Arqiva has unveiled a refreshed brand that reflects its evolution into a broader technology and critical infrastructure business. The new identity reflects a simple idea: "Built for what's critical". It marks the next stage in the company's evolution and ambition. Across media, broadcast, utilities and critical infrastructure, Arqiva helps customers navigate an increasingly connected, data-driven and complex world. Combining infrastructure, connectivity, data and operational expertise, the company helps customers modernise, improve performance and prepare for the future.

In another of this year's series of short interviews with WorldDAB members exhibiting at IBC2026, Arne Borsum, Product Manager, 2wcom Systems GmbH., says it will be highlighting DAB-specific developments at IBC2026. 2wcom Systems develops professional broadcast solutions for the contribution, distribution and monitoring of radio services.

Paneda is pleased to announce that RTBF, the public broadcaster serving the French-speaking community of Belgium, has selected Heynen-Paneda as the supplier for the modernization of its DAB distribution platform following a recent public procurement process. The new platform will be installed at RTBF’s new state-of-the-art Media Square facilities, which have recently been completed. The project has been won and managed by Heynen, Paneda’s long-standing partner and system integrator in Belgium and the Netherlands. Heynen successfully secured the contract, with Paneda providing the DAB head-end platform and core broadcast technology.

Paneda is pleased to announce that TowerCast, one of the company’s largest and most valued customers, has placed a new order for DAB infrastructure, further strengthening a long-standing partnership that has spanned many years. As part of this latest investment, towerCast has ordered its 35th DAB multiplexer from Paneda, marking another important milestone in the collaboration between the two companies. Over the years, towerCast has continuously expanded and deployed Paneda’s DAB multiplexing solutions across its growing digital radio network in France.

Édouard Geffray, Minister for National Education, and Sibyle Veil, Chair and Chief Executive of Radio France, signed a new partnership agreement on Friday 4 September 2026, aimed at strengthening their shared commitments to pupils and the educational community. This autumn, Radio France will also launch a new DAB+ radio station: Mon Petit France Inter. Originally a web radio station, this new channel from the public broadcaster – 100 per cent dedicated to young children, 100 per cent screen-free and bringing together all of Radio France’s children’s programmes – will help to boost the distribution of educational and entertaining content, complementing the work of the educational community.

Paneda is proud to announce that the company has been selected as the supplier of DAB multiplexing systems for the public broadcaster Itelazpi, supporting its upcoming regular digital radio broadcasts in the Basque Country region of Spain. As a public broadcaster, Itelazpi specified demanding technical requirements, with a strong focus on functionality, security, reliability, and operational stability. The contract has been awarded through our long-standing partner TRedess, a market leader in broadcast transmission technology.

In another of this year's series of short interviews with WorldDAB members exhibiting at IBC2026, Jens Schroeder, Managing Director, RFmondial, says it will showcase its RF-DAB product line, with the latest features for Automatic Safety Alert (ASA). RFmondial offers professional products and services for the digital broadcasting industry.