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Global, the media & entertainment group, has today announced it will take significant capacity on the DAB digital radio D1 national multiplex, launching a host of new national digital stations over the next year. Global also continues to innovate, leading the industry with the new DAB “service following” initiative. This will facilitate seamless listening as people drive between local multiplexes, without a break in service and without drivers having to manually retune from one station or multiplex, to another. Service following is currently in final testing and launches on the vast majority of local DAB multiplexes in early 2015.

We didn’t realise that there was a View Quest Retro Mini DAB+/FM radio with bluetooth. Well, we do now. It’s a cute little retro radio too, the kind of thing that would do the job in a kitchen or smaller bedroom. Choose from a multitude of colours, each with DAB+ and FM radio functionality, the option to use as a bluetooth speaker, a 5w speaker, alarms, sleep function and USB connectivity.

A host of new digital stations are set to launch in the new year by Global, including a sister-station for Heart. Heart Extra will launch on Digital One, the national DAB multiplex, where Global says it has done a deal for extra ‘significant’ capacity.

The large consumer goods retailer is starting to take notice of DAB+. Darty stores are informing customers about digital radio and are stocking several models on their shelves.

Listeners in Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt are now experiencing improved digital radio reception. This means a better reception across the network, thus further increased receptivity total for all MDR radio stations in Central Germany.

In a live television debate, Bayerischer Rundfunk Director Ulrich Wilhelm discussed with the audience that the future of the media world is digital and radio is no exception. It is the task of BR to convince the public of the benefits of digital radio and to ensure it's national rollout. Watch the full video.

For the second year, WorldDMB will be the Principal Sponsor of the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium in 2015. More than 1,200 people from 52 countries attended the 2014 Digital Broadcasting Symposium. The symposium in Kuala Lumpur from 3-6 March will be themed “Enabling Change Smartly”, addressing how broadcasters can secure spectrum for future broadcasting by making use of latest opportunities emerging from Over-The-Top (OTT) and Integrated Broadband Broadcast (IBB) services.

The “Too Many BT DAB” is capable of receiving programs broadcast in DAB+ and FM. With 5w power , it can store up to 20 programs. It has Bluetooth , so the user can use it to listen to a program from a smartphone or computer. Priced at €99.

Topics addressed during the event include how broadcasters can secure spectrum for future broadcasting, diversity of media audiences and future transmission technologies. WorldDMB will be the principal sponsor of the Digital Broadcasting Symposium for the second year in a row. The global industry forum for DAB, DAB+ digital radio will also be an exhibitor.

The entry level Icon grade gets the latest Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system with touchscreen, Bluetooth, DAB digital radio and reversing camera, plus a tyre pressure warning system. In the cabin there is a redesigned centre console, dark trim finish and...