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Joan Warner, Chief Executive of industry body Commercial Radio Australia said radio remains a much loved and used media – according to research – even by the younger age groups, where the threat from mobile and internet is strongest.

DAB+ radio is now available in Italy, and the Italian company Calearo sees its potential. The Tier 1 supplier to some of the largest automobile OEMs in Europe has already developed several DAB+ solutions for its customers Volkswagen, Renault, Nissan and others.

The DVLA and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) alongside the Department for Transport and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, are working in partnership with ‘Digital Radio’ to encourage motorists including haulage operators to keep up to date by using digital radio.

Frontier Silicon, the world leader in technology solutions for digital radio receivers, is the first technology provider to receive formal confirmation that its solutions are Digital Tick Mark compliant.

Toumaz (LON:TMZ), the ultra-low power wireless semiconductor technology firm, said two of its digital radio modules have received the Digital Tick Mark. The Digital Tick Mark is being introduced in the UK this year as part of the Government's long term strategy to develop a digital future for radio. The idea behind it is to assure consumers that an appliance bearing the tick mark is capable of receiving and playing digital audio broadcasts (DAB), DAB+ and FM signals.

The campaign for DAB + (Digital Radio +): "Let's get Digital," has been officially launched in the Netherlands yesterday. The campaign can be heard on all radio stations nationwide, and online and supported on TV. The campaign was developed jointly by the national commercial and public radio stations, supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Everything's popping up - restaurants, tea-rooms, bakeries, shops, cinemas. So why should radio be left out? Earlier this month, the BBC ran a temporary station called Radio 2 Eurovision, broadcasting on DAB digital radio.

An event describing how to implement DAB Digital Radio has been organised in Turkey next month. Planned by WorldDMB, in collaboration with Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the free one day workshop will take place on June 14.

Automotive, radio industry and Media Authority join forces to inform Norwegian motorists with a new information brochure.

Today the campaign for Digital Radio + in the Netherlands went live. The campaign was developed jointly by the national commercial and public radio stations, supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Digital Radio + uses the DAB+ broadcast technology. The campaign promotes the benefits to the listener including better sound quality and access to more digital radio stations through a DAB+ receiver.