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WorldDAB have assembled a collection of presentations and information based on work from mobile and radio experts to better understand the limitations of using mobile networks to listen to radio.

The Denon D-M41 with DAB offers a level of musical engagement you’d expect from a large, expensive separates system.

RPR1 can now also be heard via DAB+ in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a test operation with Südwestrundfunk temporarily providing capacity.

The NDR DAB+ radio tour starts this weekend in northern Germany. At information stands in selected electronics markets, employees of NDR Hörfunks will be offering information and answering questions about DAB+.

The latest WorldDAB report reports that by the end of the second quarter of 2017, nearly 60 million DAB/DAB+ RNT receivers for the automobile and domestic (cumulative figures: 58,432,000) had been sold in Europe and Asia-Pacific against 48 million a year ago.

In France, the speed of deployment of DAB+ in the cities is expected to accelerate, and worldwide nearly 60 million DAB receivers have now been sold. As digital radio grows in new and emerging markets, the WorldDAB 2017 General Assembly will bring together experts from across the industry to discuss the digital future of radio.

The latest WorldDAB market report shows that by the end of the second quarter of 2017 nearly 60 million DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia-Pacific, against a figure of 48 million a year ago.

RNT (DAB+) has been a reality in France since 2014 with the commissioning of broadcasts in large areas around Paris, Marseille and Nice. DAB+ is the digital terrestrial radio standard that has been chosen by publishers for broadcasting RNT in France, as in many other countries in Europe and around the world.

Polish company BCAST has created a unique solution for creating, managing and broadcasting digital signals to even smaller radio broadcasters. The solution, DABCAST, is a response to the needs of smaller broadcasters who can not afford a complicated and expensive hardware infrastructure.

In order to support radio during the transition from FM to DAB+, the Federal Council adopted at its meeting of 25 October 2017, regulatory amendments to the Radio and Television Ordinance and the provisions of the Radio Regulations. Among other things, it has decided that all radio broadcasting licenses that expire at the end of 2019 must be extended until 2024.