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UK media regulator Ofcom has published its Plan of Work for 2023/24, which includes continued DAB licensing. The regulator's Plan states: "We will expand listener choice by licensing new small-scale DAB digital radio services throughout the UK and renew the licences for the multiplexes which carry local DAB and Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) services."

The radio station 89.0 RTL continues to expand its broadcast area and can now finally be received by more than 3.7 million people in the Free State of Saxony. The young format had already secured one of the coveted spots on the state-wide private DAB+ multiplex on channel 12A last year. The station is thus continuing its steady growth and will be receivable nationwide via DAB+ digital radio in five federal states when it goes on air in Lower Saxony later this year.

Today, Tuesday 28 March, TDF is launching DAB+ digital radio broadcasting from its broadcasting site in Cesson-Sévigné (Ille-et-Vilaine). Listeners in the Rennes area can now receive thirteen radio stations broadcast in DAB+ digital quality: Africa Radio, Canal B, Chérie FM Rennes, C'Lab, Euradio, Inrocks Radio, NRJ Rennes, Océane, Quartier des Ondes, Radio Caroline, Radio Laser, Radio Pitchoun and Radio Rennes.

Xperi has launched a new service that can deliver high quality rich content to listeners’ dashboards and give new insights for programmers into how people are using radio in cars. Speaking at Radiodays Europe, Joe D’Angelo and Desmond Fuller unveiled DTS AutoStage, which “unleashes the power of audio through UX and analytics.” It also puts radio back into a strong position again as auto manufacturers make plans for enhanced entertainment options in autonomous driving cars.

Today, at the international Radiodays Europe conference in Prague, Czech Radio signed a mutual cooperation agreement with the Ukrainian public broadcaster UA:PBC. "I am glad that with the conclusion of the agreement we will continue to cooperate with the public broadcaster of Ukraine, which we have strongly supported since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Among other things, for over a year now we have been providing continuous broadcasting of Ukrainian Radio through the mujRozhlas audio portal and classic DAB+ and DVB-T2 networks," said the CEO of Czech Radio, René Zavoral.

The "work of art" - a radio covered in plaster and cement - got a very strange reception when it appeared outside the Tate Modern in London. People stopped to take photos of the ‘new exhibition’ outside the famous London art gallery – a Makita DAB radio - which was placed inside a glass display box on a plinth. More than 40 tradespeople from across the UK, including builders, painters, scaffolders and carpenters, took part in Fix Radio's competition to find Britain's dirtiest radio.

From 27 March, listeners in Saxony can receive nine new radio stations via DAB+ in the best quality at home and on the move. With the launch of the state-wide DAB+ platform, Media Broadcast is providing an attractive range of stations, increasing the number of receivable local, regional, state-wide and national programmes from private and public broadcasters in individual regions of Saxony to over 70 digital radio stations.

The key to success is making audio come alive, agree the speakers from the panel on the future of radio in cars hosted by Radioplayer. ​​The discussion started with Laurence Harrison, Director of Automotive Partnerships with Radioplayer presenting their car radio app, which he calls “the future for radio in-car”. The company is connecting radio broadcasters and it provides them contact with partners and, most importantly, car manufacturers.

“Is radio ready for the future?” This was the biggest question in the session with Joe D’Angelo, Senior Vice President of Global Radio and Digital Audio, and Desmond S. Fuller, Senior Director of Hybrid Products, from Xperi company. Joe introduced their technology device in cars DTS AutoStage, which launched in 2020 for Mercedes. Nowadays, the car brands with DTS AutoStage are constantly growing. Not just car brands which use this technology are expanding, countries wanting this technology is also rising. Currently, there are over 125 million registered cars with AutoStage technology and with about 900 million users all over the world.

Car technology and especially user-experience software in cars is thriving. With all the smart new innovations, “the radio should not only be easy to find, but also impossible to miss”, says Gwendolin Niehues from ARD. “The car is a browser,” was the opening statement of the first speaker Roger C. Lanctot, the director of Automotive Connected Mobility in the Global Automobile Practice at TechInsights. According to him, everything you do in the car is an indication of your intent, which makes new cars unique advertising environments.