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In Germany, listening to radio is an integral part of everyday life, and digital radio is continuing to grow. Already one in five Germans own a digital radio, while 12 per cent of respondents in a recent GfK and ZVEI survey are planning to acquire a DAB+ enabled device in 2017.

In Germany, listening to radio is an integral part of everyday life, and digital radio is continuing to grow. Already one in five Germans own a digital radio, while 12 percent of respondents in a recent GfK and ZVEI survey are planning to acquire a DAB+ enabled device in 2017.

Digital radio is gradually coming to Africa. Despite the cost, some countries are already introducing this technology, which should make it possible to reach more listeners, by giving them a better quality of listening.

Several countries in Europe are considering the transition to the all-digital DAB+. The biggest change for listeners is getting DAB+ in the car, Jean-Marc Dubreuil, from WorldDAB said "If you have an audio input on your car radio, you add a small module in your car, an antenna, and your radio becomes digital. The quality of listening is much better. It's a dream! The adaptor costs between 100 and 150 euros."

World Radio Day, next Monday, February 13, 2017, marks the start of the preliminary phase of the quadrilingual campaign which will move the radio in an emblematic way to move from the analogous standard to the digital standard. Entitled "La radio déménage", this campaign will feature first distracting radio spots on many radio programs.

Digital radio DAB+ is destined to be the successor to FM and some 130 digital radio stations are already available in Switzerland. New data shows that 54% of listening in Switzerland is now via digital and the digital switchover is planned for 2020 in Switzerland.

The trend towards digitalisation continues: in Switzerland 54 percent of the radio is already consumed digitally. This is shown by a survey conducted by GfK Switzerland.

The family friendly radio station, Radio TEDDY, has officially launched on DAB+ in Baden-Württemberg.

In Switzerland, 54% of radio listening is now digital, as revealed in a new report by GfK. In Switzerland consumers listened to an average of 54 minutes via digital - via DAB+ or IP, one minute more than in the first half of 2016.

Almost 6 in 10 adults (aged 15+) currently listen to radio via a digital platform, according to the latest Rajar results for the final quarter of 2016. In an average week, digital listening accounts for 474 million hours - with DAB holding a 73% share of digital listening hours, digital TV 11% and online 16%.