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Jazz Radio, Melody, Oüi FM, Radio FG, Radio Notre Dame, Radio Nova, Sud Radio et TSF Jazz are now available to listeners on DAB+ digital radio in the greater Paris region.

Digitalradio Deutschland has launched an exciting spring DAB+ receiver promotion campaign. Every day between 6 - 17 April participants have the chance to win one of the latest DAB+ radios available in the shops.

WorldDAB was the major sponsor of this year's ABU DBS and hosted a DAB+ workshop on Tuesday 6 April. Topics covered: DAB+ in the APAC region (Joan Warner, CRA); global update and why broadcasters are rolling out DAB+ (Patrick Hannon, President WorldDAB); DAB+ standards update (Lindsay Cornell, BBC), DAB+ receivers in cars (Ron Schiffelers, NXP); consumer receivers (Albert Tseng, Keystone Semiconductors), and update on the activities of the WorldDAB Asia Pacific Technical Group (Les Sabel, SComm). Presentations from the workshop are available to download from the WorldDAB website.

In the last couple of years, DAB head-end systems have undergone many improvements. Today, most systems are connected to the internet, so security is in focus. Systems are also more user-friendly with a focus on redundancy and simplification, says Paneda's Lars-Peder Lundgren.

The new wall-mounted DAB+ radio, which is now available to consumers in Germany, can be mounted horizontally as well as vertically.

Radio Italia Anni 60, Radio Juke Box, Italia News 24, Radio Margherita, Radio City 4 You, Radio 80 DAB and Radio Onda d’Urto join 13 others already broadcasting in the CRDAB multiplex.

Radio’s move to becoming a truly multiplatform business has been key to not only retaining but growing our audiences,” said Joan Warner at #DBS2021, with audiences now able to access radio anywhere, any time on any device. In the last quarter 2020 there was a 15% rise in listeners to DAB+ only stations.

The ETSI TS 103 461 standard for digital radio receivers and has been updated to include new standards for car radio digital radio receivers. The latest standard was published in October 2020, it guarantees that all DAB receivers can handle all the requirements, including scripts for all world languages so they can be displayed on digital radio screens.

Vienna's CityMUX Wien II multiplex currently has 13 stations on air, with three additional stations scheduled to launch in the near future.

Seven additional DAB+ stations are now available to listeners in the region, bringing the total number of DAB+ stations in Liguria to 58.