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Broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has announced a new digital radio ‘multiplex’ for the Channel Islands. It will let stations like Channel 103 and BBC Radio Jersey broadcast on DAB for the first time.

The NRK's Bjørn Aarseth will discuss the lessons of Norway's digital switchover at Radio Tech Con in London on Monday 26 November.

According to Xperi, its All in Media team, based in London and Sydney, recently supported the development of the RadioApp Alexa skill. The RadioApp streaming radio platform will now be used to provide Australian commercial and public service radio content into the DTS Connected Radio platform.

The prolonged efforts of French regulator the CSA is set to realise several major broadcasters joining calls for applications during November. Radio Classique and Sud Radio have confirmed they will apply in a national round of calls to take place on 21 November, with the most awaited confirmation expected to be from RTL, which may in turn force Radio France to also join the call.

DAB+ is gaining momentum worldwide, with more than 71 million DAB / DAB+ devices sold in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region by the end of the second quarter of 2018, according to WorldDAB's latest infographic. In the second quarter of 2017, there were still 58 million were recorded both home and car radios.

The SUN radio station in the French city of Nantes will hold two training sessions dedicated to DAB+, with the objective to help understand the stakes of terrestrial digital radio and to acquire the technical bases for the diffusion of a radio in DAB+. The sessions will take place on November 29 and 30 and on December 13 and 14 in Nantes.

DAB+ is gaining momentum around the world: As WorldDAB's most recent infographic shows, more than 71 million DAB/DAB+ devices have been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific by the end of the second quarter of 2018. In the second quarter of 2017, there were still 58 million were recorded both home and car radios. The infographic compares market figures from the DAB+ core markets Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

With up to ten years behind its European neighbours, France finally launches digital radio in full scale, passing a decisive course. By covering at the end of the year more than 20% of the French population, digital radio passes a threshold set by law, beyond which the manufacturers, manufacturers of auto-radios, radio-alarms and receivers all kinds will have to mobilise.

Digital radio DAB+ is becoming increasingly successful worldwide. WorldDAB's latest annual report shows that by the end of the second quarter of 2018, more than 71 million DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia-Pacific. A year ago there were still 58 million. The statistics include both home and car radios. The report covers the DAB+ core markets Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. WorldDAB sees significant activity in 21 emerging markets.

WorldDAB's latest market report shows that by the end of the second quarter of 2018, the number of sales of consumer and vehicle industry DAB/DAB+ receivers in Europe and Asia Pacific rose to over 71 million, up from 58 million a year earlier. The report outlines the growing popularity of DAB receivers, household incidents, and the spread of national DAB/DAB+ radio stations compared to FM transmitters.