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A major Swedish commercial radio group has launched a new DAB multiplex with 13 radio stations. Initially in Stockholm, the multiplex will soon expand to cover Uppsala, Gävle, Gothenburg and Malmö. The radio group has signed an agreement with Paneda to provide five complete DAB head-end systems, and the order includes complete systems with multiplexers and audio encoders.

Seat has announced that all of its cars released in Italy in 2020 will come equipped with DAB+ digital radio. This decision means Seat will be in line with the Italian regulation mandating DAB+ radio in all new cars released from 1 January 2020 onward.

As radio in Switzerland continues its journey toward digitisation, Swiss drivers whose cars do not include DAB+ radio - an estimated 3.5 million cars - have been urged to make their vehicles future-proof by adding DAB+ receivers or adaptors to their cars. Currently, approximately 91 percent of new cars released in Switzerland are factory-fitted with DAB+.

In this series of interviews on WorldDAB members exhibiting at IBC, James Waterson of Factum Radioscape explains how he sees the digital radio industry evolving in the coming years, and tells us about the DAB+ products Factum Radioscape will showcase at this year’s event.

Small-scale DAB specialist, Viamux, is hosting a series of ‘DAB Workshops’ designed to provide practical help and advice to stations, groups and individuals interested in launching their own small-scale DAB multiplex. The free events, which are in partnership with Radio Today, will cover the licence application process, transmission planning and funding options. The first phase of the tour will take-in Belfast on 14 September, Edinburgh on 28 September and Newcastle-Upon-Tyne on 5 October.

In this series of interviews on WorldDAB members exhibiting at IBC, Lars Peder Lundgren of Paneda explains how he sees the digital radio industry evolving in the coming years, and tells us about the DAB+ products Paneda will showcase at this year’s event.

Germany’s largest service provider for the broadcast and media industry, Media Broadcast, has put into operation two new transmitters to improve national DAB+ coverage in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany.

According to the latest figures published by GFK, 4.5 million Italians own a DAB+ radio, while 12.9 million Italians claim to know what DAB+ is. 48 nationals stations are available to DAB+ listeners across the country, with 28 of these being exclusively available on DAB+ digital radio.

DAB+ was launched 10 years ago in Australia, with 40 different radio stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide broadcasting simultaneously to a combined breakfast audience estimated at more than 8.5 million people. This year, DAB+ launched in the cities of Darwin, Hobart and Canberra, and it is now firmly established across the country.

In this series of interviews on WorldDAB members exhibiting at IBC, Joe D'Angelo of Xperi explains how he sees the digital radio industry evolving in the coming years, and tells us about the DAB+ products Xperi will showcase at this year’s event.