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The test transmission of the DAB+ multiplex with local coverage was launched in Łódź on 10 November, confirmed Dorota Ostrowska, sales manager for broadcasting services at PSN Infrastruktura, in an interview with Wirtualnemedia.pl. According to the website of the Office of Electronic Communications, the digital radio multiplex in the city will be able to broadcast until 1 August 2023. In the Lodz region, PSN Infrastruktura is also the operator of a public multiplex containing the nationwide programmes of Polskie Radio and Polskie Radio Lodz.

As the natural leader of DAB+ digital broadcasting, Public Radio has launched the next phase of its information campaign to promote the technology. The campaign works with a new key visual that focuses on the individual benefits of DAB+. Czech Radio has abandoned the concept of the old vs. new radio visual. The timing of the campaign this time is scheduled for November and December. The main part of the campaign will be set in the environment of online and print media, advertising media in the metro and content cooperation will also take place with Prima TV.

From Wednesday 16 November, VIBE Radio can be heard on FM in the Amsterdam region, and also nationwide via DAB+. The station will start using Ujala Radio's FM frequency, which will then only be heard via digital airwaves (DAB+). Coverage via DAB+ will also be expanded in the process. Besides the provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, the station for the Hindustani community can also be heard via DAB+ in South Holland and Zeeland from then.

Radio Proglas is one of the entities that have long supported the development of DAB+ digital broadcasting in the Czech Republic. The current form of distribution in the Teleko and RTI cz multiplexes has so far brought only limited coverage, but the station team plans to change this in the future. From next year, Proglas plans to support the development of private networks in other parts of the Czech Republic. "Proglas operates two strong and fourteen weaker FM transmitters, the VHF band is exhausted. But the future is ours: Just as television has switched from analogue to digital, radio has a great digital option: DAB+. It has 20 DAB+ transmitters and more are on the horizon as soon as the CTU (Czech Telecommunications Office, ed.) issues licences for DAB+ networks," Radio Proglas informs its listeners in the current issue of Katolicý týdeník.

We’re delighted to have four new members join WorldDAB. We’re welcoming: Italian local DAB+ network operator MEDIA DAB S.C.A.R.L.; German professional equipment manufacturer RFmondial, who offer innovative hardware and software products and services for the digital broadcasting industry; American car audio, home and personal audio manufacturer Kicker Audio; and professional equipment manufacturer and system integrator Sumatronic AG. They join over 110 member organisations bringing together 1500+ digital radio experts from 33 countries across the world in WorldDAB.

More carmakers are getting behind Xperi’s DTS AutoStage hybrid radio infotainment platform. The company, in releasing its third-quarter financial highlights, said that it has launched DTS AutoStage with Hyundai, Genesis, Kia and an unnamed manufacturer of electric vehicles, expanding its footprint in the connected car market. This news was listed by Xperi as one of its key operating achievements of the quarter. Mercedes-Benz Group had been the only public automotive partner until now, but Xperi Senior Vice President, Global Radio & Digital Audio Joe D’Angelo told Radio World last month that at least two major carmakers were in the process of downloading DTS AutoStage via their software updates to cars already in the field. He said then that Xperi expected to add five carmakers in the next 12 to 24 months.

The cult station of the 80s is now on air in the Hanseatic city. STAR*SAT RADIO broadcasts via DAB+ on channel 10D with 10 kilowatts from the Heinrich Hertz Tower. After Berlin, Hamburg is the second metropolis to receive the legendary station. In 2013, STAR*SAT RADIO already launched in Berlin on DAB+.

TopCC Radio, which was previously only available on the internet, can now also be heard on digital radio DAB+ in large parts of German-speaking Switzerland. Eight ensembles of the operator digris are broadcasting the station. TopCC Radio is a product of TopCC AG, based in Gossau, a Swiss cash-and-carry chain for bulk consumers and a subsidiary of SPAR Holding. A service with current hits and classics for a mixed audience is offered.

Like the Netherlands, Flanders also has its own Christmas channel on DAB+ again, Since Friday, Joe Christmas can again be received via the network 'DAB+ Flanders 2' on channels 5A and 5D. Joe Christmas has been an annual theme channel on DAB+ since 2019, just like Sky Radio Xmas in the Netherlands. The station plays the biggest Christmas hits non-stop until Christmas.

Commercial DAB+ stations again performed strongly with almost 2.8 million weekly listeners, up 28%. Commercial radio listeners via live streaming also increased almost 26% to over 3.6 million. Mr Ennals said the survey suggests that listeners are choosing to listen across a variety of stations and widening their favourite stations to include DAB+ stations. The survey results also show that listeners are accessing their favourite stations through multiple platforms as we have seen continued growth in online listening. “This is a move from traditional radio listening that tended to circulate around people having only one or two favourite stations that they would listen to throughout the day. Consumers seem to now be more likely to have a favourite breakfast show, several stations for music and a favourite drive show.”