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The Federal Cabinet today adopted the draft of a Fourth Act amending the Telecommunications Act, as presented by the Federal Minister of Economics and Energy. This amendment puts forward that in the future high-quality radio receivers may only be traded if they are suitable for the reception of standardised digital signals.

In the broadcasting area for ​​the MDR, 99 per cent of the area, 88 per cent of the population and 100 per cent of the federal motorways are now supplied with DAB+ digital radio from the Central German Broadcasting Corporation. The three central states within this area are among Germany's best-equipped digital radio stations, according to information released from the broadcaster to the MDR Broadcasting Council, which met in Leipzig on 2nd May 2017.

The debate over whether DAB+ digital radio has a future in Germany has been going on for years, while decisions are being made in other European countries. At Medientage Mitteldeutschland 2017 the debate continued, with Georg Plattner, director of the RAS radio station commenting: "It's a pity that you do not have the guts to shut down FM in Germany".

Industry representatives and experts meeting at Medientage Mitteldeutschland 2017 this week have been discussing questions such as: "How much investment is needed in DAB+?" and "What do profitable business models look like?". Willi Schreiner, Managing Director of Absolut Digital GmbH and Digitalradio Deutschland GmbH, emphasised that the future of radio is digital: "Digital is increasing, while FM is on the decline."

Four new transmitters have launched in the past 18 months and a final transmitter will launch in Market Drayton in the coming weeks. The five transmitters bring the county’s popular local stations to 650,000 more listeners on DAB digital radio in Wolverhampton & Shropshire and have expanded local DAB coverage to 92% of households from 53%.

In the broadcasting area for ​​the MDR, 99 per cent of the area, 88 per cent of the population and 100 per cent of the federal motorways are now supplied with DAB+ digital radio from the Central German Broadcasting Corporation. The three central states within this area are among Germany's best-equipped digital radio stations, according to information released from the broadcaster to the MDR Broadcasting Council, which met in Leipzig on 2nd May 2017.

Place the new Pure Evoke H2 radio next to its predecessor, the Evoke D2, and you’d be hard-pressed to tell them apart. However, once you’ve listened to it, there’s no doubt this Pure is an upgrade.

A special switch-on event has taken place in Telford on Wednesday morning to switch on new DAB transmitters in Wolverhampton & Shropshire. The expansion of coverage means that many listeners can now receive eight further radio stations on DAB digital radio for the first time.

Denon has announced its reworked D-M41 hi-fi system. Equipped with a DAB+ digital radio tuner, the unit will be available from June 2017.

France's media regulator, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel, has released its summary of radio equipment in use for the entire year of 2016 in France. The results showed that 12 percent of French households had a DAB receiver in 2016.