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Tuesday, October 2nd, the CSA published a list of radio stations selected for the launch of terrestrial digital radio (DAB) in the cities of Paris, Marseille and Nice.

All of the major commercial radio companies have applied for a license to broadcast digital radio over the Swedish terrestrial network, as witnessed by the applications received by the Swedish Broadcasting Authority this week.

The director of Digitalradio Deutschland wants to strengthen the generic marketing for digital radio with a new two-pronged strategy.

Since early October, the expanded digital radio offerings with the regional edition of Bayern Munich's first The program of the Bavarian Radio is broadcast from the Munich Olympic tower and transmitter in Ismaning channel 11C. For the first time a radio program of the Bavarian Radio goes on a local digital network in operation.

Most radios require a more efficient antenna than the standard one fitted to enhance the reception of digital signals. Rojone offers several models of DAB antennas including AM/FM/DAB radio amplifiers.

Both Radio Eviva and Radio Sunshine serve the Lucerne area in central Switzerland. Folk music stations are popular in Switzerland, possibly boosting DAB listeners.

Medium Wave services mainly duplicate what is already available on FM and DAB.

The federal government's mid-year budget review is in process and the community broadcasting sector is hoping that funding will be restored to two critical national community broadcasting sector projects, Amrap and the Digital Radio Project.

Topics covered include: Future trends in receiver technology, Emergency Warning Systems in DAB and the DAB+ Indonesia Technology Showcase

This 1st TPEG Testfest, which was jointly organised by ERTICO and by TISA, follows a series of interoperability test events already organised by ERTICO in the scope of various ITS services (cooperative mobility, eCall). The event aimed at providing the framework for one-to-one testing and live debugging with clearly defined use-cases and a systematic record of the learning points.