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Czech tender for commercial DAB+ networks announced
01.08.2023 - Czechia![Czechia Czechia](/assets/flags/cz-232ab3c526f0edddb52b18c065eede16.gif)
The Czech Telecommunications Office has announced a tender for DAB+ networks. "The frequency band for FM broadcasting is almost full, this new platform will allow new programming players to enter the market. After several years of intensive work, the frequency band for DAB has been coordinated during 2022 and can be used. In addition to the already successfully running digital broadcasting of Czech Radio, we will also enable the development of commercial DAB networks," said Marek Ebert, Chairman of the CTU. The invitation to tender is for two national and 27 regional broadcasting networks.
(Český telekomunikační úřad (ČTÚ)) Read more
Radio, not podcasts, rules the car
31.07.2023 - Australia![Australia Australia](/assets/flags/au-c12c8f9368588b8e9cd42504b9b1cdae.gif)
June’s Infinite Dial Australia report showed that we are bigger consumers of podcasts than the US with the breakdown of car audio listening from those surveyed over the course of a month showing 84% AM/FM/DAB+, 41% music streaming services, 38% podcasts and 20% online AM/FM stations.
Radio rules in the car for a couple of obvious reasons:
People want to know what might impact their trip to and from work and local radio provides that information;
It’s easier to leave the car after a song or talk break than knee deep in a podcast conversation.
(RadioInfo Australia) Read more
Bundesliga: NDR also broadcasts "Sportschau Live" via DAB+
28.07.2023 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
In the 2023/24 season, ARD will continue to broadcast all Bundesliga, 2nd Bundesliga, DFB Cup and Champions League matches as live audio reports on the internet. If several matches are kicked off at the same time, they can also be heard in a special programme. This programme will also be accessible via digital radio DAB+ throughout northern Germany from the coming season. Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) has decided to broadcast the web radio offering on its NDR Info Spezial channel. WDR also broadcasts the programme on DAB+ - via its digital radio service "WDR-Event".
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US Senate Committee passes “AM For Every Vehicle Act,” sends it to Senate floor
28.07.2023 - United States![United States United States](/assets/flags/us-4b3de4d03b313e9894f068d2d9dac1a5.gif)
On 27 July, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation officially passed the AM For Every Vehicle Act on to the Senate floor. The Act would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a rule requiring automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in their vehicles without a separate or additional payment, fee or surcharge. It says AM should be clearly visible on the vehicle’s dashboard; and until the new standard would take effect, cars lacking AM radio receivers would have to be labeled as such for buyers.
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Audiovisual equipment in France - Q3 & Q4 2022 results for TV and radio
27.07.2023 - France![France France](/assets/flags/fr-e71e32e8eecca7dcd3095a828e41bf83.gif)
Arcom and its partners present the results of the survey of household audiovisual equipment for the past year, which includes data for the second half of 2022 for television and the full year 2022 for radio.
13.7% of people aged 13 and over are equipped with a DAB+ fixed radio or clock radio. DAB+-compatible car radios continue to increase in 2022, with 16.8% of people aged 13 and over now equipped with a DAB+-compatible car radio (+2.6 points in one year).
(Arcom) Read more
Radioplayer announces major new investment for digital radio innovation
27.07.2023 - Radioplayer WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Radioplayer announces a new record level of investment from its members to fund new innovation in digital radio, heralded by the Radioplayer members finalising a new long-term agreement. The new era will see Radioplayer deliver further growth of its in-car and connected devices strategy, through recruitment of staff and significant investment in technology development, setting the trajectory across Europe and beyond.
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NCA holds stakeholder engagement on DAB+
27.07.2023 - Ghana![Ghana Ghana](/assets/flags/gh-331e56de819cd88a6fae9eeb7132909f.gif)
Following the announcement by the National Communications Authority (NCA) about the commencement of trials for Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in Accra and Kumasi, the Authority engaged with selected stakeholders involved in the upcoming trials. The stakeholders included the selected 16 FM stations as well as KNET, the partners for the project.
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RDS 100% Greatest Hits and Lega Serie A present the first Radio-TV of a soccer league in Europe
27.07.2023 - DAB Italia WorldDAB Member - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
The Italian radio and television offer is enriched with a new leading player in sports communication. Radio TV Serie A with RDS is born - on air in DAB and IP mode, visible on digital terrestrial via extension of the Radio-TV channel, on the Lega Serie A website and APP, as well as on the RDS website and APP - starting on Saturday, August 19 to coincide with the start of the championship and created in partnership between the Lega Serie A and RDS 100% Grandi Successi.
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Oldie Antenne to be heard nationwide via DAB+ as of 31 July
26.07.2023 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
The radio station OLDIE ANTENNE will be heard nationwide via DAB+ from 31 July 2023. Up to now, the station could be received partly nationally in eight federal states. "For Oldie Antenne, we have received a great deal of demand from listeners all over Germany in recent months: they very much want to be able to listen to their favourite station via DAB+ in their homes and cars," explains Felix Kovac, CEO of the Antenne Bayern Group, to which Oldie Antenne belongs.
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New DAB+ tests in Bulgaria
25.07.2023 - Bulgaria![Bulgaria Bulgaria](/assets/flags/bg-8d3ec04a35bdfc19621eac118a6f5c3e.gif)
In Bulgaria, a new DAB+ test ensemble has gone on the air. After the multiplex of Digital Audio Bulgaria with 16 programmes, which was on the air from 2017 to 2021 as part of an operational trial, the mobile radio provider Vivacom is now testing digital radio: since mid-July, the ensemble with 15 programmes has been broadcast in the Sofia area on channel 11B.
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