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Tivoli Audio continue with its Digital Radio Tour this weekend, sharing knowledge of DAB+ with consumers. There is still much uncertainty among consumers about the benefits and advantages of DAB+ and therein the Tivoli Audio Digital Radio Tour provides them with a helping hand.

Norkring announced the expansion of the DAB+ network in Flanders. The digital radio service is already available in Brussels and will be expanded to Genk (Limburg), Egem (West and East Flanders) and Schoten (Antwerp). In 2017, the network should cover all of Flanders.

Earlier this year, France’s CSA solicited comments regarding the further implementation of digital radio across the country. Comments were collected between June 10 and July 17 and on Oct. 22, CSA adopted a document which is a compilation of comments received.

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WorldDAB has signed up to be a principal sponsor of the three-day conference and will provide a group of international speakers to share their experiences with instituting DAB digital radio services. Topics during the conference will include the integration of digital radio in connected cars and smart devices, and hybrid radio. WorldDAB will also host a workshop to help broadcasters and regulators plan the digitisation of radio.

...some observers point out that television allocation could be moved to VHF Band III if more UHF spectrum is allocated to mobile operators. Were this to happen, it would be a disaster for digital radio. Spectrum allocated to DAB services after RRC-06 is already used in many European and Asian countries for DAB services.

France Maghreb 2 urges the CSA to publish a timetable for DAB+, to permit the launch of new services by end 2016. This will mean coverage of more than 20% of the French population, thereby obliging DAB+ to be included in all radio receivers.

In a statement from the organization, WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon said that with the DAB/DAB+ standard (which presently uses Band III) expanding in various countries, it would be impractical to move free-to-air DTT services out of bands IV and V into band III (due to the growing demands for this spectrum from mobile services).

BBC Radio 5 live, in reaction to the Paris Attacks, moved all planned sports coverage on Saturday to 5 live Sports Extra on Saturday. The move enabled the station to continue rolling news coverage of the incidents of Friday night in France, advising listeners to listen to ‘Sports Extra’ for regular programmes.

NXP Semiconductor N.V., global technology leader in secure connected cars and car infotainment solutions, received the “Best Partner” award from Panasonic Corporation. NXP’s multi-standard hardware platform eliminates the need for its customers to spend valuable resources to develop distinct radio architectures for DAB in Europe.