News

The line-up of keynote speakers for WorldDAB’s 2017 Automotive Event has been announced, with six speakers scheduled to present information on the latest DAB+ adoption and automotive take-up. The speakers represent European governments, broadcasters and media groups.

The Financial Time recently examined the reasons why radio in the UK has reached historic listening levels: 48 million listeners per week and 1 billion hours according to recent figures from RAJAR. This success is partly due to DAB+ and its adoption by the BBC and commercial radio stations.

After the success of the WorldDAB Automotive Event 2016, WorldDAB will bring together car manufacturers, their suppliers and broadcasters from all over Europe on 21 June for the WorldDAB Automotive Event 2017.

Following the success of the WorldDAB Automotive Event 2016, WorldDAB will bring together car manufacturers, their suppliers and broadcasters from all over Europe to Munich on 21 June 2017.

After the success of the WorldDAB Automotive Event 2016, WorldDAB will bring together car manufacturers, their suppliers and broadcasters from all over Europe in Munich on 21 June 2017 for the WorldDAB Automotive Event 2017.

Siegfried Schneider, Chairman of the DLM, welcomed the draft amendment to the Telecommunications Act (TKG) presented by the Federal Minister of Economics and Energy, Brigitte Zypries. Schneider said: "Listening to the radio must be technologically possible on all devices for DAB+ to play an important role in the future."

The media broadcaster Media Broadcast is expanding the network at the first nationwide DAB+ multiplex, increasing coverage to 96 per cent in mobile services. The main focus is on station locations in the rural area in Baden-Württemberg (connection was already on 20 April 2017), Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein. Another focus is the provision of holiday areas on the Baltic Sea and the access routes in time for the start of the holiday season.

In May, German public broadcasters launched a new promotional campaign for DAB+ on TV, radio, online, in magazines and newspapers. A new logo is being used, as well as a new slogan "More Radio".

DIGIDIA has won, with Norking and TC Connect, another two major contracts for DAB tunnel break-in in Norway. The delivery is for 20 DAB break-in systems to cover around 30 tunnels in the Western and Northern regions of Norway. These contracts finalise the DAB tunnel roll out.

Paneda has signed a new agreement with Teracom Sweden, and the company will provide the DAB Head-End solution for the two existing DAB multiplexes already in operation (the national mux with Swedish Radio and the local commercial mux in Stockholm).