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The UK children's radio station Fun Kids, broadcasting nationally on DAB+, asks its listeners to re-tune as they launch 19 new DAB+ transmitters, thereby reaching a further 4 million people.

Digital terrestrial radio (mostly DAB+) is gaining ground, with more than 1,500 services in operation across 32 markets in the EBU area.

The Federal Office of Communications (Ofcom) has awarded the DAB+ marketing campaign to advertising agency Scholz & Friends Zurich. As part of the five-year agreement, the agency will manage promotional material, public relations, content creation and media planning for the migration of Switzerland's radio to DAB+.

Service provider Media Broadcast has announced that with the addition of Radio 90.4 on the Bremen multiplex, the total number of DAB+ stations available to listeners in the region now stands at 33. There are now more DAB+ stations than FM in and around Bremen.

The Berlin-Brandenburg Media Council (mabb) has launched a new call for tenders for DAB+ broadcasting licences in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg. Applications must be submitted by 28 June 2019.

The five-day workshop, which is organised by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development and will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, aims to provide broadcasters and other media professionals with a clear understanding of digital radio broadcasting services. This workshop will provide expert knowledge and information on the current status of digital terrestrial radio broadcasting, interactive multimedia services, digital radio broadcasting as well as sharing some of the case studies and experiences in the process of transition from analogue to digital.

According to the findings of the 2019 Infinite Dial Australia study, radio is the most popular audio platform with 83 per cent of Australians surveyed using DAB+ or AM/FM in the last week. The study also highlighted that radio dominates in the car, with 85 per cent of those who have driven or ridden in a car in the last month listening to radio.

The Elite music system includes DAB+ digital radio and FM, Internet radio, CD, Bluetooth as well as supporting various streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music. The Elite will be available from all premium and specialist retailers as well as online from the end of May 2019.

Factum Radioscape have announced an agreement with GRAM (Group of Radios Associatives of the Nantes Metropole) to supply the DAB+ measuring tool Observa: a portable device for measuring and analysing DAB+ RF signals. GRAM is currently installing the DAB network in Nantes with the commencement date set to 2nd July 2019, with 26 radios to be broadcast including 10 community radios.

Juice Cork has a new sound to promote their addition to the Éirdab DAB digital radio multiplex trial in Cork. The music and sound design are elements from Rob Wills’ Media production service ‘Audio Sweets ASX’.