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47 organisers of radio and audio programs as well as platform operators have registered interest in DAB+ capacities in North Rhine-Westphalia. This is the result of the call for interest of the Medienanstalt NRW. Among the interested parties are national providers, locally and regionally oriented private broadcasters and nationwide operating platform operators.

47 organisers of radio and audio programs as well as platform operators have registered interest in DAB+ capacities in North Rhine-Westphalia. This is the result of the call for interest of the Medienanstalt NRW.

The trial will include all BBC radio services and test the listening experience between broadcast (FM, DAB, DAB+) and BBC metadata on the move.

International broadcasting service Radio Maria steps up investment to increase its DAB+ circulation in France. Present in 11 countries across Europe, Radio Maria already operates over 340 DAB+ multiplexes.

For the Flemish Minister of Media, Sven Gatz (Open VLD), the big radio stations will have to disappear from the FM band from here. The goal is to digitise the entire radio network in the north of the country. According to the first measures of the Ipsos office, one in five Flemings have gone digital. "That's more than we thought," commented Mr Gatz.

DAB+ continues its successful rollout across Europe as Belgium officially launches the technology across the Flanders region today to mark the start of Digital Radio Week. As of today, all Flemish national radio stations will be available on DAB +, while the technology is expected to launch across the rest of the country – and specifically Belgium’s French-speaking region – on Thursday.

Broadcasters and car manufacturers are coming together to meet the different consumer expectations for radio in the car. Interview with the EBU’s Ben Poor and Audi’s Martin Koch at the WorldDAB General Assembly 2018.

More than 400 applications have been submitted across the United Kingdom as part of the latest call for expressions of interest for small-scale DAB locations. The expressions of interest will indicate pattern of likely demand for UK Ofcom to determine the future spectrum of small-scale DAB licences.

A call for expressions of interest in running small-scale DAB multiplexes and services has confirmed great demand from operators and broadcasters.

Radiocentre’s Chief Executive Siobhan Kenny joined experts from around the world at WorldDAB General Assembly in Berlin to discuss key developments in the digital radio space, including the importance of a multiplatform approach with DAB forming an integral part of the mix. Also discussed was the rise of national brands and brand extensions on DAB giving audiences and advertisers more choice.