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Entry-level T-Roc models will get LED daytime running lights, DAB audio, Bluetooth and 16-inch steel wheels.

Ahead of WorldDAB’s session at IBC2017, we speak to Graham Dixon, Head of Radio at EBU, on what he’s expecting from the show this year. Graham will be speaking in WorldDAB’s Advances in Technology session at IBC2017 on Monday September 18th.

On 15 September, P4, Radio Norway, P5 Stavanger, NRJ Stavanger, Radio Sandnes, P5 Bergen and NRJ Bergen will end on FM. NRK radio stopped broadcasting on FM in June.

We test six of the best top priced DAB radios ranging between 2,000-3,000 kroner.

"WorldDAB will also be presenting the Advances in Technology session entitled “DAB at the Core of Radio’s Digital Transformation” at IBC2017." says Bernie O’Neill, Project Director for WorldDAB. "This year’s session will look at progress on Norway’s ongoing switch from FM to DAB+, the evolving business case for DAB+ for broadcasters, DAB+ for data and EU receiver legislation."

The issue of digital information, which once again influences and re-forms "conventional" media such as television and radio, is the subject of today's discussion panel at the 24MEDIA Pavilion at the TIF. with keynote speaker Mr. Lefteris Kretsos, General Secretary Ministry of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Information.

A small scale DAB broadcasting project in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, has successfully tested an extremely low cost contribution chain for DAB(+) ensembles. The scalable architecture might well be the most cost effective solution to date for local broadcasters interested in DAB transmissions to create a DAB multiplex stream.

Greek secretary general of Information and Communication, Lefteris Kretsos, drew a plan for digital radio entry in Greece.

Greek Government will move towards digital broadcasting Lefteris Kretsis, General Secretary of Information and Communication revealed in a debate on digital radio organised by 24 Media in Thessaloniki in the TIF. The timetable proposes that in three months the digital frequency maps will be ready for Greece with licences given within 8 months.

European digital radio markets came together to announce support for the newly published ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) Euro standard for DAB digital radio.This standard has been agreed as the Minimum Specification for DAB digital radio receivers across Europe and is supported by WorldDAB and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), as well as broadcasters and manufacturers in Germany, the UK, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.