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Traditional over-the-air radio is not going to be replaced by streaming over the Internet any time soon, according to several speakers at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Symposium held in Kuala Lumpur in March 2014.

A report commissioned by the Bavarian Regulator for Commercial Broadcasting and Bavaria radio was presented during the "Radio is Digital" event taking place in Munich in March 2014. The report, authored by Professor Dr. Gunther Friedl of the Technical University of Munich, concludes that over the next 10 to 15 years DAB+ will be the only economically feasible means of terrestrial radio.

The ROSE Foundation has launched a tender for the first regional DAB+ network in the Netherlands.

The expansion of digital radio broadcasting DAB + network in Bavaria has a promising future, affordable and consumer-friendly. This is the result an opinion of the Technical University of Munich. To rely on the transmission standard LTE, 40 times would be more expensive. The nationwide expansion of DAB + is "the economically sensible and only way" to allow for the foreseeable future in Bavaria an almost complete terrestrial digital radio supply.

A new consumer marketing campaign for digital radio has been launched in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state. The campaign will raise awareness of the radio technology of the future, draw attention to the variety of digital radio programs available and provide information on the ease of use of digital radio devices.

A joint report commissioned by the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) and the Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) on the future of terrestrial radio coverage in Bavaria comes to the conclusion a digital terrestrial radio supply is economically feasible only on DAB+.

Warnings about flood, extreme weather, chemical spills and other imminent dangers can be broadcast immediately and reliably via digital radio in the future.

The Digital Radio Summit 2014 will take place on 11 March. An open invitation was made to broadcasters in Germany and neighbouring countries to discuss the key issues of digital radio development.

Fans of alternative music are now able to tune into 3FM Alternative via DAB+.

The next phase of the BBC’s digital radio network expansion plan will bring a further 2 million people into the coverage area with an additional 162 transmitters. This will extend and improve coverage of the BBC’s national radio stations on DAB from 93% to 97% of the UK population by the end of 2015.