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Representatives of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine (NRADA) attended the recent IFA Berlin event to discuss best practice and experience of introducing and implementing DAB+ digital radio. The council's executive secretary Oleksandr Iliashenko and member Serhii Kostynskyi had a meeting with WorldDAB to discuss the the impending DAB+ service launch in Kyiv, with 14 stations confirmed to broadcast digital radio.

The LPR Hessen Assembly has allowed the distribution of three radio programmes via DAB+. The approval authorises the use of the multiplexes in Rhein-Main / Südhessen and in Northern Hesse to enable radio B2 to broadcast via DAB+. The two non-commercial local radio stations "Freies Radio Kassel" and "Rundfunk Meißner" can also distribute their programmes permanently on DAB+.

A DAB+ workshop held in Kuala Lumpur in July saw a diverse mix of countries working together to take the next steps in establishing DAB+ digital radio. Led by Dr Les Sabel of the WorldDAB Technical Committee, and jointly organised alongside the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) and Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcast Development (AIBD), the five-day workshop covered a wide range of topics aimed at the benefits of transitioning to DAB+ digital radio and the technical requirements for each market to successfully adopt digital radio.

In Germany in 2018, 18.1% of the population has access to at least one DAB+ receiver, with two million sold in the last 12 months (including 700,000 original equipment radios, 4.4 million equipped vehicles). This results in 40% of new vehicles that are now equipped as standard DAB+.

German-speaking Swiss station Radio Südostschweiz has expanded its DAB+ reception area to the canton of Graubünden and the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino.

Clever integration of the shark fin aerial on the rear tailgate tray ensures full operation of satellite navigation and DAB+ digital radio.

Standard equipment carried over from the regular car includes: autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning system, a 7in touchscreen with sat-nav, Bluetooth, DAB radio, rain-sensing windscreen wipers, climate control, rear parking sensors, cruise control, LED front fog lights and rain-sensing headlights.

Tune in all over the world with the Lenco DIR-200 DAB+ Internet Radio with PLL FM Radio. When connected to the internet, the DIR-200 can receive radio stations and Podcasts from all over the world making it effortless to tune into something new, or simply tune into a favourite FM station with the PLL FM Radio. It is also compatible with a UPnP multimedia server.

The new Advanced DAB option for RANGER Neo spectrum analyzers allows professional users to do DAB signal quality measurements and it includes many functions which are normally available in higher cost products only such as ETI recording, constellation diagram or echoes analysis.

On September 6, the National Council summed up the results of the competition for radio broadcasting in the digital terrestrial multichannel network of the T-DAB standard in Kyiv. The winner was the radio station Priamyi FM (Direct FM) - the LLC Direct TV Channel, Kyiv. This company was the only bidder. The signal will be disseminated by two transmitters with power of 2.0 kW and 1.0 kW. The territory of coverage is Kyiv. The volume of the programme broadcasting is 24 hours per day. The requirements for the programme concept prohibit retransmission of programmes of other broadcasters. According to the Director General of the LLC Direct TV channel Mrs Eugenia Zakharova, it will be informational, interactive radio, but not talk radio. The basic format will be live streams from the spots. There will be no music or entertainment on the radio station. 16 hours per day will be devoted to information about events, which will be rerun at night. The company is ready to start broadcasting in 2-3 months. We would like to recall that the sixth programme in the multichannel digital radio network was put up for competition by the National Council repeatedly after the winner of the previous competition (held on 29 March 2018) - First Digital radio station - failed to pay the full amount of the license fee on time.