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For the first time since the launch of DAB+ digital radio broadcasts at the end of 2009, audience numbers for all DAB+ only stations have been released one week after the official metropolitan GfK radio ratings.

The hi-spec Outlander PHEV Juro will now come equipped with Electronic Parking Brake with Auto Hold, EV Priority Mode, Smartphone Link Display Audio with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, DAB radio, and a reversing camera.

Four million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ are predicted to be sold by the end of 2021, doubling the number of current vehicles with the technology, according to projections by PwC. In-car listening remains one of the most popular ways for Australians to listen to radio and growing audiences on the road are expected to contribute to the significant growth of DAB+ over the next five years.

The first speakers for Doing the DAB in Birmingham have been announced by Digital Radio UK. Confirmed speakers include broadcaster and former Orion Media Group Content and Operations Director, David Lloyd, and Ed James, host of Heart West Midlands’ Heart Breakfast with Ed & Gemma.

Almost four million new vehicles sold in Australia by the end of 2021 will be fitted with DAB+ digital radio technology according to projections. Figures released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) from PwC also indicate the number of new vehicles sold with DAB+ technology will double, accounting for 60% of total sales in 2021. 862,426 new vehicles sold were fitted with DAB+ as of the end of 2016.

Projections by PwC for DAB+ digital radio show that nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2021 will be fitted with a digital radio, forecasting nearly double the number of current new vehicles fitted with the technology.

Projections by PwC for DAB+ digital radio show that nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2021 will be fitted with a digital radio, forecasting nearly double the number of current new vehicles fitted with the technology. PwC projects that close to 4 million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ will be sold by the end of 2021, up from 862,426 at the end of 2016.

Radiodays Europe (RDE) is being held at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam from 19th until 21st March. Gathering together radio professionals from 62 countries, the theme of the event this year "A Sound Future" is dedicated to the future of radio, specifically looking at the growing market for digital audio products, the challenges relating to digitization, changing consumer demands and the necessary innovations for existing business models.

The real threat to the market position of active private radio broadcasters is not to participate in terrestrial digital radio, rather than participation in the DAB market. This article gives a German translation of WorldDAB President Patrick Hannon’s recent presentation on the DAB business case for commercial radio broadcasters in Europe presented at the EBU Digital Radio Summit this year in Geneva.

A one day event hosted jointly by Digital Radio Austria and the Association of Commercial Radios (VÖP) is being held in Vienna, Austria on 28 March 2017 for potential multiplex operators to present their concepts on DAB+ digital radio to interested radio broadcasters. There is currently an open tender for applicants to manage one nationwide DAB+ multiplex and if required additional regional/local DAB+ multiplexes which will close on 12 June 2017.