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Participants in the 6th Poznan Media Expo had no doubts as to the necessity and inevitability of completing the digitalization process of European broadcasting media.

DAB+ in the UK becomes more likely as Ofcom consults over Code changes. Ofcom is consulting over a revised Digital Radio Technical Code, which could pave the way for DAB+ to be implemented in the UK. The proposed new Digital 2 multiplex could contain a mix of original DAB and DAB+ services.

Following the news last week that new vehicle sales in March were the highest for a decade, new figures have been released from CAP and the SMMT which show that in Q1 2014, 45.2% of new cars came with DAB digital radio as standard, up from 42.8% in Q4 2013.

New car sales throughout the U.K. in March were the highest in 10 years, and information released by CAP and the SMMT show that in the first quarter of this year that 45.2 percent of new vehicles came with DAB radios as standard equipment.

Frontier Silicon is previewing Kino 4, its next generation digital radio chip, at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair (13-16th April, 2014).

Digital listening has grown significantly in the last quarter in Norway with 45% of all daily radio listeners tuning in via a digital platform.

On Monday 7 April a delegation from Thailand’s radio and government visited NRK. They visited in order to see how things are done in the first country to officially announce that it will switch off FM. FM switch off could happen as early as 2017 as long as certain coverage and listening requirements are met. Thailand is also on the road to digitizing its radio industry and started on the process about a year ago.

Thai authorities have visited Oslo to gain more knowledge about how Norway is planning the transition from FM to digital broadcasting.

Skoda is to become the latest manufacturer offering a corporate-specific trim level, following on from the likes of Vauxhall's Tech Line editions of cars with lower P11D prices but still offering the levels of specification valued by business car drivers, such as satnav and DAB radio.

The German company Sonoro Audio presents new audio players for every room of our home and has developed a new line of audio equipment with DAB/DAB+.