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DAB radio sales have reached 3.25 million as of last autumn in Switzerland, in addition to 750,000 DAB+ receivers for in-car use. Strong sales were also reported in Norway, according to the national consumer electronic trade foundation, with 1.29 million units sold in 2017. Company Frontier Smart also reported it has exceeded 45 million sales of its digital chips.

From soundbars to smart speakers, microsystems to DAB radios, Panasonic has ticked most boxes with its 2018 range of audio products.

In Arqiva's latest results published for the second half of 2017, with revenue in radio broadcasting growing at 7 percent to £239.4 million, partly due to the rollout of DAB in the UK.

DAB + is clearly increasing in new cars: Compared to 2016, where only around 21 percent of vehicles with digital radio rolled off the assembly line, this value has almost doubled within a year to just under 40 percent, according to Deutsche AutomobilTreuhand (DAT).

The latest HEMIX results report that a record 1.3m DAB+ devices were sold in Germany in 2017, and DAB+ was also a success story in the automotive, with almost 40% of new cars being rolled off the line with the digital standard.

A new report has confirmed 1.3 million DAB+ receivers were sold in 2017, according to a new report from the Home Electronics Market Index Germany 2017 (HEMIX).

At ABU DBS this year, WorldDAB will be hosting a DAB+ Pavilion with key supply-chain companies working in the region. Ahead of the exhibition, we speak to the exhibitors from Factum Radioscape, GatesAir, Paneda and RadioDNS to find out what delegates can expect.

Arqiva grew its terrestrial broadcast business by seven per cent in the second half of 2017. Revenues of £239.4 million were buoyed partly by the rollout of DAB digital radio services in the UK.

The future of DAB in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia will become clearer this summer after the regional NRW Media Commission receives analysis on the status of DAB alongside the current FM and 5G streaming services.

Digital radio is experiencing significant audience growth in Australia, with research from Commercial Radio Australia revealing that 3.6 million people listened to DAB+ each week in 2017 in the five metropolitan capitals.