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By the end of 2017 more than 40 private radio stations will be available on DAB+ in Germany. Never before have there been so many new releases in digital terrestrial radio within a year. The boom has been particularly notable in Bavaria and Saxony.

In a new listening survey conducted for a selection of local radio stations in Rogaland and Sunnhordland, Radio Haugaland, with full DAB coverage appears as the largest local radio with 114,167 listeners.

Como Audio is a brand of is a hi-fi systems disguised as a desktop radio. With DAB+, they have multi-function, and are also easy to use with six to eight favourite buttons where different audio sources can be stored.

"Even though the big promise has been taken for the development of DAB transmitters in Norway, DAB transmitters will continue to operate for both NRK and commercial channels," says Ole Jørgen Torvmark, General Manager of Digital Radio Norway. P4 and Radio Norway will set up a DAB transmitter in Lakselv before Christmas.

A digital radio unit has been fitted into a tractor owned by a local farmer at Halfords in Redhill to mark the launch of an in-car digital radio pilot scheme.

Croatia's Electronic Media Agency (AEM) has announced the 16 radio stations that will start broadcasting over DAB+. This follows a call for expression of interest to all registered radio broadcasters.

With the technical support of RadioKing, you will be able to follow a live audio stream and many podcasts of the WorldDAB General Assembly, 7-8 November in Paris.

To mark the launch of the pilot which is taking place exclusively in Surrey for three months from 16 October - and to demonstrate that any vehicle can be upgraded to a digital radio – a digital radio unit was fitted into a tractor owned by local farmer, John Nicholas, at Halfords in Redhill at the launch event.

The DAB+ session which took place within the newly branded conference in Australia featured presentations from DIgital Radio UK, Radio DNS, Xperi and RadioApp.

Available to download as an infographic here, the WorldDAB report includes statistics on receiver sales, road and population coverage, household penetration and the number of national stations on DAB/DAB+ compared to FM. The report covers Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK, along with DAB rollout status for emerging markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.