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The Polish Radio and Television Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has granted eleven new DAB+ licenses and extended 24 existing licenses for the multiplexes in Warsaw and Częstochowa. A new call for tenders for DAB+ licenses in Bydgoszcz, Kielce, Krakow, Łowicz, Łódź, Opole, Radom and Warsaw is also set to launch in coming months.

AirCheck Australia has taken a look at the top advertisers on DAB+ radio, and comparing the top advertisers on digital radio in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth, Coles was out in front with the help from Coles Radio. Combining the 5 cities, a total of 15,824 spots were placed on Coles' digital radio stations.

Following the news that RTÉ is to close at least five DAB digital radio stations, and despite the fact that the public broadcaster has not announced any timescales - or if the national multiplex it runs will be closed as well, Radio Nova has expressed strong interest in taking over the frequencies.

DAB+ has officially launched in French-speaking parts of Belgium, including the capital Brussels. A ceremony celebrating the launch of regular services was held at the offices of the CSA, the French-speaking regulator in Belgium.

Ofcom has received over a hundred replies in its consultation on the future of small scale DAB licensing. One of the proposals by Ofcom is to limit every Small Scale DAB multiplex to DAB+ transmissions.

Bailiwick Broadcasting - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nation Broadcasting - has won the bid to provide a local DAB digital radio multiplex to the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey for a period of 12 years. The company plans to broadcast 25 services to Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Sark and Alderney using three transmitters.

Media Broadcast has expanded its national DAB+ network to two more locations in Bavaria, Oberammergau Untersberg. Listeners in these regions will now have access to a larger number of stations on DAB+.

Czech Radio's DAB station, Radio DAB Praha, is launching a new advertising campaign in the Czech Republic. The campaign, which features three different visual ads with the motto "we will guide you" will feature in outdoor spaces including metro stops.

The faculty of Mass Communication at Chiang Mai University has partnered with Paneda to use DAB+ digital radio technology for testing its potential for emergency warnings. The trial phase is set to start in the near future.

DAB+ coverage in Bavaria continues to improve as DAB+ launches in Dorfen, Germany, as the transmitter operated by Bayerischer Rundfunk goes into operation today.