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Dabplus.de has been launched in Germany as the central information platform for DAB+ in the country. The website has been launched with the support of members of Digitalradio Deutschland aiming to establish DAB+ in Germany.

Following DSO last year, Norway has ensured DAB+ coverage in virtually 100% of the country, with Bauer Media's Travis Baxter predicting that by end of 2018, total listening and commercial radio revenue to increase. In Switzerland, the government's collaboration with industry and broadcasters will likely enable DAB+ to be the main radio platform by 2020, four years ahead of original schedule. Denmark recently announced its own DSO roadmap, with the switch to happen after digital listening exceeds 50% or by 2021 at the latest. In the UK, digital listening is expected to go above 50% later this year, triggering a formal government review into when to adopt a DSO timeframe.

Dabplus.de is now the central information platform for DAB+ and includes sections "Program Card, Reception, Devices, News, FAQ" and the extended dealer section with details on many aspects on DAB+.

Innovationszentrum für Telekommunikationstechnik will team up with Admess to present a new complete digital radio testing solution - comprising of the IZT S1010 Signal Generator with embedded IZT DAB ContentServer, complemented by an Audio Precision APx Audio Analyzer. The setup will be displayed at WorldDAB Automotive 2018 in Munich on 15 May.

In a significant step for DAB+ in the country, earlier this month the board of Rai, Italy’s public broadcaster, approved the technical project for the expansion of DAB+ services. The Rai Board approved the technical project for DAB development in the country, which will bring digital radio services to most Italian motorways and the E45 highway.

Radio is the leading audio platform consumed by Australians with 88% of people having listened to an AM/FM or DAB+ station in an average week (up from 85% AM/FM in 2017).

New Radio France President Sibyle Veil has confirmed the organisation will support DAB+ as part of a strategic programme that was discussed at their first board of directors' meeting.

Just three months after the shutdown of FM in Norway, a survey of listeners conducted by the Norwegian radio industry and Kantar Media, shows that the new digital stations have captured nearly a third of total radio listening.

The Swiss Federal Communications Board (OFCOM) recently announced the forthcoming (from 2019) launch of a four-year information campaign aimed at increasing the number of digital DAB+ receivers installed in homes and cars.

The DTS Connected Radio platform is now commercially available, and Xperi Corp says it will allow broadcasters “to deliver new and engaging services into connected cars of the future.”