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As of April 1, 2019, 35 percent of the Swedish population will be able to receive the new mux. In 2020, the technical reach is to increase to 50 percent and 2021 to 70 percent.

Free to industry stakeholders for use in promoting DAB+ to listeners, the new logo will for the first time ensure consistent marketing of DAB+ internationally. Available via the WorldDAB website, the logo will improve consumer recognition of DAB+ across borders. The logo replaces the black and white DAB logo, which had been in use for more than a decade.

WorldDAB, the association that promotes digital DAB radio worldwide, has announced a new DAB+ logo for international markets.

Compromís has proposed the creation of a study to address the development of DAB+ in Spain, with the aim to effectively transition the country to digital radio broadcasting in line with other European nations.

Despite the Swedish government wanting to stick to FM, the first commercial radio stations will start on 1 January 2019 with their regular broadcasts via DAB+.

Online station will be available via Ireland’s first small-scale DAB trial in Cork, operated by éirdab, serving a population of a quarter of a million people in and around the city.

Despite a highly competitive audio environment, radio remains robust, and delegates at this year’s WorldDAB General Assembly taking place in Berlin on 6-7 November 2018 will hear how DAB is at the heart of helping broadcasters build their brands, grow listeners and increase revenue.

In Q3 2018, 54.3% of commercial vehicles were line fitted with DAB as standard, up from 50.5% in Q2 2018, according to the latest data from CAP and The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show. This means that 175,000 new commercial vehicles with DAB as standard have been sold in the last 12 months. The CAP/SMMT data on new cars showed that the percentage of new cars with DAB in Q3 2018 has increased to 91.4%, up from 87.5% compared to the same quarter last year. This means a total of 545,000 new cars with DAB as standard were sold in Q3 2018.

The French union of independent radio stations SIRTI has welcomed the appointment of Franck Riester as Minister of Culture, and calls on him to continue recent efforts to accelerate DAB+ in the country.

NENT Nordic Entertainment Group will start broadcasting via DAB+ digital radio in Sweden on January 1, 2019. In total, 15 digital stations will broadcast on DAB+ from January. According to Swedish Press, Radio and Television Authority’s license conditions, which run from 2014 to Sept. 20, 2022, the new digital network must reach 35 percent of the population by April 2019, 50 percent by 2020 and 70 percent the following year.