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• WorldDAB case study wins ABU Technical Review prize

  1er décembre
  A case study on the adoption process for DAB digital radio has won the ABU Technical Review prize for Best Case Study, as announced at this year's ABU General Assembly. The study, by Dr. Les Sabel, entitled "DAB adoption process guide: Investigations and trials" was published in the first (...)
  

• New local radio DAB consortium in Florence, Italy

  1er décembre
  MediaDab consortium (mediadab.eu), made up of local digital and native radio stations, activated a new DAB+ broadcasting system for the city of Florence and a good part of the province on 30 November. Gianluigi Petruccio, MediaDab's press officer, said: "the launch of our digital radio network (...)
  

• Two new DAB multiplexes go live in UK's north east

  1er décembre
  Two new DAB digital radio multiplexes operated by Bauer Digital Radio Ltd have gone live from nine sites across north Lancashire and Cumbria. The new networks collectively carry 28 digital radio services including local FM stations BBC Radio Cumbria, CFM, Heart North Lancashire & Cumbria and (...)
  

• Polish regulator sets out road to national DAB+ multiplex

  1er décembre
  The Chairman of Poland's National Broadcasting Council (Krrit), Witold Kołodziejski, has this week presented information on the radio digitisation process. He announced that Krrit is preparing a competition for a national DAB+ multiplex and confirmed that he will publish an announcement by the (...)
  

• Over 8 million DAB+ receivers in Italian homes and cars

  30 novembre
  According to new research published by GfK Italia, commissioned by DAB Italia, there are now over 8 million owners of a DAB+ digital radio receiver in Italy - domestic and in-car - and that number is anticipated to exceed 9 million within the next 12 months. 82% of those who own a digital (...)
  

• DAB+ used to transmit emergency messages

  30 novembre
  The possibility of transmitting an emergency message in the event of sudden events or disasters via a network of transmitters operating on DAB+ platform is nothing new and has been successfully tested several times. EWF - Emergency Warning Functionality - does not need to be connected to the (...)
  

• WorldDAB past-President Quentin Howard awarded Radio Academy Fellowship

  29 novembre
  The UK's Radio Academy has awarded a Fellowship to radio engineer Quentin Howard. The Fellowship is the highest accolade The Academy gives to distinguished colleagues with a lifetime of service to radio and audio.As Chief Executive of the original national DAB multiplex, Digital One, he (...)
  

• New DAB+ station launch in Bavaria will reach 12m

  27 novembre
  Radio Arabella Bayern will be broadcast throughout Bavaria via DAB+ from December 15. The technical range will be over 12 million inhabitants.
  

• Update on local DAB+ in Flanders

  26 novembre
  The first DAB+ pilot projects for local radio stations in Flanders are taking shape. Applications for each province were due by December 1, although the Flemish Regulator for Media has announced that it will not be difficult if the deadline is exceeded by a few days. In West and East Flanders (...)
  

• Czech radio broadcaster investigates possibilities DAB+ offers

  23 novembre
  Prague radio network COLOR DAB+ has been expanded by another station - East Bohemian Radio Orlicko. The station operator wants to test what possibilities the DAB+ technology brings and what it couldpossibly offer to the listeners in the future. "We bring our listeners what they don't have (...)
  

• South African regulator ICASA's radio digitisation strategy

  23 novembre
  ICASA councillor Dimakatso Qocha said: "Digital sound broadcasting is the future of radio, with immense benefits to listeners, as digital radio promises universal service and access." ICASA published Digital Sound Broadcasting Regulation in March 2021. With a large number of radio services on (...)
  

• DAB+ success in Germany with increased sales and revenues

  23 novembre
  DAB+ receiver sales in Germany have increased compared to the same period of the previous year. Just under 1.2 million DAB + devices were sold between January and September (+14%) amounting to 152 million euros (+9%). ARD, Deutschlandradio, private broadcasters and other members of the (...)
  

• BR puts two more DAB+ locations into operation

  23 novembre
  Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) is putting two new DAB+ transmitter sites into operation on 25 November in Schönsee in Upper Palatinate and in Volkach in Lower Franconia. The DAB+ network will thus expand to 77 locations in Bavaria by the end of the year. For 2022, BR plans to put five more DAB+ (...)
  

• MDR Media sees positive interim results with DAB+ Radio Kombi

  22 novembre
  National radio stations offered exclusively via DAB+ - Absolut Hot, Absolut Relax, Lulu.fm and Radio Schlagerparadies - have come together to form DAB+ Radiokombi Germany. "Opening up new markets and placing new channels is a market economy in the best sense of the word. This is the only way to (...)
  

• Belgian Digital Radio Week confirms DAB+ growth

  18 novembre
  Almost a fifth of all radio listening in Belgium is via DAB+, up from only 3% in three years. According to figures collected by survey agency Ipsos, 41% of the total radio listening volume is via a digital platform; 19% via DAB+. In 2018, that figure was only (...)
  

• Media agencies see opportunity for better reach to regional markets

  18 novembre
  Media agencies see the acquisition of Grant Broadcasters by ARN as positive. The transaction will see the creation of a national radio broadcast network with 58 stations, 46 DAB+ stations, across 33 markets - a 8 million broadcast and digital audience. Insiders say the new ARN will give (...)
  

• In Australia, DAB+ and RadioApp extend radio’s reach

  18 novembre
  Commercial Radio Australia Chief Executive Officer Joan Warner has said, “DAB+ audiences have grown as a result of broadcasters enhancing their digital radio formats and car manufacturers continuing to add DAB+ radios to their vehicle ranges. Broadcasters need to be a bit more strategic. We know (...)
  

• Radio is top entertainment choice for car buyers

  18 novembre
  Consumers buying new cars cite radio as their No. 1 entertainment choice. The results of the Edison Research study were detailed by Tom Webster, the company’s senior vice president. “We did a survey of at least a thousand people [per country] in France, Italy, Germany, the U.K., the U.S. and (...)
  

• Digital Radio Flanders 2021 research report: the details

  17 novembre
  Commissioned by the Flemish government, the research agency Ipsos conducted a survey for the fourth year in a row among 2,000 Flemings (12+) about the state of affairs of DAB+ and digital radio in general. The full PDF of the fourth wave of the Ipsos study is available to download (...)
  

• Radio Mélodie is now available on the DAB+ multiplex in Saarland

  17 novembre
  While many platforms have emerged in Germany as in France or around the world, that of Saarland is new and has a singularity: it is the first time in the history of DAB networks that a German group has integrated a French radio (...)
  

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