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In recent times we have seen how radio in our country has begun to reinvent itself. New listening formats, podcasts, content, greater offer, specialization and improvements in sound quality are just some of the benefits that the digital universe has brought to the radio sphere.

Revival Uno offers FM/DAB/DAB+ to give you the full choice of digital radio stations currently available. Revival RD70 keeps the classic 50’s styling, but has had some technology updates. This is the ideal kitchen radio and features FM/DAB/DAB+ and now it has Bluetooth connectivity.

The first chamber of the Leipzig Administrative Court rejected the application from DABP GmbH. "In the interests of the rapid development of the second national DAB+ platform and thus the further positive development of digital radio in Germany, we are looking forward to the early allocation of the platform license," said a spokesman for Antenne Deutschland GmbH.

Delegates attending a two-day DAB+ demo and workshop in Amman Jordan, co-organised by WorldDAB and Arab States Broadcasting Union, and hosted by Jordan Radio TV (JRTV) and the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC), heard about the extent of deployment of DAB+ across the Arab region.

In the first half of the year, sales of digital radios were growing at a tremendous rate throughout Europe. Consistently double-digit growth rates in an analysis in nine different countries indicate a regular boom. On average, it was a 30 percent growth from January to July.

Onkyo has announced three new music systems, each featuring DAB+ - the CS-N775D multi-room receiver system, the CS-N575D multi-room hi-fi CD system, and the CS-375D CD receiver system.

Digital radio continues to generate great interest in Switzerland. Thanks to the influence DAB+, 57 percent of radio broadcasts are now consumed in a digital form. At the end of June 2017, 3.25 million DAB+ devices were in circulation, many more new vehicles are being equipped and the level of awareness of DAB+ shows a positive trend.

The first half of 2017 has seen rapid growth in sales of DAB+ receivers across Europe – driven by Norway’s switchover from FM to DAB+ and the development of digital radio markets across the continent. The latest GfK research, covering nine European markets, shows a 30 percent increase in sales volumes for the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period last year.

WorldDAB will once again be producing the only digital radio focussed session at IBC - find out more about the agenda and what to expect from this year's show.

The ground-breaking Lancashire headquartered DAB Digital Radio station will begin broadcasting to more than 150,000 people in Norwich and its surrounding areas from the end of August.