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Factum Radioscape launches new digital interface ENMUXA
14.12.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
ENMUXA has enhanced Factum Radioscape’s renowned digital broadcast system by providing users with an intuitive interface that offers at-a-glance ensemble monitoring, simple configuration and scheduling set-up tools and the ability to securely login from anywhere in the world.

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After nearly 100 years, this looks like the beginning of the end for radio as we know it
14.12.2017 - Norway Norway
This week witnessed the first steps towards the end of radio as we know, with Norway being the first country in the world to switch off its national FM signals, switching over entirely to digital radio outputs.

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Why French radio does not go digital
14.12.2017 - France France
While Norway has just announced that it has switched exclusively to digital radio, France is still very much in favor of frequency modulation, FM. However, eventually 100% digital radio should eventually end up, to cope with the shortage of FM frequencies.

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Norway first country to switch off FM radio
14.12.2017 - Norway Norway
Norway on Wednesday completed its transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM radio network.

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Belgium: New step towards DAB+
14.12.2017 - France France
The Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation adopted on Wednesday the preliminary draft decree amending the decree on audiovisual media services, allowing listeners to benefit from new broadcasting technologies, including DAB+.

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Norway approves FM switch-off
14.12.2017 - France France
On Wednesday, Norway has stopped the FM frequency, becoming the first to do so.

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Norway first country to switch off FM radio
14.12.2017 - Indonesia Indonesia
As scheduled, the country's most northern regions and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic switched to DAB+ in the late morning, said Digitalradio Norge.

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Canberra tuning in to DAB+ radio with two new stations launched
14.12.2017 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia Australia
Two new commercial digital radio stations, Elf Radio and Coles Radio, have launched in Canberra as new figures show DAB+ digital radio has gained a strong audience in the national capital, with one in four people listening to DAB+ each week.

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Nor-way! Scandinavian country becomes world's first to axe FM radio entirely
14.12.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Inhabitants are now being forced to choose between DAB or no (national) radio at all, though local stations will continue to broadcast on FM.

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National Norway radio stations switch off FM
14.12.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
National radio stations went fully digital in Norway on Wednesday 13th December, at 11:11.11am, after a year-long transition. The last regions to get the FM stations were Troms, Finnmark and Svalbard.

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