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Fifteen radio stations will be available on DAB+ in Sweden from 1 January, with broadcasters DB Media AB, Kilohertz AB and Skärgårdsradion AB agreeing to begin broadcasts. According to the permit conditions, shipments will reach 35 percent of the most populous population already on April 1, 2019. Thereafter, coverage will increase incrementally and April 1, 2020, reach 50 percent of the population and 70 percent next year.

Radio can be pretty annoying sometimes. Whenever the favorite title is playing or the speed cameras are announced, it will rustle. Somewhere the signal is disturbed. The analogue reception has its pitfalls. That is one of the reasons digitisation has reached the radio - and seems to be gradually conquering it.

It is in a context of unprecedented acceleration of our current deployment in DAB+ that large private groups (NRJ Group, Europe1 etc.) and public (Radio France) enter the dance with the alum of national calls for applications. (cities + highways) whose deadline is set at the end of November.

During the 'Day of digital radio', hybrid radio was identified as the future of the industry in the Netherlands, after receiver sales was confirmed to have exceeded one million.

Total DAB+ listening in the Netherlands has exceeded one million - the increase in the sale of DAB+ radios is therefore higher in the first six months than in the comparative period last year.

Radio innovates fully in a world that is becoming increasingly digital. The combination between DAB+ and IP provides an optimal user experience for listeners in smartspeakers and connected cars.

In the Netherlands, 1.08 million DAB+ radios have been sold, with around 300,000 in the past year. In the first half of 2018, 38 percent of the newly sold cars drove out of the garage with standard DAB+ on board.

In imitation to its neighbour's activities in the Netherlands, the Belgian region of Flanders will host a "Week of Digital Radio" events from 12-16 November, where national and local broadcasters airing in the region will devote its programming to promote digital radio.

The key message from the Digital Radio Day that took place in Amsterdam on Tuesday this week is that it is the combination of DAB+ (broadcast) and internet (metadata) which provides an optimal user experience for listeners in smart speakers and connected cars. The Netherlands is at the forefront of DAB+ radio sales - in the first half of 2018, 38% of the new cars have DAB+ as standard (Jato Dynamics).

Berlin's Archbishop Heiner Koch has welcomed the launch of Christian radio station domradio.de going on air on DAB+.