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London radio station Lyca Radio will look to expand its DAB service offering after getting approval from UK regulator Ofcom to drop its weekday hourly local news on the AM bandwidth. In a statement, Lyca Radio cites Ofcom's policy to allow regional stations to share programming as a way to allow budgeting for the growth of DAB services.

For your extra expenditure over the Ascent Sport you get exterior differentiators such as fog-lights and privacy glass, while inside there’s a ‘premium steering wheel’, dual-zone climate control, a wireless phone charger, push-button start and keyless entry, DAB+ digital radio and satellite navigation with live traffic updates.

Blaupunkt launches two new soundbars with HDMI ARC and a series of radios that are optionally equipped with DAB+ or WiFi. The PDB 100 has DAB+, and includes storage for up to 30 stations.

Thomson has announced at the IFA 2018 with the "ANT 1487" the market launch of an indoor antenna, which should not only provide for digital TV (DVB-T/DVB-T2) and radio reception (DAB, DAB+).

11 Radio stations have already signed up to broadcast via this DAB+ network, which by the end of 2020 can be received by almost 85% of the Austrians. The national DAB+ network will be rolled out in four phases from April 2019 to the autumn of 2020.

The French broadcast regulator the Conseil Superieur de l’audiovisuel has launched a call for DAB+ applications at the national level for the first time, with the initial focus on developing services in the metropolitan regions of Brittany and Corsica and its surrounding highways. The tender is aimed at only national radio stations, and requires 90% of the motorway network to be covered within eight years, as well as 80% of Brittany, and 80% of Corsica’s territorial routes and 75% of its metropolitan population. The final date for submissions is 21 November.

DAB+ digital radio and Spotify music streaming are also on board.

Standard technology and connectivity equipment also feature with all N Line’s benefitting from Centre Console Display with 8″ Touchscreen Display Audio with Smart Device Integration and DAB.

This remains a perfect car-about-town as far as the feature set on offer. DAB+ radio, improved Bluetooth connectivity, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay remain well integrated and thought out.

A DAB+ workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week saw a diverse mix of countries working together to take the next steps in establishing DAB+ digital radio.