 Despite opposition aired to the Government regarding the introduction of DAB + in the United Kingdom by the industry and experts , Ofcom began testing DAB + on the Brighton Experimental ensemble in January 2013 for a period of one month . The Department of Culture , Media and Sport published minimum specifications for digital radio receivers in the UK in February 2013 which states that a receiver sold in the UK must be capable of decoding a DAB + stream of up to 144 capacity units . 
