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Denmark wants to switch off FM in favour of DAB+
09.04.2018 - Denmark![Denmark Denmark](/assets/flags/dk-551ff5f3734a91169ba24cb4695a7870.gif)
The local Foreign Ministry prepared a new plan to end FM no later than 2021, or sooner if listening figures for digital radio reach 50%.
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Jaguar E-Pace D150 S FWD Manual 2018
08.04.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Despite the absence of electronically-adjusted heated leather seats, it still has 17in alloys, LED headlights, a 10in touchscreen infotainment system with DAB radio, cruise control, a reversing camera and a reasonable array of active safety systems.
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Teufel Radio 3sixty
08.04.2018 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
All the functions are included, starting from classic radio via FM, digital radio via DAB+, internet radio stations, Bluetooth, Spotify Connect and an alarm function.
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Digital radio changes for cars in Italy from 2019
08.04.2018 - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
With an amendment to article 89 of the stability law 2018, the Government established that from 1 June 2019 it will no longer be possible to import receivers that do not have a DAB radio signal decoder chip, while starting from 1 January 2020 all radios that will be deprived will no longer be marketed. There will then be a period of coexistence and sellers will have 6 months available to dispose of old products.
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Spanish politician Carles Mulet calls on government to pursue DAB+
07.04.2018 - Spain![Spain Spain](/assets/flags/es-0105af8bcb0833ad75f5f014542361ab.gif)
Spokesperson for Spain's Compromis Party Carles Mulet has called for the country's government to pursue a digital agenda, aimed at the digitisation of radio in Spain. He cited the examples of Norway, Switzerland, France and the UK and their governments pursuing a process to increase DAB services as what Spain should follow.
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Denmark to switch off FM by 2021
07.04.2018 - Denmark![Denmark Denmark](/assets/flags/dk-551ff5f3734a91169ba24cb4695a7870.gif)
The government of Denmark wants to disable analogue broadcasting via the FM system by 2021 at the latest, announced this week as part of a process to accelerate the digitisation of radio.
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Denmark switches off FM by 2021 at the latest
06.04.2018 - Denmark![Denmark Denmark](/assets/flags/dk-551ff5f3734a91169ba24cb4695a7870.gif)
For some time the rule was that FM in Denmark takes place no later than two years after the share of digital radio listening has reached 50%. Now the Danish government has decided to set a hard closing date at 2021. Currently, the share of digital listening is 38%.
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France: free radio must be in the constitution
06.04.2018 - France![France France](/assets/flags/fr-e71e32e8eecca7dcd3095a828e41bf83.gif)
94 per cent of French people see radio as a universal right, according to a study commissioned by SIRTI. 68% of the French state that they would listen to FM or DAB + via the smartphone, if this is made technically possible.
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Volkswagen T-Roc
06.04.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
All Volkswagen T-Roc SUVs boast a high level of standard equipment, including an infotainment system with an eight-inch colour touchscreen, CD player, DAB radio and the ability to simultaneously pair two compatible mobile devices via Bluetooth.
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New DAB station added to Sound Digital DAB multiplex
06.04.2018 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
A new DAB station called Jack 3 was launched in Oxford last Friday on the UK's second largest digital radio multiplex Sound Digital.
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