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Worldwide DAB receiver sales increase YoY
19.10.2017 - WorldDAB News - United Kingdom United Kingdom
WorldDAB's latest market report shows that by the end of June of this year 58,432,000 DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific — up from 48 million a year earlier, a nearly 22% increase.

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Another plus for Factum Radioscape and VRT in Belgium
19.10.2017 - Factum Radioscape - Belgium Belgium
With the support of our partners, VRT have now successfully upgraded their services from DAB to DAB+ in Antwerp, Limburg, East Flanders, West Flanders and Flemish Brabant. Factum Radioscape’s encoding software, with its high-quality audio codec library, combined with VRT’s move to DAB+ will deliver all the benefits of the latest digital broadcast technologies.

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WorldDAB: DAB radio sales near 60 million
19.10.2017 - WorldDAB News - United Kingdom United Kingdom - Switzerland Switzerland - Germany Germany - Norway Norway - Netherlands Netherlands - France France - Belgium Belgium
The number of consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers across Europe and Asia Pacific is nearing a benchmark per a new market report from WorldDAB. According to the report, at the end of Q2 2017, almost 60 million DAB receivers (58,432,000) had been sold, up from 48 million in the previous year.

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Seven interested parties for DAB+ in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
18.10.2017 - Germany Germany
The call for interest in DAB+ that was launched by the Medienanstalt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MMV) in mid-September has now closed, with interest from six radio broadcasters and one platform operator.

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Kia Stonic 1.0 T-GDI 2 2017
18.10.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Even in the lower-of-two trim levels available at launch, you get a 7.0 inch touchscreen infotainment set-up as standard with Apple and Android smartphone mirroring, and DAB radio.

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DAB digital radio sales approach 60 million
18.10.2017 - WorldDAB News - United Kingdom United Kingdom
WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that, by the end of Q2 2017, almost 60 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers (58,432,000) will have been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 48 million one year earlier.

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WorldDAB report over 60 million digital radio receivers sold across Europe and Asia Pacific
18.10.2017 - WorldDAB News - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The report also positively assesses the role of Czech Radio as a leader of the whole process and highlights the pioneering role of Digital Radio.

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VRT radio stations go digital
17.10.2017 - Belgium Belgium
On 17 October, all of the Belgian public broadcaster VRT’s radio channels began broadcasting via DAB+. VRT is now simulcasting its stations Radio 1, Radio 2, Klara, Studio Brussel and MNM on FM and DAB+, while it is also making available its online radio selections, which include MNM Hits, Klara Continuo and VRT NWS, on DAB+.

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Paris to host WorldDAB General Assembly
17.10.2017 - WorldDAB News - France France
WorldDAB has chosen Paris as the location of its next General Assembly. For two days, Nov. 7–8, the topic will be DAB radio. The General Assembly will bring together over 200 digital radio experts to discuss the future of radio, DAB+ deployments around the world, and a European vision of digital radio.

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Applications for DAB licences in Finnmark and Hardanger
17.10.2017 - Norway Norway
More and more districts are being filled up by local radio on DAB. Still, there are some areas that are empty, but now Media Authority has received applications for licenses in Hardanger and East Finnmark.

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