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German website medienpolitik.net recently interviewed Gerd Bauer, director of the State Media Authority Saarland. Bauer was asked various questions about the DAB+ standard’s progress, and he expressed confidence that things were moving in a positive direction. Currently, 75% of the German population has been reached by the existing multiplexes, and 90 transmitter stations are planned to be in use by 2016.

I Telemark has established the nation's fifth local DAB network. Frode Stian Andersen believes DAB is important for local radio, because it will allow a wider audience and fewer financial constraints than current niche license for FM have.

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In the last few months a number of developments have opened up a good future for DAB+ in Germany. "There is no realistic alternative to DAB + for radio broadcasting", says Dr Gerd Bauer, Director of the State Media Authority Saarland.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is enabling sports fans tuned to radio coverage of the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships this week to 'see' as well as hear the action for the first time. A DAB+ Slideshow where images are broadcast alongside the radio program and displayed on DAB+ digital radios with a colour screen, including the newest car receivers.

Rai Way opened tenders to renew the DAB infrastructure to supply T-DAB systems and related supplies. Read document in full.

DAB Tech AB have announced they are establishing Paneda Tech AB in Sweden with the recruitment of two DAB software engineers. "We are very pleased to have strengthened our DAB expertise with such a highly skilled and experienced team in Sweden...Including our Norwegian engineers and partners in Korea, the Paneda group now represents a DAB expertise second to none in Europe." - Geir Gjørsvik, CEO, Paneda DAB AS. Read the full press release in Norwegian.

DAB Tech AB have announced they are establishing Paneda Tech AB in Sweden with the recruitment of two DAB software engineers. "We are very pleased to have strengthened our DAB expertise with such a highly skilled and experienced team in Sweden...Including our Norwegian engineers and partners in Korea, the Paneda group now represents a DAB expertise second to none in Europe." - Geir Gjørsvik, CEO, Paneda DAB AS. Read the full press release in English.

Today, digital radio technology manufacturers Factum and Radioscape announced that they are to merge to provide a complete suite of broadcasting products.

As digital radio is disseminated in Germany, the government has made an effort to keep distribution costs low for providers, and the restructured transmitter network is intended to reinforce those efforts.