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German Parliament has approved a law requiring all new cars sold in Germany starting from 21 December 2020 to be equipped with digital terrestrial radio capabilities. The new law is in line with the EECC directive mandating digital radio in cars across the EU.

According to new German legislation, starting from 21 December 2020, every new car in Germany will be required to have a DAB+ digital radio factory-fitted.

Countries that have approached the DAB+ digital radio standard as late adopters are deploying their networks at a much faster pace than early-riser nations, reports show. Speakers at the WorldDAB general assembly, which took place in Brussels last week, confirmed this fact.

Paneda has just received another order for the local radio operator KSU24/7, located in the mid-west of Norway. The order contains the Paneda DAB multiplexer and encoders using a the dedicated Paneda 1U hardware containing multiplexer.

Paneda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Chiang Mai in Thailand. The MOU covers co-operations to explore the Paneda Emergency System over DAB. The University of ChiangMai will operate a DAB multiplexer system including live transmission, using DAB as carrier of important information to the public.

The Polish Radio and Television Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has granted eleven new DAB+ licenses and extended 24 existing licenses for the multiplexes in Warsaw and Częstochowa. A new call for tenders for DAB+ licenses in Bydgoszcz, Kielce, Krakow, Łowicz, Łódź, Opole, Radom and Warsaw is also set to launch in coming months.

AirCheck Australia has taken a look at the top advertisers on DAB+ radio, and comparing the top advertisers on digital radio in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth, Coles was out in front with the help from Coles Radio. Combining the 5 cities, a total of 15,824 spots were placed on Coles' digital radio stations.

Following the news that RTÉ is to close at least five DAB digital radio stations, and despite the fact that the public broadcaster has not announced any timescales - or if the national multiplex it runs will be closed as well, Radio Nova has expressed strong interest in taking over the frequencies.

DAB+ has officially launched in French-speaking parts of Belgium, including the capital Brussels. A ceremony celebrating the launch of regular services was held at the offices of the CSA, the French-speaking regulator in Belgium.

Ofcom has received over a hundred replies in its consultation on the future of small scale DAB licensing. One of the proposals by Ofcom is to limit every Small Scale DAB multiplex to DAB+ transmissions.