{"id":641802,"date":"2026-06-16T15:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641802\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T15:02:11","slug":"dab-receiver-sales-pass-166-million-worldwide-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641802\/","title":{"rendered":"DAB receiver sales pass 166 million worldwide \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"RTUKPackageDeal1webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp\" alt=\"\"   width=\"800\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DAB+ is tightening its grip on connected car dashboards.<\/p>\n<p>New figures announced at WorldDAB Automotive 2026 in Frankfurt show global sales of DAB and DAB+ receivers have passed 166 million units.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sales across 11 core markets now stand at 166.6 million devices, a rise of more than 10% since the previous figures were published in February last year. France and Italy were named as the fastest growing large markets, while DAB+ coverage in France has expanded to 80% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>WorldDAB said the figures reflect the continued move towards digital radio in cars, with DAB+ now fitted as standard in almost all new cars sold across Europe. Similar regulatory approaches are also being adopted outside Europe, including in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>WorldDAB President Jacqueline Bierhorst told delegates the sector needed \u201cproof, practical tools, shared language and coordinated action\u201d to keep broadcast radio visible in cars.<\/p>\n<p>Sibyle Veil, CEO of Radio France and Chair of the EBU Radio Committee, said radio\u2019s future in vehicles mattered because it remains \u201cuniquely resilient\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>New international research from Fifty5Blue, formerly Kantar Media, found 85% of in-car radio listeners said they would really miss having radio in their car.<\/p>\n<p>Gregor P\u00f6tzsch from CARIAD, VW Group, said customers expect radio to be easy to use and prominent in the dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>Further data from Xperi showed almost 90% of total in-vehicle radio listening in DTS AutoStage-equipped vehicles in Germany was to DAB+.<\/p>\n<p>The next WorldDAB General Assembly and Summit will take place in Vienna on 18 and 19 November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAB+ is tightening its grip on connected car dashboards. New figures announced at WorldDAB Automotive 2026 in Frankfurt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-641802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}