India Automotive Industry Drives Fastest Digital Radio Adoption
The Indian automotive market has achieved the fastest digital radio adoption, with 28% of new cars on the road currently being equipped with a DRM digital radio receiver in the past five years or so. Read more
UNESCO Hosts Remote Radio Week
UNESCO dedicated the first week in November to helping radio stations from around the world to broadcast remotely. The online initiative included discussions, testimonies, solutions and recommendations. UNESCO have made the content available on demand and can be accessed here. The DRM Consortium contributed a presentation on providing distance learning via radio. More here on UNESCO’s support for radio.
Broadcasters Can Make a Major Contribution to Reducing Climate Change
With the world’s focus on climate change during the global Cop26 conference held in Glasgow UK, specialist Alan Hughes examines the contributions broadcasters can make to reducing the effect of climate change by introducing DRM and saving significant costs on electricity. Broadcasters can also take advantage of the free DRM energy calculator , a useful tool that can help to calculate the energy savings that could be achieved. Read more.
DRM Energy Calculator – A User’s View
The DRM Energy calculator has proved to be a simple and useful tool, helping broadcasters to forecast possible energy savings as broadcaster Neale Bateman shares his experience in his review. Read more
DRM Video Series Emergency Warning Video Published
The latest video released to add to the series of short videos focusing on particular DRM benefits, focuses on Emergency Warning. View here
DRM Broadcast Schedules
The latest DRM broadcast schedule, valid until 27th March 2022, is now available on the DRM website. Please forward any changes to the projectoffice@drm.org.
DRM Hosts IBC Event - DRM Smart Radio Accessible to All
Under the overarching theme “DRM – Smart Radio Accessible to All”, the DRM Consortium will host a virtual event to mark this year’s rescheduled IBC 2021.
The DRM super event is scheduled for December 1st 1200-1500 UTC (1300-1600 CET) and will be an online only event. Please make sure to book your front seat and contribute to our annual IBC update and review of a rich 2021 year as well as look forward to future developments. Read more
Register here to attend the event or contact: projectoffice@drm.org
DRM Participates in Radio TechCon 2021
The DRM Consortium will participate in this year’s virtual Radio TechCon in the UK. The Consortium’s presentation will focus on South Africa, completed with a live Q&A session on November 29th a.m. The full programme has now been released. More here
DRM in the World
DRM in the World provides a global look at countries planning and broadcasting in DRM. The latest version is now available. Please download here
DRM Your Questions Answered – Cost Implications of Adding DRM Functionality to ATSC 3.0 Receivers
Our digital radio specialists responded to this question received via our popular Q&A section on the DRM website.
I have seen that proponents of the ATSC 3.0 digital TV broadcast standard have done tests including the DRM framework to enable full-featured digital radio services on the ATSC platform. What would be the cost implications of adding DRM functionality to ATSC 3.0 receivers? Read the answer here
Please keep your questions coming, our best specialists will respond in brief to your questions. We will post them regularly on the website. Please submit them in writing and in audio with your picture and we will post the answers here. Please keep your questions short and relevant and send them to: projectoffice@drm. |
