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Innovationszentrum für Telekommunikationstechnik will team up with Admess to present a new complete digital radio testing solution - comprising of the IZT S1010 Signal Generator with embedded IZT DAB ContentServer, complemented by an Audio Precision APx Audio Analyzer. The setup will be displayed at WorldDAB Automotive 2018 in Munich on 15 May.

In a significant step for DAB+ in the country, earlier this month the board of Rai, Italy’s public broadcaster, approved the technical project for the expansion of DAB+ services. The Rai Board approved the technical project for DAB development in the country, which will bring digital radio services to most Italian motorways and the E45 highway.

Radio is the leading audio platform consumed by Australians with 88% of people having listened to an AM/FM or DAB+ station in an average week (up from 85% AM/FM in 2017).

New Radio France President Sibyle Veil has confirmed the organisation will support DAB+ as part of a strategic programme that was discussed at their first board of directors' meeting.

Just three months after the shutdown of FM in Norway, a survey of listeners conducted by the Norwegian radio industry and Kantar Media, shows that the new digital stations have captured nearly a third of total radio listening.

The Swiss Federal Communications Board (OFCOM) recently announced the forthcoming (from 2019) launch of a four-year information campaign aimed at increasing the number of digital DAB+ receivers installed in homes and cars.

The DTS Connected Radio platform is now commercially available, and Xperi Corp says it will allow broadcasters “to deliver new and engaging services into connected cars of the future.”

There’s the large 8.0-inch colour touchscreen with integrated factory sat-nav, complemented by twin displays (with wireless headphones) for cosseted second-row passengers and the quality nine-speaker sound system (with DAB+ digital radio, Bluetooth streaming, CD and DVD player).

FM is slowly being replaced by digital radio in many parts of the world, so DAB+ is a must if you want to high quality radio, and is included in the 2019 Mercedes-Benz G500 and G63 AMG.

For connectivity systems, the new Subaru has a new 8-inch screen to link the phones through Apple Car Play and Android Auto. There is DAB+ digital radio, bluetooth connectivity, auxiliary connector and several USB, also in the rear seats with two new sockets.