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The new Norwegian station NRK P1+ went on the air on Oct. 2, and it's caused a run on DAB radios in at least a couple of stores, because the station is available only via DAB+.

The media authority for Bavaria BLM has granted licences for new stations in Bavaria. The licenses are valid until 30 April 2015.

Australian audio company GUNN Audio has launched its next generation iWall sound tower. The GUNN iWall DAB has loads of new features including: Digital radio All new speaker and amplifier design delivering 2.5 times the power (120 watts RMS) USB charging point A stylish new interface and remote control

Inside you'll find DAB, DAB+, FM with RDS and internet radio, DLNA and WLAN technology for wireless audio playback from external computers and music servers, Bluetooth for streaming from smartphones and Spotify Connect, which gives you access to over 20 million tracks from the Spotify library if you have a premium account.

It’s not often one hears about the innards of electronic equipment, especially sales numbers, but chip developer and maker Frontier Silicon feels it has something to sing about concerning its Chorus 3. The five-year-old DAB/DAB+ system-on-chip processor for digital radio reception and Internet stream decoding has racked up 10 million units sold

The West Switzerland receives a second platform for the digital broadcasting of radio programs. OFCOM Romandie Médias SA on February 12, 2013 granted a radio license to operate a DAB + station network. The launch of the new platform for 18 radio programs will be made no later than the end of June 2014.

The Peugeot 308 now comes with DAB as standard.

Highway H260DBi is an advanced car stereo, with Bluetooth connectivity, fantastic audio and a great choice of DAB digital, FM and AM stations, iPod/iPhone charging and playback, USB playback and CD.

Beginning on 14 October, the first series of the mysterious DAB+ starring agent Jack Parker will be screened on Monday evenings on SRF zwei, RTS Deux, RSI LA 2. Discover the first four episodes now. Prize money of CHF 10,000 plus your own commercial. There will also be a prize draw for DAB+ digital radios from PURE. All competition entrants will receive a discount on the purchase of a DAB+ radio at Brack.ch, melectronics, EP and expert.

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