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Gatz wants to abolish FM radio
13.05.2016 - Belgium Belgium
Media Minister Sven Gatz today announced its future plans for the Flemish radio. He gives full support to the digital switchover to digital radio within five years.

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Agreement on financing rollout DAB+ in Wallonia
13.05.2016 - Belgium Belgium
The Walloon government has made 5.4 million Euro available for the rollout of digital terrestrial radio.

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Suzuki Baleno takes centre stage
13.05.2016 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
This model comes with the likes of six airbags, sat nav, alloy wheels, air conditioning, HID headlights, front electric windows, rear privacy glass, DAB radio and Bluetooth.

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Mercedes-AMG C63 S Coupe
13.05.2016 - Australia Australia
Car comes complete with and a top-mounted tablet style multi media unit with integrated sat nav, Bluetooth, a 13-speaker Burmester audio system with digital radio and even a digital TV tuner.

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New Abarth 595
13.05.2016 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Pricing and specification for the all-new Abarth 595 have just been announced by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK. All versions are equipped with Uconnect 5-inch DAB Radio with touchscreen and Uconnect Live services as standard equipment.

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Radios have until 2022 to prepare for DAB+
13.05.2016 - Belgium Belgium
All Flemish rural radios will have to make the transition from analogue to digital. The intention is that in a few years all national radio stations will only be available digitally. When the analogue 'switch off' will happen, depends on the speed of which DAB+ is picked up, but it is planned for 2022-2023.

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€5.4m confirmed for DAB+ rollout in French-speaking Belgium
12.05.2016 - Belgium Belgium
The government announced today the funding “for DAB+, the future of radio”. Operators will now focus on building out the network, and marketing digital radio to listeners.

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Radio's surprising role in race to reduce CO2
12.05.2016 - Germany Germany
Audi disagrees with radio broadcasters in Europe that FM, digital and internet audio services need to be offered side by side in future cars because the move would hamper automakers' efforts to reduce CO2 emissions. "Let’s focus on two instead of three," said Holger Hees, Audi's head of development for broadcast radio, TV and optical media drivers. The options Hees supports are digital and internet, he told the WorldDAB Automotive 2016 conference in Brussels on Wednesday.

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European Governments call for accelerated roll out of DAB in-cars
12.05.2016 - WorldDAB News - Australia Australia
Government Ministries, car manufacturers and the radio industry today gathered in Brussels on Wednesday at WorldDAB's 'Drive to Digital - Europe' event to push for further adoption of DAB digital radio in the car.

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Ford Falcon XR6 Sprint road test review
12.05.2016 - Australia Australia
The Sprint comes as standard with dual-zone climate control, satellite navigation, Bluetooth phone and audio streaming, digital radio, a reversing camera and front and rear parking sensors.

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