DRM Showcase Held Successfully During Virtual IBC
For more than ten years a lot of the DRM key members, supporters and digital radio enthusiasts were ready to make their trip to Amsterdam for the IBC convention. In 2020, however, the continued health crisis has forced all industry players to adjust their plans and come up with other ways to creatively bring their peers together. The solution for the DRM Consortium was, like for many others, to organize a virtual showcase. The Digital Radio Mondiale event “DRM - Advanced Radio for All,” took place Sept. 9th, during the “IBC Showcase.” The two-hour online presentation provided an insight into recent DRM developments taking place around the world, as well as a peek at new dedicated products.
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DRM for FM – AN Even More Efficient Solution Now Available
During the DRM Showcase RFmondial and Nautel explained a recent technical development that allows the superefficient use of one FM transmitter, one frequency, for a dozen plus programmes.
DRM Adopted by Pakistan
Among the highlights of the DRM Showcase was also the presentation from the public Pakistani broadcaster, PBC, which confirmed that the country has adopted DRM for all the bands (both AM and FM).
At the beginning of the month the Chairman of the Pakistani Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, Senator Faisal Javed Khan, highly appreciated Radio Pakistan’s activity, considering it a real national asset. During the meeting of the committee held at the PBC headquarters, Secretary of Information, Akbar Hussain Durrani, informed the Committee that a comprehensive three-phase plan costing over ten billion rupees is at the final stages of consideration as its aim is to introduce Digital Radio Migration (DRM) Policy, thus expanding Radio Pakistan’s coverage to strategic destinations with quality broadcast.
In this context here is the PBC presentation made during the DRM Showcase given by PBC.
DRM in Indonesia Delivers Emergency Warning
Indonesia is making great strides in the use of DRM for FM, with 5 stations already up and running. After the first tests in West Java at the end of August, DRM for FM and its capability to transmit emergency warnings was successfully tested in the capital, Jakarta. Read more
DRM Ingenious Receivers
A good part of the DRM was taken by the presentations made by manufacturers coming up with ingenious and new receiver solutions like: Gospell, Inntot, RF2digital, Avion, Starwaves and Cambridge Consultants. To get the latest information click here
DRM Ready for Implementation
The surprise of the DRM Showcase was the launch of a new and original DRM video that gives a lot of information about coverage, deployment and practical implementation. Please have a look. The Consortium worked with Ampegon and David James was the producer.
DRM for Education
The use of DRM for delivering distance learning, quite high on in these pandemic times, has been one of the recent preoccupations of many Consortium members. This is also the subject of a blog penned by the DRM Chairman, Ruxandra Obreja, for the recently launched online international publication RedTechtribe: More here
KTWR DRM in Short Wave from Guam
KTWR Guam demonstrated the DRM SW capacity again this month. The reception reports were excellent. One transmission aimed at India was even received in India!!
THE DRM German Platmform held its Annual Meeting in Berlin
For once a meeting "face-toface“ as the members of the oldest DRM national platform held its meeting in Berlin at the beginnign of September. Its new chairman, Detlef Pagel, sent us a short report. Read more
DRM System Specification Updates Completed
The DRM Technical Committee has completed its work on reviewing and updating the DRM system specification, ETSI ES 201 980. The changes, which are backwards compatible, will make DRM's implementation in chipsets and receivers more reliable, and add additional support for receiver text displays to be able to support different scripts from around the world.
For members of the DRM Consortium, a special version of the document is available that highlights all the changes compared to the published standard. This Consortium-internal document can be requested from the DRM Project Office. The ETSI approval process will begin shortly and publication of the new version is expected early in 2021.
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