation, with 6.5” display, Apple Car Play, DAB, Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) and Intelligent Emergency Calling (E-call) and Rear Park Distance Control (PDC) are standard, as well as Bluetooth hands free function.

The Clubman City comes with sat-nav, DAB, Bluetooth and parking sensors.

WorldDAB has created a new Working Group, focused on the performance and user experience of aftermarket devices for DAB+ in the car. The Aftermarket Devices Working Group (ADWG) brings together broadcasters, device and antenna manufacturers, plus experts from the automotive industry, in an important collaboration for digital radio in the car.

WorldDAB has announced the programme for its conference session at IBC, ‘Radio’s Digital Strategy’, taking place on Monday 17 September from 09:00-10:30. Moderated by Lindsay Cornell from the BBC, Radio’s Digital Strategy is the only session dedicated to radio in the IBC conference programme.

The CSA has officially launched the calls for applications in 13 new major regions of France, but also a metropolitan call for more than two national networks. In parallel, new services will launch in Lyon and Strasbourg by end of the year, authorisations have been issued for areas around Rouen and Nantes, and applications have been submitted for Bordeaux and Toulouse.

The CSA has launched a new call for applications for DAB+ services in the Bordeaux, Dijon, Lyon, Marseille and Poitiers. The final submission date is 7 November.

A new association has been established by the three companies that were given the first digital radio licences in Ukraine, aimed at defining and promoting the development of digital radio in the country. "We have created the All-Ukrainian Association of Digital Broadcasters in order to attract Ukrainians to use the new broadcast technology," newly appointed head Bogdan Bolkhovetsky said. "Membership is open to all digital broadcasters without exception, and we hope that by joint efforts we will overcome the path of adaptation of the new technology much faster than alone."