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In the last few months a number of developments have opened up a good future for DAB+ in Germany. "There is no realistic alternative to DAB + for radio broadcasting", says Dr Gerd Bauer, Director of the State Media Authority Saarland.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is enabling sports fans tuned to radio coverage of the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships this week to 'see' as well as hear the action for the first time. A DAB+ Slideshow where images are broadcast alongside the radio program and displayed on DAB+ digital radios with a colour screen, including the newest car receivers.

Rai Way opened tenders to renew the DAB infrastructure to supply T-DAB systems and related supplies. Read document in full.

DAB Tech AB have announced they are establishing Paneda Tech AB in Sweden with the recruitment of two DAB software engineers. "We are very pleased to have strengthened our DAB expertise with such a highly skilled and experienced team in Sweden...Including our Norwegian engineers and partners in Korea, the Paneda group now represents a DAB expertise second to none in Europe." - Geir Gjørsvik, CEO, Paneda DAB AS. Read the full press release in Norwegian.

DAB Tech AB have announced they are establishing Paneda Tech AB in Sweden with the recruitment of two DAB software engineers. "We are very pleased to have strengthened our DAB expertise with such a highly skilled and experienced team in Sweden...Including our Norwegian engineers and partners in Korea, the Paneda group now represents a DAB expertise second to none in Europe." - Geir Gjørsvik, CEO, Paneda DAB AS. Read the full press release in English.

Today, digital radio technology manufacturers Factum and Radioscape announced that they are to merge to provide a complete suite of broadcasting products.

As digital radio is disseminated in Germany, the government has made an effort to keep distribution costs low for providers, and the restructured transmitter network is intended to reinforce those efforts.

Triple MuxCo Somerset has applied for a change of frequency for its forthcoming DAB digital radio multiplex serving Somerset. Proposed coverage area at launch for Somerset's DAB mux. Under the proposals, the multiplex would be assigned VHF Block 10B instead of 10D from September 2014. Proposed coverage at launch would not be impacted, and as the multiplex isn't yet operational, the change of frequency won't impact listeners retuning.

The radio is inspired by the classic 1970s Rambler radio in style, but beyond the surface, this is every bit a modern piece of kit. Features include DAB / DAB+ radio reception.

The true home of radio in the modern day is in vehicles, where 33m people listen per week. Over 60 per cent of cars still don’t have DAB radios fitted as standard, another key reason why they are yet to become the mainstream option. But change looks to be on the horizon in this department as major car companies such as Volkswagen have announced they will now fit all new cars with DAB radios.