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News that the Swedish government is to postpone the development of a digital terrestrial network has been widely criticised as 'short-sighted and retrograde' by public service broadcasters across Europe.

IZT expands its comprehensive support for Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) applications adding new features to its high performance S1000 signal generator family.

Technological advancements are sometimes able to turn long-running (but still reliable) items or standards into outdated legacies. Usually, it’s the market that decides, when it comes to broadcasting standards this can be different.

The new national licenses will be for the period 2017-2027 and include both FM and DAB+.

Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. Henk Kamp has announced his new policy on radio frequencies which will impact on the distribution of DAB+ . "An auction of licenses with fewer conditions... gives companies more opportunities to innovate and do business."

The BBC has confirmed that its national DAB network now reaches more than 96% of homes, just short of the 97% target to be reached by the end of the year.

Tivoli Audio attended the Digital Radio Symposium event along with representatives from Fiat Chysler Automotive Group, Digital Radio UK and Digital Radio NL.

Frontier Silicon has been chosen by Connects2 as the technology provider for its new automotive radio adapter, AutoDAB Smart.

According to leading automakers, more than 60% of all new Swiss vehicles come with DAB+ as standard.

“In countries such as Norway and Denmark, where the digital terrestrial network is used with full force in a competitive market, we are seeing the radio audience increase both in terms of user numbers and listening time. This is because the radio audience has new and exciting stations to listen to. We are not seeing any corresponding increase in listening in Sweden.”