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Czech Radiokomunikace (CRA) extended the coverage of DAB broadcasting for Czech Radio (CRo) with three additional transmitters. The digital broadcasting was available already in Prague and Beroun, and now the operator adds Plzen, Ostrava and Brno.

On December 13, radio stations will end their FM broadcasts in Troms and Finnmark, as the transition is made to DAB+.

Tangent has launched two new DAB radios for the younger listener.

Digital radio DAB+ is on the rise throughout Europe. After Norway, the next countries are preparing to phase out analog FM technology, while others are launching DAB+.

Arqiva's expansion of Britain’s DAB radio network has fueled the 8.8 per cent revenue increase in the sector. The UK national DAB network now covers more than 97 per cent of the population, while local commercial radio reaches 91 per cent.

Absolut Digital, producer of two digital radio programs, expressly welcomes Media Broadcast's plan to expand the DAB+ network to 120 locations later this year. Three more locations in Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Bavaria start operations.

Germany's Media Broadcast recently commissioned additional transmitter locations for the nationwide DAB Digital Radio Multiplex. With the final expansion in 2017, the network has grown to a total of 120 transmitter locations, and next year it will be expanded further.

With the final expansion stage in 2017, the network is now growing to a total of 120 transmitter locations. In 2018, the supply of the first national digital radio multiplex will be further expanded.

Three videos that uncover how different markets are approaching the transition to digital radio.

With this new transmitter, 97 percent of residents in Bavaria can use the network to receive digital BR programming, adds Digital Radio Germany. The Bavarian motorways are 99 percent covered and that in Upper Bavaria-Swabia, 96.6 percent of the population can receive DAB+ outdoors and 87.7 percent can receive it indoors.