There is a surprise on our website every day for all our friends, supporters and all those interested in the only all- frequency digital broadcasting standard, DRM. Open each day a little window with good DRM news posted on drm.org. We will use each day of the last...
In August 2023, the Indonesian government recommended that DRM should be adopted for AM, band II and the lower part of band III (174 – 202 MHz) with the higher portion of the band reserved for DAB+. Speaking recently at the WorldDAB General Assembly, Ignatius Hendrasmo,...
DRM eliminates unstable and degraded audio, saves spectrum and, more importantly, a lot of energy costs By Ruxandra Obreja Read the full article on radioworld.com....
The DRM consortium will be present at the 60th annual General Assembly meeting of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), to be held in Seoul, South Korea, between October 29th and November 1st, under the general title of ‘What comes next?’. The DRM consortium vice-chairman, Alexander Zink,...
"Big and populous countries like India, China, Indonesia and Pakistan still need a wide-range, cheap platform for news dissemination" At IBC, Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) made several big announcements about three major Asian countries (Indonesia, China and Pakistan) embracing DRM. Read the full article on radioworld.com....
The DRM Consortium (www.drm.org) turned its three IBC events on September 16th and 17th into a celebration of major announcements of the only all frequency bands, global radio digital standard....
DRM Consortium welcomes the announcement by Indonesian authorities to adopt the global, open and ITU endorsed DRM Digital Radio Standard for national adoption for the nation of over a quarter of a billion people...
September 16th is the key day for all things DRM AT RAI in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The DRM Consortium (www.drm.org) is planning for a full day of DRM activities that can be attended in person while the main event can be also attended remotely. This main event is...
On September 16th the DRM Consortium (www.drm.org) is planning for a full day of DRM activities at IBC 2023 (Welcome - IBC2023) which can be attended in person or remotely. The first event is a “Meet and Greet” event at 1030 in Hall 8 booth B.80...
DRM Consortium Announces its “DRM Showcase Day” (September 16th) at IBC 2023 On September 16th the DRM Consortium (www.drm.org) is planning for a full day of DRM activities at IBC 2023 (Welcome - IBC2023). The day will kick off with a “Meet and Greet” event at 1030...
The Pakistani Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ms. Marriyum Aurangzeb, launched on 30th July, the installation project of a 1000-kilowatt Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) digital transmitter at HPT complex, Rawat, Rawalpindi, at a cost of 4 billion Pakistani rupees. She said the groundbreaking initiative, set...
After participating in digital radio events across the continent the DRM Consortium has held its first DRM – Africa Roundtable. The presentation made by key experts in the Consortium (from companies like Fraunhofer IIS, Ampegon, Starwaves, the DRM South Africa Group and with participation from...
DRM - Africa Roundtable will be held on July 26th 1000-1130 UTC and you can register and actively participate by sending your queries already. Mark your questions AFRICA ROUNDTABLE and email them to: projectoffice@drm.org. This will make the event interactive and will enrich the question...
DRM – Africa Roundtable (virtual), to be held on July 26th 1000-1130 UTC, follows from the recent African workshops, conferences, and exhibitions in which the DRM Consortium has been involved. This is in response to the great interest in the various aspects of DRM, the...
Radio is extremely popular and has been called “Africa’s medium” due to its accessibility and low cost. In her recent blog, published by Red Tech, the DRM chairman, Ruxandra Obreja, explains that despite the digital gap existing between Africa and other continents, and even between...
Broadcast Media Africa (broadcastmediaafrica.com) held its Radio And Digital Audio Broadcasting Convention Africa 2023 on Tuesday 04 July – Wednesday 05 July 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This well-attended digital radio event with participation from South Africa but also countries ...
Broadcast Media Africa (broadcastmediaafrica.com) has announced its Radio And Digital Audio Broadcasting Convention Africa 2023 for Tuesday 04 July - Wednesday 05 July 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is one of first in-person pan-African events dedicated (after Covid) to digital radio. It comes now when...
June 23rd was a big day for the public radio of Pakistan (Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation - PBC) and DRM. By giving green light to the installation and commissioning of a 1000KW digital DRM Medium Wave transmitter, with required budget, approved by the highest forum chaired...
TRAI, the Indian Regulator, has recently invited suggestions for use of low power small range terrestrial FM broadcasting systems for residential complexes, industrial exhibitions and small businesses, sports commentary, public address and event Information systems, music concerts, cultural events, religious organizations, political Rallies, hospital Radio...
The international service of the Sri Lankan Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) recently doubled its Tamil Service airtime to two hours, on 873 kHz AM (medium wave) from Puttalam transmitter. The new schedule is 0130-0330 UTC (7.00 am to 9.00 am IST). This is partly...
Radioworld.com has published the chairman of the DRM Consortium's article which can be found here: https://s.drm.org/1Icv This was the conclusion and feeling of the in-person and Zoom participants in the Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium General Assembly, held on the sunny island of Mallorca Spain. Who Uses DRM? The sky...
The Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) Consortium held its first in-person General Assembly in Palma de Mallorca, Spain post-Covid, between April 27-28, under the banner “Smart, Local and Efficient”. The open session on April 27th brought exciting updates from all the continents, with new information from India,...
The annual DRM General Assembly concluded in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on April 28th. About 80 participants from all the continents (founding members and new joiners) actively attended the open day of the meeting. Each discussion and presentation announced new developments. The general conclusion was...
Smart, Local and Efficient The General Assembly will be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, between April 27-28 at the Hotel Palma Bellver. Participation Please let us know if you want to participate in person. Alternatively, please register here if you prefer to participate virtually via Zoom. Be A prize-Winner! Ahead...
The annual DRM General Assembly is scheduled to take place in person, for the first time in three years, exactly a month from now (April 27th and 28th). As this is a unique opportunity to get a comprehensive view of DRM deployments and developments and meet DRM...
In an ample article included in the first quarterly issue of the Broadcast technology IEEE magazine, Mr Yogendra Pal, Honorary Chairman of the Indian DRM Platform, explain why DRM can offer different options to FM broadcasters wishing to go digital with the DRM standard. He...
Preparations are in full swing for the annual DRM General Assembly. 27th of April is an Open Day, so hurry and let us know if you want to participate in person or, if possibly, virtually (write to: projectoffice@drm.org). Do not miss this is unique opportunity to...
The Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) Consortium and a significant number of its members took part with better exhibits, and presentations than ever before – in the International show of the Broadcast Engineering Society (BES – Exhibition and Conference on ‘Broadcast & Media Technology’ (www.besindia.co.in) held...
The BES exhibition and conference started this morning in New Delhi with a bigger DRM presence at the event than on any previous occasion. Following the inaugural session, the Secretary of the Indian Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Mr. Apurva Chandra, visited the DRM display...
On World Radio Day, the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium wishes UNESCO, the founder of the United Nations Radio in 1946, many decades of successes in promoting the free-to-air radio as a universal way of informing and promoting peace to all citizens of the world...
Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) will take part fully in the International Broadcast Engineering Society of India (BES – www.besindia.co.in) event in New Delhi in February. At the BES conference and Exhibition, held again in person this year, after a break of three years, DRM Consortium will...
After a Covid imposed break of three years, the DRM Consortium members, supporters and invited guests will meet in person in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 27-28 April for the DRM General Assembly. Those present at Palma Bellver by Melia Hotel will examine the intense DRM activity...
The excellence profile is part of the Radio World’s 2023 Source Book & Directory and can be found on page 16. ...
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Partners, It seems incredible that another year is coming to an end. In 2022 life has slowly returned to normal after the bleak COVID-19 years. For DRM it has been another full and successful year in which progress has been made in...
On December the 5th the ATU (Africa Telecommunications Union), in collaboration with AUB, ITU, and DRM and WorldDAB consortiums, conducted a 1-day online workshop attended by over 110 participants from most of the African countries. They were representing governments, regulators, public, commercial and community stations....
The DRM Consortium will be well represented at the 59th ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings, to be hosted by India’s public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati, in New Delhi from 25 to 30 November 2022. This will be the first face-to-face General Assembly after two years...
The latest version of the document (mrr.drm.org) describes the DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) receiver characteristics for consumer equipment intended for terrestrial reception operating in the frequency bands below 30 MHz (i.e. DRM robustness modes A to D) and also those for the frequency bands above...
Encompass Digital Media ran a one-off transmission from its site in Woofferton, UK, on Friday 4th of November. This electronic music broadcast targeted the whole of India, around 5,000 miles (or about 8,000 kilometres) as the crow flies to the centre of the country. This...
Encompass Digital Media will be running a one-off transmission from its site in Woofferton, UK, on Friday 4th of November. This electronic music broadcast will target the whole of India, around 5,000 miles (or about 8,000 kilometres) as the crow flies to the centre of...
In September 2022, Ampegon Power Electronics AG and RNZ (New Zealand public broadcaster) signed a contract to supply a new TSW2100-V4 100 kW shortwave transmitter to New Zealand. The transmitter will broadcast the RNZ Pacific service to millions of people living across the Pacific with...
A Radio World blog gives a wider context and more information on the recently held Car Infotainment Indian Forum organised by the DRM Consortium and NXP at the end of September. Read more: DRM Sees “Good Progress” on Cars in India - Radio World. ...
The 3rd DRM Digital Radio Consortium, its many members and partners in India and the world, together with one of its key members, NXP Semiconductors, held their third annual joint event on September 28th. This unique forum for major car OEMs, Tier 1’s, automotive ecosystem...
The DRM Digital Radio Consortium, its many members and partners in India and the world, together with one of its key members, NXP Semiconductors, will hold their third annual joint event on September 28th. This unique forum for major car OEMs, Tier 1's, automotive ecosystem...
This year’s overarching theme “DRM for FM and AM – The Radio Platform for All” gave the DRM Consortium the chance to make new receiver announcements and demonstrate the deepening worldwide interest in DRM. A foretaste of all this was given on September 6th as...
The DRM Consortium has already got in the IBC 2022 spirit holding on September 6th the first of its three events grouped under the theme “DRM for FM and AM”. The almost 60 participants from all over the world (Australia, Brazil, UK, Canada, Indonesia, Switzerland,...
“DRM for FM and AM – The Radio Platform for All” is the three-stop journey the DRM Consortium invites you all to The first pre-IBC DRM virtual event is scheduled for September 6th 1200-1500 UTC (1400-1700 CEST) and its theme will be “DRM – A Platform for All”. The event will...
Three diverse and complimentary DRM events (live and virtual) at IBC 2022 (9-12 September) will illustrate this year’s overarching theme “DRM for FM and AM - The Radio Platform for All”. The first pre-IBC DRM virtual event is scheduled for September 6th 1200-1500 UTC (1400-1700...
On Wednesday 29 June 2022, ABC, the public broadcaster, and the Australian network operator BAI hosted a demonstration of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) on both AM and FM in Wangaratta, a location in the state of Victoria. The demonstration was the culmination of almost two years...
An ample article was published in the 2nd quarter IEEE magazine highlighting some of the major benefits offered by a DRM shortwave transmitter: reduced electricity consumption and perfect audio quality over thousands of kilometres. ...
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union (www.caribroadcastunion.org) has become an institutional associate member of the DRM Consortium: drm.org/about-us/drm-members/. Over the years, the two organisations have shared a collegial relationship, as conveyed by Ms Sonia Gill, CBU Secretary General: “A mutually...
The Pakistani Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting was briefed recently by the officials of the Ministry about the Digital Radio Migration project underway in the country. The public broadcaster, PBC, officials indicated that the project for converting analogue radio to the digital format DRM...
Unique opportunity to meet, after more than two years, DRM Experts from: Ampegon, Fraunhofer IIS, Kintronic Labs, Nautel and RFmondial. If you also plan to attend would like to meet up? Initially, you could meet at Fraunhofer IIS booth at C3926 in central hall on Monday...
By Ruxandra Obreja The recent events in Ukraine, with its tragedy of human casualties, extensive destruction or disruption of local broadcasting infrastructure, and new levels of censorship of the internet and journalism have brought shortwave broadcasts sharply back into focus, even though, they never stopped —...
The DRM Consortium held its virtual General Assembly on March 30th with the participation of members and guests from all continents (India, Indonesia, Pakistan, UK, Germany, Romania, Australia, India, Canada, Brazil, Romania, Denmark, South Africa, Tanzania, USA and other countries). The first members only session reviewed...
The prestigious Indira Gandhi Open University in India – IGNOU (www.ignou.ac.in) organised a meeting of its innovation club dedicated to "Distance Education through DRM Digital Radio: An Overview”.The objective of the panel discussion was to understand and explore the possibilities related to the use of...
Press Release The DRM Consortium will hold its virtual General Assembly on March 30th with the participation of members and guests from all continents (Indonesia, Pakistan, UK, Germany, Romania, Australia, India, Canada, Brazil, Romania, South Africa, USA). The first session (1000-1030 UTC), open to members only, will...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will once again have a strong presence at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Digital Broadcasting Symposium, 21-24 March, www.abu.org.my/dbsymposium inviting you to a full one-day DRM journey. The DRM Consortium Chairman will kick off the first ABU DBS day demonstrating...
The DRM General Assembly is scheduled to take place as an online meeting on 30th March, under the banner “Smart, Global and Green”. The meeting will comprise 2 distinct sessions. As this is an election year, members will be asked to vote on officer positions...
World Radio Day 2022 is a good opportunity to remind ourselves that especially in pandemic times radio has consolidated its position as one of the most popular means of communication, used by an overwhelming majority of people. Digital radio DRM, is smart, green and can be...
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The DRM Consortium will hold its annual General Assembly virtually on March 30th. After the bi-annual elections the open session will be a good occasion to get the latest on the DRM projects and developments, discuss the next steps and strategy. Registration Members Only Session Registration Open...
DRM energy efficiency calculator tool is enriched with multi-language reports and instruction as German, French and Italian versions are added to the original English. Work is planned for releasing Spanish and Portuguese versions in the future, too....
Another year, a better time for digital radio and DRM after the hard pandemic times! Will this be then the year of big DRM announcements, new receivers, great projects? We hope so and more importantly plan for it. DRM is starting the new year encouraging and...
A big thank you from all of us to all of you for an exceptionally successful DRM 2021, the basis of the great plans and developments in 2022! Let us continue our journey together so we can see DRM digital radio adopted and used for the...
On the 13th of October this year a DRM test in the FM band started in Greater Copenhagen (Denmark). The licence for the test broadcasts has been granted back in September 2020 and runs until 1st August 2022, which can be extended to 30th August 2023. This...
The virtual DRM Consortium IBC 2021 event “Smart Radio Accessible to All” on December 1st and proved to be an exciting showcase of the practical advances of DRM in various parts of the world. The many participants from across the globe in this annual event, sponsored this...
Press Release Virtual and free, the DRM Consortium IBC 2021 event is scheduled for December 1st 1200-1500 UTC (1300-1600 CET) and promises to be an exciting showcase of the practical advances of DRM in various parts of the world. The focus will be on the recent VHF band...
“funklust”, campus broadcaster at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, stands out as one of the radio stations with the most diverse transmission paths in the world. Recently, the station has revamped one of its digital broadcast paths: funklust in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) on shortwave is now broadcast...
Release Date: 18 November 2021 DRM Event ‘Smart Radio Accessible to All’ – before IBC 2021 For this December IBC event, DRM will present a virtual event under the overarching theme “DRM – Smart Radio Accessible to All”. Virtual and free, the DRM Consortium IBC 2021 event is...
Recently the Chairman (Ruxandra Obreja) and Vice-Chairman of the DRM Consortium have given a series of short virtual presentations on the DRM standard and its benefits and applications to the SET Academy in Brazil. The not-for-profit Consortium and basic standard features DRM Technical Characteristics and recent DRM...
DRM will be present at the ASBU (www.asbu.net/en/) Event “Arab Radio and Television Festival” (October 20-22).The DRM Booth (number 20) can be found already under the #ASBU members section. Please visit, share this information and also set up one-to-one meetings, if you to find out...
DRM broadcasts from a locally produced transmitter will be originated for the first time in Latin America, as Brazil will officially start digital (DRM) shortwave transmissions through The National Radio of the Amazon towards the vast area of the northern Amazon region, mainly inhabited by...
On September 17th the DRM Consortium has published its own measurements taken during the spring DRM FM trial and demos conducted in Delhi/Jaipur demonstrating excellent results and adaptability to Indian market....
Mercedes Benz car manufacturer has added DRM receiver to its S-class range of vehicles in India. More DRM products can be found here...
In a comprehensive new e-book on digital radio published by Radio World, the DRM Consortium Chair, Ruxandra Obreja, highlights current DRM deployments in the world and its future direction. Click here to download a copy of the publication. ...
KTWR will air some short test DRM broadcasts in the Tamil language each Sunday for the next six weeks. This will be just before KTWR's regular DRM broadcasts for India. It will be on 15200kHz at 1014-1026UTC at 90kW. The beam heading will be at...
Become an expert, in three minutes, in calculating your energy savings with DRM in AM and FM bands following this simple and clear video tutorial. energyefficiency.drm.org ...
The DRM Consortium has just released a new corporate video focused on the user’s experience of digital radio and the great and many benefits offered by the open, all-bands Digital Radio Mondiale, DRM, standard. The DRM – User’s Experience video has been created specifically to introduce...
The DRM Consortium has just launched a comprehensive and user-friendly calculator tool to determine how much energy can be saved by switching transmitters from analogue to digital DRM operation. After an introduction from Ruxandra Obreja and Alexander Zink (Chairman and vice-chairman DRM Consortium), Simon Keens, Ampegon...
The DRM Consortium invites all those interested to a “zoom launch” of the new energy efficiency tool “Savings at Your Fingertips” on June 30th at 1000 UTC for introducing the simple tool that will deliver results in minutes. This new energy efficiency tool is concrete...
The DRM Consortium has just developed a comprehensive and user-friendly calculator tool to determine how much energy can be saved by switching transmitters from analogue to digital DRM operation. The DRM Energy Efficiency Calculator (https://energyefficiency.drm.org) has been created using typical performance data from transmitter manufacturers. It...
The DRM Consortium has just developed a comprehensive and user-friendly calculator tool to determine how much energy can be saved by switching transmitters from analogue to digital operation. Register now to attend the launch event on Wednesday June 30th. ...
TikTok — Who’s There? – June 2021 “Tik Tok and Digital Radio’s Versatility” is the topic of DRM Chair, Ruxandra Obreja’s blog in redtech.pro. Read more....
Writing for Public Media Alliance (PMA), DRM Consortium Chair, Ruxandra Obreja, explains how public broadcasters could extend their reach and play a key role in providing distance learning. Read more The Public Media Alliance (PMA) is "the largest global association of public media organisations and focuses...
DRM Chair, Ruxandra Obreja discusses in her latest blog in Radio World the great DRM features that makes the technology attractive for hybrid radio. Read more...
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Press Release The Independent Communications Authority (ICASA), published on April 23rd, in the Government Gazette 44469 the Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) Services Regulations. Their objective is to set out the framework for introducing the Digital Sound Broadcasting (DRM and DAB+) services and to present the procedure...
ITU Includes Reports on DRM FM Trials in Johannesburg and St Petersburg ITU Study Group 6, dealing with radio, approved the revision to Report ITU-R BS.2384. The revised version to be published shortly will include both the WECODEC and St Petersburg reports on the two successful...
At the recently concluded DRM General Assembly (April 15th), Starwaves, a German developer and distributor of radio receiver technologies, is providing the first full-featured general DRM receiver solution for Android phones and tablets. For better understanding the app before buying, those interested can click on...
Press Release The DRM Consortium held its second virtual General Assembly on April 15th with the participation of 70 members and guests from all continents (Indonesia, Pakistan, UK, Germany, Denmark, South Africa, Hungary, Australia, India, Canada, Brazil, China and USA). The first session, open to members and...
Fraunhofer IIS, primary developer of the xHE-AAC audio codec, the DRM Consortium, and Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI), a leading provider of local sports and news in the U.S., are joining forces to bring the best possible digital radio experience based on DRM to ATSC...
The DRM Consortium had a strong presence at DBS, a key event in the DRM calendar, 5th – 8th April. On the first day of the ABU annual event the DRM Chairman, Ms Ruxandra Obreja stressed the versatility and modernity of the standard in her...
DRM has a full presence with presentations and distance learning workshop at DBS next week. Read more in our press release. Register HERE ...
Press Release The international, not-for-profit DRM Consortium has just concluded the demonstration and trial of the DRM digital radio standard in the FM band (VHF band-II) in New Delhi and Jaipur on March 22nd. It was highly successful and generated a lot of interest. The overwhelming success...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium announces the relaunch of the South African DRM Group on March 24th during an Update and Launch virtual event. The evaluation and demonstration of the various digital audio broadcasting standards started in South Africa over 20 years ago. In 2014...
The DRM for India Automotive Group congratulates the AIR staff on the successful trial in DRM for the FM band taking place in New Delhi now and, very soon, in Jaipur. This trial is based on actual measurements and reception of audio signals in standalone and...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) in FM-Band Live On-Air in Delhi for Comprehensive Trial by All India Radio (AIR) As of mid-February 2021, a full-featured DRM digital radio transmission with 3 audio services and Journaline advanced text information is live on-air in Delhi in the FM...
EBU’s Digital Radio Summit was a full day virtual event held on February 17th and which in the words of Antonio Arcidiacono (EBU) was a reaffirmation of the success of radio on condition that “we continue to innovate”. The many, mostly European presenters tackled different aspects...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium is celebrating the 10th World Radio Day (WRD), adopted by the UN General Assembly as an international day in 2012, by supporting the three main themes of the WRD 2021: evolution, innovation, and connection in a very practical...
As many broadcasters are still using different standards, including the digital DRM audio broadcast standard, to reach far and wide, Voice of America has just shown a TV report by Mike O’Sullivan on how DRM is playing an important role in global communications. Click here...
Here is a compendium of several of the live DRM complexes operating in the FM band today world over and a summary of the most important DRM live transmission trials in the FM band. The results are a testimony of the performance of the DRM...
After a full and successful 2020 year, the DRM is ready for great strides on all continents in 2021. In a short video now part of Radio Week, virtual continuation of the Salon de la Radio organised in France, the DRM Consortium unveils some of...
Digital radio and TV high on the Indian government agenda. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is looking at developing a roadmap for ramping up the roll out terrestrial and digital radio and television in India. The Ministry may now look at developing a phased...
Successful DRM for FM Simulcast Demonstration in Russia The Russian company Digiton Systems, supported by DRM Consortium members and effort, carried out a high-power field trial of the DRM standard in the FM band using the simulcast mode (parallel DRM and analogue FM transmission from a single transmitter)...
DRM is a solution for the global disruption in education at a local level. DRM not only provides audio but also multimedia services consisting of Journaline text services, slides, graphics and images simultaneously. Read more in Broadcast and Cablesat...
Press Release In its 100th anniversary year the DRM Consortium salutes radio as the mass digital communication platform for our challenging times. To celebrate the unique and relevant place of radio in people’s lives and the progress made by Digital Radio Mondiale in this unprecedented year,...
After initial tests carried out at the end of last month, from 2nd December 2020, Brazil is broadcasting in DRM on 11910 kHz from the public broadcaster EBC (Empresa Brasil de Comunicação) HF transmission site to the Amazon region and other parts of the Americas....
On the occasion of the 95th anniversary of radio broadcasting in Hungary, the Budapest University of Technology has re-launched on 1st December the Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) shortwave transmissions, currently the only digital radio broadcasts in the country. Their prime objective is to demonstrate the...
Press Release For Release: November 27, 2020 Contact: pressoffice@drm.org DRM Consortium Announces Creation of DRM Automotive Workgroup for India The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium has announced the creation of the first DRM Automotive Workgroup for India on November 25th during the second annual NXP India Cockpit and Infotainment Forum...
All India Radio updated the 2nd NXP Car Forum (on November 25th) by giving details about new transmitters, extended pure DRM transmissions, extra content and improved communication. All India Radio is fully committed to DRM Digital Radio for all of India. AIR urged the Automotive Industry...
Gospell Digital Technology Co., Ltd (www.gospell.com) and Antriksh Digital Solution LLP of India (www.antrikshdigital.com) have recently signed a cooperation agreement for the sale of DRM digital radio products in the Indian market. The two parties have also officially launched the promotion of Gospell’s DRM receiver...
ETSI TS 101 968 - DRM data applications directory : https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/101900_101999/101968/01.04.01_60/ts_101968v010401p.pdf. This fully backward compatible update and simplification of the core DRM standard itself contains updates to the table of FAC (Fast Access Channel) Application identifiers to include SlideShow and the special indicator that allows...
“If COVID-19 has reset many parameters and changed our lives, some of the old assumptions have stayed strong is the topic of DRM Chair, Ruxandra Obreja's blog in Red Tech Tribe. READ HERE...
The Pakistani public broadcaster (PBC) recently announced a three- stage plan to digitise its operations using the DRM technology. The budget for the each phase of the project is currently under the consideration of the government. Radio Pakistan has now decided in principle to install...
Digitising is much more than new gear or even more content. It is about a full process that starts with evaluation, planning, implementation and communication. The latest DRM video addresses some of these steps in a simple, clear and applicable way. WATCH HERE...
Following the successful IBC DRM Event on September 9th, the DRM Consortium invites you to get more information on the basic principles of DRM and the best way to implement this all-band digital radio system in its new video “From Transmission to the Listener”. Another video...
Press Release Under the overarching theme “DRM – Advanced Radio for All” the DRM Consortium planned for a virtual showcase to share with participants the practical advances of DRM in various parts of the world and the recent improvements to the DRM performance, equipment and receivers. The event hosted by the...
You are invited to our online, unique and comprehensive DRM SHOWCASE “DRM – Advanced Radio for All” 9th September 2020 1000 – 1200 UTC Under the overarching theme “DRM – Advanced Radio for All” the DRM Consortium has planned to share with you the latest on the practical advances of DRM in various parts of the world. You...
KTWR will be conducting daily test DRM broadcasts from 6-11 September. Thebroadcast will be on 15200khz in the 19 meter band directed toward listeners in India. Read more 07/09/2020...
Press Release Under the overarching theme “DRM – Advanced Radio for All” the DRM Consortium has planned for a virtual showcase to share with participants the practical advances of DRM in various parts of the world and the recent improvements to the DRM performance, equipment and receivers. Planned for September 9th...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium invites you to the two hour session called “DRM – Advanced Radio for All” 9th September 2020 1000 – 1200 UTC At this DRM event some of its members and affiliates will showcase their latest DRM developments, products and technical advances. This is an excellent opportunity to get the latest...
Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) has just conducted measurements proving the DRM in FM is spectrum, energy efficient delivering audio and text in superior quality without any interference even in very crowded FM environments. RRI has always been on the forefront in the field of radio broadcasting...
Press Release For Immediate Release: 14th July 2020 The South African Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams, issued on July 1st 2020 the policy direction regarding the introduction of digital sound broadcasting (DSB) in South Africa which recommends both DRM (for AM and FM...
The power of distance presentation allowed DRM experts to hold two very successful webinars in the week that the Consortium held its own Steering Board and addressed Malaysian specialists in an event organised by The Local Standards Institute MTSBF. On the 8th of July the DRM Consortium...
Press Release The DRM Consortium, in its first significant collaboration with the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB/UAR), is planning a joint interactive webinar session on July 9th (0900 - 1100 UTC). The aim of the webinar is to share with technical staff, journalists/content creators of the major broadcasting African organisations...
“Digital Radio Mondiale DRM – Enhancing Distance Education to Africa” The DRM Consortium, in its first significant collaboration with the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) is planning a joint interactive webinar session on July 9th (0900 - 1100 UTC). The aim of the webinar is to share with the...
Press Release The DRM Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium and the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) announce a series of three webinars “DRM – Digital Radio for your Needs” to start on July 8th. This unique initiative will take participants from the basic information on DRM to...
Under the Title of “Digital Radio Mondiale DRM – Delivering Distance Education,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) hosted an interactive webinar session on June 18th which enjoyed the participation of over 165 participants from...
Under the Title of “Digital Radio Mondiale DRM – Delivering Distance Education,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) hosted an interactive webinar session on June 18th which enjoyed the participation of over 165 participants. During the...
Under the Title of “Digital Radio Mondiale DRM - Delivering Distance Education,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) will host jointly an interactive webinar session on June 18th. During the 120 minute webinar participants will...
Press Release Following from the two successful webinars “DRM Benefits in Times of Crisis,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) is announcing a follow-up interactive webinar session, focused on “DRM for Education” on June 18th. Details for registration will follow shortly. The webinar...
Our best specialists will respond in brief to your questions. We will post them regularly. 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.org 29th June 2020 How...
No question is too simple, no answer too complicated. From Tuesday 12th of May we will post answers to your questions on DRM. Our best specialists will respond in brief to your questions. We will post them regularly. If you send them in writing and in...
The DRM Consortium in collaboration with AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development) organised a webinar on 6th May 2020. Over 70 participants from the Asia Pacific region (India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand etc.) very actively participated in the two-part session "DRM - An...
The DRM Consortium in collaboration with AIBD (Asa-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development) is organising an online webinar on 6 May 2020, 0540pm MYT (1500-1700 IST, 1030-1230 BST/London time or 0930-1130 UTC). The training session "DRM - An Introduction to Efficient Broadcasting" is designed for studio and transmission engineers...
Under the theme “DRM Benefits in Times of Crisis,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) held jointly and very successfully the first session of its two-part interactive DRM webinar on April 23rd. Over 150 participants listened...
Under the theme “DRM Benefits in Times of Crisis,” the DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) held jointly and very successfully the first session of its two-part interactive DRM webinar. Over 150 participants listened actively to the...
Press Release Under the theme of “DRM Benefits in Times of Crisis,” The DRM Consortium in collaboration with Asia-Pacific Broadcast Union (ABU) and Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) will jointly and for the first time host a two-part interactive webinar session. The webinar will focus on...
In times of coronavirus radio comes into its own with its great presence enhanced by existing benefits while future applications can become as useful as audio; is the topic of DRM Chair, Ruxandra Obreja's blog in RadioWorld....
Press Release The DRM Consortium held its virtual General Assembly on March 25th with the participation of members from all over the world. They had a chance to get updated on the rich variety of activities undertaken in 2019-2020 such as the recent stakeholders’ meeting held by...
Last Friday the first group of 30 engineering professionals of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) successfully completed their 5-day training on Digital Radio Migration (DRM) technology, becoming the “torch bearers for implementation of the digitisation project” (according to a PBC press release). This was a week-long workshop...
Press Release The DRM Consortium highlighted its recent achievements under the overarching theme “DRM for India - Smart Radio for ALL” at the 26th edition of the international BES (Broadcast Engineering Society – www.besindia.co.in) conference and exhibition (BES EXPO 2020) on Broadcast & Media Technology, in...
Major announcements from AIR and Indian receiver/automotive manufacturers, moving to joint launch of DRM digital radio services to the public On Wednesday 12th February, the Indian public broadcaster Prasar Bharati organised a DRMStakeholders’ meeting in New Delhi. CEO Prasar Bharati and Member Finance of Prasar Bharati board...
Encompass Digital Media will be broadcasting the following special DRM transmissions on Thursday 13th February: (all times GMT) 11:00 – 12:00 Ascension to South America - 15580 kHz 12:00 – 13:00 Ascension to West Africa - 15400 kHz 14:00 – 15:00 Singapore to South Asia -...
DRM Endorses the International Broadcast Engineering Society of India (BES) Conference and Exhibition in New Delhi where it exhibits and updates The DRM Consortium will highlight its recent achievements under the overarching theme “DRM for India - Smart Radio for ALL” at the 26th edition of...
Allow DRM for Digitising the AM Band DRM submission to FCC consultation. Read more Register to watch a free February webcast about all-digital on AM. ...
According to sources in Islamabad the public broadcaster (PBC) unveiled its digital migration policy which was due to be approved by the Prime Minister shortly. The policy has three phases which are all costed and which foresee digitisation of both FM (in about 15 locations) and...
DRM Highlights from 2019 and Future Events in 2020 See also the December 2019 Newsletter for more details...
KTWR DRM Broadcasts December 2019 Day Date Time (UTC) Freq Beam Language Programme Monday 23 December 1030-1100 13800 285 English 2019 Christmas Special Monday 23 December 1230-1245 7500 320 English 2019 Christmas Special Tuesday 24 December 1030-1100 13800 285 English 2019 Christmas Special Tuesday 24 December 1230-1245 7500 320 English 2019 Christmas Special Wednesday 25 December 1030-1100 13800 285 English 2019 Christmas Special Wednesday 25 December 1230-1245 7500 320 English 2019 Christmas Special ...
Breakthrough innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants has unveiled a design for a sub-$10 Digital Radio Mondiale receiver. At the company’s annual Innovation Day conference in December, Cambridge Consultants, the breakthrough innovation specialist (UK) showcased a proof-of-concept prototype of a low-cost, low-power DRM design, addressing the vital need for information...
DRM enthusiast Fransisco Braccini making the case for DRM to President Bolsonaro of Brazil. Click below for video ...
A Memorandum of Understanding was recently signed between Fraunhofer IIs and the Administrative Bureau of Radio Stations China (NRTA - National Radio and Television Administration), in Germany, at the Erlangen offices of Fraunhofer IIS. The MoU was signed on behalf of Fraunhofer by its Director, Dr...
Though the technical committee meeting of the ABU was dominated by latest TV, OTT developments, DRM found its own place too. The panel discussion on linear broadcasting also included a spirited defense of radio and some focus on the advantages like spectrum and energy savings...
NXP (nxp.com), the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, driving innovation in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets, in collaboration with the DRM Digital Radio Consortium have hosted the first ever car event, “NXP Cockpit & Infotainment Forum” in New Delhi...
On Thursday October 17th, the public broadcaster in Pakistan, PBC, successfully demonstrated the first ever DRM for FM test transmission on a consumer receiver in Pakistan. The country joins thus Russia, Indonesia, South Africa that have been demonstrating very recently the quality and efficiency of...
At IBC during the Nautel event, RFmondial together with Nautel demonstrated its advanced multiplexed DRM modulation for the FM band, that allows broadcasters to transmit multiple DRM channels on one physical transmitter. The newest member of RFmondial’s successful LV-series of DRM modulators and exciters allows the...
DRM Highlights ‘Smart Radio for All’ at IBC 2019 Under the overarching theme “DRM – Smart Radio for All” the DRM Consortium had two interactive sessions looking at the practical implementation of DRM in various parts of the world. The sessions also focused on new receivers and enhancements to DRM equipment. The...
Under the overarching theme “DRM – Smart Radio for All” the DRM Consortium has planned for two interactive sessions to look at the practical implementation of DRM in various parts of the world. The focus of the sessions will be also on improvements to DRM equipment and receivers. The first event...
As part of the annual ABU Technology Seminar series the DRM Consortium chose to focus this year on the DRM Emergency Warning Functionality – Saving Lives by integrating DRM into your National Warning Infrastructure. On the 3rd of September Ruxandra Obreja and Alexander Zink, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Consortium gave an introduction and a practical explanation of...
Press Release Under the overarching theme “DRM – Smart Radio For All” the DRM Consortium has planned for two interactive sessions to look at the practical implementation of DRM in various parts of the world. The focus of the sessions will be also on receivers and exciting receiver solutions. The first event...
Under the overarching theme “DRM - Smart Radio For All” the DRM Consortium has planned for two interactive sessions to look at the practical implementation of DRM in various parts of the world. The focus of the sessions will be equally on receivers and exciting receiver solutions. The first event convened...
In a recent tweet, the top boss of All India Radio, the Indian radio and television public broadcaster, announced that the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address to the nation “Maan Ki Baat”, is now available on DRM. Prime Minister @narendramodi’s Mann Ki Baat on...
Mr Yogendra Pal, Hon Chairman of the DRM India Chapter, explores the life saving emergency warning functionality (EWF) available with DRM technology. Read more ...
The DRM Consortium will participate for the first time in the Asia Media Summit to be held in Siem Reap, the Kingdom of Cambodia, 12-14 June. The Asia Media Summit (AMS) is a prestigious event organised by AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development) in collaboration with its international partners and organisations in order...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will participate for the first time in the Meeting of regional Broadcasting organizations and Transmitting equipment manufacturers (MBT) hosted by Antenna Hungária Zrt. This is the most important annual event of the industry in Central and South Eastern Europe and...
The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will participate in an extensive seminar on Digital Radio Implementation and Transition Strategy scheduled during Broadcast Asia, on June 18th in the morning. The half-day event will be held Suntec Singapore, Level 3, Room 308. The seminar aims to offer an...
An article in the current ABU Technical Review Alexander Zink (Senior Business Development Manager Digital Radio & Streaming Applications, Fraunhofer IIS) and Sharad Sadhu (Media Specialist) on how digital FM will transform FM broadcasting. Read more https://twitter.com/fsheheryar/status/1130362708996399104...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium is launching its fifth DRM Enterprise Award to be presented to an individual or an organisation that has promoted Digital Radio Mondiale successfully, has convincingly explained how DRM can be applied innovatively and can be actively introduced. The...
Press Release Under the banner “Digital Radio Mondiale Drives Forward”, the 2019 General Assembly of the DRM Consortium will take place on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th of March, at the Palma Bellver Bay Meliá Hotel on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Click here for more...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium has participated fully and successfully in the 15th edition of ABU DBS event held in Malaysia, March 4-7. The presentations made to the conference participants coming mainly from the Asia Pacific region but also Africa and Middle East were bringing...
Press Release Invitation Workshop Presentations The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will hold an extensive workshop and make several key presentations at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union ‘Digital Broadcasting Symposium’ (DBS) to be held from 4 th-7 th March, at the Royale Chulan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The symposium has...
Report on China becoming the world's leading DRM shortwave broadcaster. Read more...
DRM Receivers After exciting presentation of receivers in India at the BES (India) 2019 Expo. The price of the original Indian receiver has also been slashed by 50%. DRM Mobile solution ...
The annual DRM prize went this year to the DRM Stakeholders’ Group in India. At a special event held in New Delhi on the eve of the BES Conference and Exhibition on January 15th this Indian specialised Group led by national distributor BECIL was recognised...
Press Release The DRM Consortium will highlight its recent achievements under the overarching theme “DRM Drives Forward” at the international BES (Broadcast Engineering Society – www.besindia.co.in) conference and exhibition BES EXPO 2019 on terrestrial and satellite broadcasting at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 110002, India, 17-19 January...
Press Release Release: 11 December 2018 The DRM Consortium will highlight its recent achievements under the overarching theme “DRM Drives Forward” at the international BES (Broadcast Engineering Society – www.besindia.co.in) conference and exhibition BES EXPO 2019 on terrestrial and satellite broadcasting at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi 110002,...
The two-day workshop organised together with the ABU (Asia Broadcasting Union) and AIBD (Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development) was a first of its kind for DRM and was attended by many radio specialists from half a dozen Asian and African countries. The aim of the...
A report by the United States Coast Guard, finds DRM to be a good technology for a cost-effective method to disseminate marine and navigation safety information to the mariner. USCG has tested DRM for data carriage in the Arctic region and found Increased Arctic maritime activity...
Listening to All India Radio broadcasting using DRM technology https://youtu.be/JUmVDK5qpTk...
Senior executives of several radio broadcasters and industry stakeholders participated in the workshop focusing on how digital radio in Nepal can enhance the radio broadcasting industry by offering better services to everybody. The Consortium senior representatives underlined in their presentations why the DRM digital radio...
ASBU EBU Technology Week 2018 DRM broadcasts will be available during the "EBU Technology Week" at the meeting of members of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) in Tunis. The broadcast will be as follows: Test Transmission - Tuesday 9th October: Test - 1500-1600, 15730 kHz - 2200-2300, 6095...
The South African Ministry of Communications has just published a policy directive on the introduction of digital sound broadcasting in the country.Comments are invited (within 30 days) on the suitability of the the recommended standards which are: DRM for large coverage area (DRM30) in MW...
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) gave important news from its key markets in the first three days of IBC, the largest media, entertainment and technology show in Europe. Under the overarching theme “DRM Drives Forward” the DRM Consortium first showcased the DRM (AM and FM) progress in...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is gearing up for an exciting presence and new announcements at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 14th—18th September. IBC is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasters and media professionals and attracts over 1 700 exhibitors from all over...
The American shortwave station WINB is conducting a lengthy series of test transmissions in the digital DRM mode from its new transmitter at Red Lion in Pennsylvania on 1570 kHz. According to Hans Johnson, Frequency Manager for WINB, these test transmissions are beamed to Europe...
In her latest blog, Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chair, states that a successful digital strategy should start with looking at the needs of a country and not merely a choice between standards as no one super solution has yet been invented. Read more...
Gospell has announced the release of version 1.4 (build 608) receiver firmware for the GR-216. Improvements in this new release includes: * improved EWF (Emergency Warning Functionality) * improved Journaline decoder * faster DRM acquisition * bug fixes Read more ...
Since July 23rd China National Radio (CNR) has been doing extensive DRM domestic tests on 6030 kHz.The schedule is 2025-1805 UTC. In the test period, at the moment open-ended, the normal AM CNR transmission on 6030 kHz will be shut down. In the near future, CNR may...
The final report on the very successful DRM trial for local coverage (DRM+) undertaken between March and October by the Johannesburg community station Wecodec (Westbury Community Development Centre) has been presented to the regulator in South Africa. The publication of the report coincides with the open...
All India Radio (AIR), the public service broadcaster in India, has adopted the international DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) standard for the digital terrestrial radio transmissions in the MW and SW bands. DRM allows for multiple FM-like radio services plus associated data such as multi-lingual news...
[caption id="attachment_6040" align="alignleft" width="310"] Creta Latest Model (May 2018)[/caption] Hyundai continues adding models with line-fit DRM receivers to its fleet of new models. Hyundai Creta, one of the most popular and best selling SUVs in India is now fitted with a DRM receiver making it the 7th...
WINB, America's oldest commercial shortwave station, is conducting test in DRM via two transmitters. The test transmissions are directed to both parts of Europe and North America. A new ASI transmitter, a CE-50000WS, will be testing at times from Monday-Friday 1100-1700 UTC on 15670 kHz. The transmitter is...
The number of cars with line-fit DRM Digital Radio enabled radio sets on the Indian roads is quickly nearing a million (or 10 Lakh). All India Radio, the public broadcaster, has engaged in the past few years in the largest radio digitisation roll-out in the world. With...
The DRM DIG has been recently updated by the Technical Committee and includes the latest information on DRM for local coverage, the most recent tests, the latest ITU and ETSI documentation and is available on the DRM website. Shortly the title would change to: “The DRM Handbook”...
Voice of Vietnam, the Vietnamese public broadcaster, tested DRM on medium wave on April 16th and 17th on MW 675 kHZ from transmitter 30 kilometres outside Hanoi. On one single (analogue) frequency three audio channels were broadcast (VOV1, VOV2 and VOV3), including some data. A new...
Press Release Contact: pressoffice@drm.org Digital Radio Mondiale Concluded Successfully this Year’s General Assembly held in Spain Under the banner “Digital Radio Mondiale Drives Forward”, the 2018 General Assembly of the DRM Consortium took place on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th of April, at the Palma Bellver Bay...
On the occasion of the annual DRM General Assembly to be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on April 17th and 18th, there will be a special DRM transmission of BBC World Service content in English on 11970kHz between 10.00 – 12.00 GMT (12.00 – 14.00 local time in...
Telechips has formally announced the partnership with Inntot Technologies (Associate member of DRM Consortium) for DRM Receiver solution. Read more...
Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri launched a project updating shortwave transmitters from analogue to digital radio mondiale (DRM) broadcasting systems, at Kabd radio station. Read more...
A Webinar on DRM digital radio technology kicks off the first in a series of webinars by the Caribbean Broadcasting Union digital radio technology. The CBU will be expanding the opportunity for members of the Union to learn more about digital radio technology with a series...
The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium features in the first DRM e-book published by leading industry publication Radio World International (www.radioworld.com). The e-book “DRM Drives Forward” includes in its 25 pages updates, succinct news, information and articles authored by key DRM members, Ampegon, BBC, Fraunhofer IIs, Kintronics,...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will once again have a strong presence at the upcoming Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Digital Broadcasting Symposium to be held from 5-8 March, at the Royale Chulan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DBS is a key event in the DRM calendar, and...
The international and not-for-profit Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium congratulates the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for recommending, on February 1st, the way for a smooth transition from analogue to digital radio broadcasting services, without disruption to the existing FM radio services – read...
China National Radio short term DRM test on 17565KHz. 9830 KHz from 20:25 UTC to 02:00 UTC 17565 kHz from 02:00 UTC to 07:30 UTC 9830 KHz from 07:30 UTC to 18:05 UTC [caption id="attachment_5825" align="aligncenter" width="796"] China National Radio DRM test[/caption] ...
New Nautel NX-200 DRM transmitter was successfully installed, tested & commissioned at All India Radio, Hyderabad. Read more...
Local Radio remains an important source of news of many but these stations are now facing the challenge of migrating to digital broadcasting but there are options for local stations if (and when) they want or can go digital. This is explored in the latest...
Press Release The DRM Consortium welcomes the announcement made by Via Licensing Corporation, a leading world-wide intellectual property solutions provider, of the highly efficient MPEG xHE-AAC audio codec (Extended High Efficiency AAC) to become in effect a default feature of the widely popular Advanced Audio Coding...
The Via Licensing Corporation has announced that it has added Extended High Efficiency AAC (xHE-AAC) to the patent pool licence agreement at no extra cost. The xHE-AAC is the first MPEG audio codec to combine speech and general-purpose audio coding in a unified system allowing...
Press Release Participants in the four DRM events organised at IBC by Gospell, Thomson Broadcast, Nautel and Ampegon between 15th-17th of September have had an insight into a wide range of DRM activities, from big projects in Morocco (Thomson Broadcast), India and Hungary (Nautel), to the...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) will deliver its best at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 15th - 19th September. IBC is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasters and media professionals and attracts over 150,000 visitors every year from over 160 countries worldwide. A...
DRM Consortium member Gospell announced the forthcoming release of a DRM capable digital radio adaptor for cars, the GR-227. Based on software defined radio technology, GR-227 is compatible with both modes of the DRM standard, with its latest extended audio codec xHE-AAC. Read more Gospell...
DRM digital radio technology was presented to members of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union at their Annual General Assembly in Nassau, Bahamas. Under the banner, Digital Developments in Caribbean Media this year's meeting also considered the transition to digital radio. Read more...
Digital Radio Mondiale at IBC 2017: ‘DRM Delivers’ Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is ready to deliver more than ever at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 15th - 19th September. IBC is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasters and media professionals and attracts...
DRM Member Nautel announced that it has shipped six additional high-power DRM-enabled MW transmitters for deployment at All India Radio, the largest digital broadcasting system in the world. Read more...
During the Broadcast and Media Technology Conference in Chennai, the new CEO, Shashi Shekhar Vempati, of Prasar Bharati, tells media conference about transforming Prasar Bharati in the 21st century using digital technology. ...
DRM will be present at the largest Media and Entertainment technology trade show in Africa MediaTech . It will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa 19-21 July. As DRM for local coverage (DRM+) is being trialled by Wecodec, a community radio station in Johannesburg, participants will...
The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium joined the Indonesian public broadcaster RRI on May 16th-18th and demonstrated successfully DRM for local coverage in simulcast on the beautiful Indonesian island of Batam, overlooking the Singapore Straits. The DRM signal was inserted into the existing and very crowded FM...
Press Release The DRM General Assembly ended by announcing that All India Radio, the Indian public broadcaster, has now joined the Consortium and its leading bodies. This year’s General Assembly reviewed the many and successful developments of the past year and set the directions for 2017-2018 with...
All India Radio Press Release - AIR Demonstrates Full Capabilities of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), issued on April 25th 2017...
Press Release Under the banner “Digital Radio Mondiale Delivers”, the 2017 General Assembly of the DRM Consortium is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th of May in Baden near Zurich, Switzerland being hosted by Ampegon. The two-day event will start with the exclusive...
Prasar Bharati - All India Radio - will for one hour every day (except Sunday), operate 25 MW transmitters in pure DRM. Click here to view schedule. ...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium will be fully involved in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Digital Broadcasting Symposium to be held from March 6–9 at the Royale Chulan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DRM Chairman Ruxandra Obreja will give an update on advanced DRM solutions on...
Hyundai Motors introduces entry level and luxury car models with DRM receivers....
NXP Semiconductors, the world’s largest supplier of automotive semiconductors and Hyundai Mobis, the world’s leading tier-1 automotive supplier, have announced the successful completion of field trials of MOBIS DRM receivers and NXP chips designed in India. Read more...
Press Release The DRM Consortium, in collaboration with BECIL, hosted a high-level round table meeting in New Delhi on January 31st. The aim of the event was to update and stimulate the interest of key Indian stakeholders in the public phase launch of the project to...
Radio Pakistan has started work on converting its transmission services to DRM+ to enhance its broadcasts. The introduction of DRM services allows a broadcaster to provide listeners with significant improvements in service reliability and audio quality. Read more ...
Press Release Next Phase of the DRM Project in India - Top Level Meeting in New Delhi hosted by Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) and BECIL The DRM Consortium, in collaboration with BECIL, is organising and hosting a high level round table meeting in New Delhi on January...
DRM test broadcast from KTWR Guam on 9 – 13 January 2017. Details as follows: Date 9 – 13 January 2017 Time UTC 1445 – 1515 Freq 9910 KHz Power 90 KW Mode B 64 QAM Azimuth 290 Target South Asia (Ciraf 41) Dates 9-13 January 2017 Mail reports to KTWRDRM@twr.org ...
Radio Taiwan International (RTI) will be testing in DRM mode towards India in English for 4 days as per the following schedule: Taiwan Time (UTC) Frequency(kHz) Angle Power (kW) DRM Program Dec.4 01:00-01:15 Dec 3 17:00~ 17:15 6185 285 300 ENGLISH Dec. 5 Dec 4 Dec. 6 Dec 5 Dec. 7 Dec 6 ...
The Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Mr Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, recently praised AIR for reinventing itself through DRM....
Press Release 17th October 2016 Contact: pressoffice@drm.org Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)...
Delegates at this year’s annual General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, hosted by the Indonesian public broadcaster, RRI, in Bali will be able to listen to live live medium wave DRM transmissions on 20-24 October from one of the RRI MW transmitter in Denpasar, Bali on...
The IBC Show, which annually attracts some 150,000 visitors from over 160 countries, always comes too soon for us, after the European summer holidays. This year was no exception. The first event hosted on Friday the 9th September by GatesAir company gave us a few emotions....
Parrot Automotive recently unveiled its latest SDR chip “O3+”, which will receive all broadcast standards including DRM30 and DRM+. Read more...
The DRM Consortium held a comprehensive full-day workshop on March 16th at SADC event in Maseru, Lesotho. Presentations were doubled by live DRM BBC sound broadcast from 5,000 kilometres away....
The 11th SADC Digital Broadcasting Migration Forum will take place in Lesotho 15-18 March. Delegates from the 15 SADC member countries will get the opportunity to experience live DRM digital radio quality during the DRM workshop as Babcock International will broadcast BBC programmes during the...
Fraunhofer IIS announced that it is now offering a new software package for car radios to incorporate easily the DRM standard in car radios, especially the VHF Mode DRM+. Read more ...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) General Assembly to be held at Fraunhofer IIS Headquarters in Germany The 2016 General Assembly of the DRM Consortium is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th of April and is being hosted by Fraunhofer IIS at their...
Under the banner “Digital Radio for All” visitors experienced the DRM sound where on the first day of the conference two live channels in DRM were demonstrated in a leading Indian car. Visitors were also treated to quality DRM sound at the Nautel/Comcon stand. DRM Consortium member, NXP also announced a...
This week the 1000 kW MW DRM transmitter in Rajkot (Western India) is extending its analogue-digital transmissions from one analogue and one digital transmission to one analogue and two digital transmissions....
Today at the SADC (12 Southern African Development Community) Digital Broadcasting Migration Forum over 60 participants could get the latest DRM information from representatives of the Consortium and DRM Southern Africa Platform. They also had a chance to listen to a live shortwave DRM BBC...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium is delighted to welcome the Indonesian public broadcaster, Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) as a member of the Consortium. DRM and RRI have also signed a cooperation agreement to introduce the DRM technology in Indonesia starting in 2016. The cooperation agreement...
Babcock International has been involved in DRM since the inception of the standard displaying a wealth of experience in the design, development, regulation and practical application of DRM as a dependable broadcasting medium, particularly in the HF and MF frequency bands. Babcock already provides DRM broadcasting...
Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) and the National Media- and Infocommunications Authority in Hungary (NMHH) have held a comprehensive workshop in Budapest on the 30th September 2015. The event was very well organised by NMHH and attended by representatives of the key stakeholders in the Hungarian...
India “one of the world’s largest radio deployments” is underway using DRM technology All India Radio started transmitting two of its channels - Vividh Bharati and FM Rainbow - in pure DRM digital mode. View here South Africa DRM Trial South Africa: Two Services One AM Frequency...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale at IBC 2015: DRM Receiver demonstrates Clear and Flexible Digital Radio Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) demonstrated the new DRM commercial receiver with crystal clear audio and extra capability like the emergency warning functionality at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in...
During IBC, from Thursday 10th September - Sunday 13thSeptember Babcock will be transmitting DRM service from the UK, towards Europe broadcasting programmes from the BBC World Service, Radio Vaticana and NHK. Click here for details. For more details about DRM events during IBC, click here. All India Radio Kolkota is...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) has a lot in store for participants in this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 10th - 15th September. IBC is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasters and media professionals and attracts over 150,000 visitors every year from over...
Australia has welcomed delegates to the latest HFCC conference on 24-28 August in Brisbane where representatives from the world’s leading international broadcasters will meet to facilitate the scheduling of analogue and digital (DRM) transmissions in the shortwave frequency bands. Representatives from Ampegon AG, Continental Electronics...
Press Release Release: 10 August 2015 Contact: pressoffice@drm.org Digital Radio Mondiale is delighted to announce the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation as a new member of the Consortium. Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation, also known as Radio Pakistan, is a public radio broadcasting network, as well as a mass-media state-owned big corporation...
During a visit to the DRM30 Pretoria test site, Communications Minister, Faith Muthambi commended Radio Pulpit in leading the way in digitising radio in South Africa. She stressed the commitment of the South African Government in pushing forward the migration to digital radio and called...
The DRM Consortium was invited to participate with multiple presentations at this year's annual iTVF (Istanbul TV Forum organised in conjunction with the private radio stations' association RATEM). The conference focussed on the digitization of Turkish Broadcasting (TV and radio): Taking Turkey to Digital was...
On May 28th Brazil experienced the first DRM broadcast in short wave originating in Brazil mainly for Brazil. The public broadcaster in Brazil, EBC, with the collaboration of partners broadcast in DRM in the afternoon of the 28th with 130W in DRM in the frequency of...
On May 28th Brazil experienced the first DRM broadcast in short wave originating in Brazil mainly for Brazil. The public broadcaster in Brazil, EBC, with the collaboration of partners broadcast in DRM in the afternoon of the 28th with 130W in DRM in the frequency of...
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh today inaugurated the 300 kilowatt DRM High Power Transmitter of 'Radio Kashmir' in Jammu. The new Transmitter will transmit All India Radio programmes all over the state, and beyond the borders. Director General of All...
South African ICT Policy document mentions simultaneous licensing of DRM and DAB services....
South Africa Communication Minister attends DRM Presentation at the SADIBA (Southern African Digital Broadcasting Association www.sadiba.org) Conference. Its focus on Friday 17th was on the DRM rollout in the world, the DRM flexibility, its all-band coverage, extra benefits and energy savings. More in this week’s...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium and the Indonesian public broadcaster, Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), held a most comprehensive DRM30 digital radio trial and workshop in Jakarta, between 24th and 27th of March. This was one of the most comprehensive such events ever organised...
Press Release The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium and the Indonesian public broadcaster, Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), are pleased to announce a DRM30 digital radio trial and workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia in the week of 24th of March. RRI is exploring ways of covering this large...
Voice of Vietnam (VoV) President Nguyen Xuan Huy opened the seminar at the state broadcaster's headquarters in the old centre of Hanoi. Top representatives of the technical and content departments of VoV, the Broadcasting Engineering Centre, the Ministry of Information and Communications (Authority of Radio...
Press Release DATE: 9th March 2015 The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium and the Vietnamese public broadcaster, Voice of Vietnam (VoV) will hold their first comprehensive digital radio workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam on March the 10th. Vietnam is a large coastal country, with a varied geography and...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) and Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) to Trial DRM Digital Radio in Indonesia The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium and the Indonesian public broadcaster, Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI), are pleased to announce a DRM30 digital radio trial and workshop in Jakarta, Indonesia...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium will have a strong presence once again at the ABU Digital Broadcasting Symposium (DBS) 2015 in Kuala Lumpur LINK, one of the premier digital events in Asia. DBS is a key event in the DRM calendar. A general update...
Since last summer Radio Pulpit in Pretoria/Johannesburg has been successfully broadcasting a DRM programme in medium wave plus extra features 24 hours a day. The results of this first phase of the technical evaluation have exceeded expectations - both in terms of service quality and...
From 1st February a second DRM programme has been made available from the Radio Pulpit DRM test facility at Kameeldrift, north of Pretoria, digitally broadcasting in the former AM band at 1440 kHz transmitting. Click here for the full Schedule...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)™ Consortium, its members and partners will have the richest and most complete presence to date at the 21st International Broadcasting Engineering Society of India (BES) conference and exhibition on terrestrial and satellite broadcasting, held in New Delhi, India, between 15th...
The Voice of Hope Africa has announced the purchase a shortwave transmission facility in Lusaka, Zambia. Broadcasting from this facility will soon be available to potentially millions of African listeners. The station will embrace all new technology and is particularly excited about the potential of...
RNZI broadcast received in Brazil - from San Jose, Brazil RNZI DRM 17 675khz...
Please click here to read an article, by the DRM Consortium Chairman, Ruxandra Obreja, published in today’s Radio World International....
Press Release For Immediate Release: Contact: pressoffice@drm.org DRM Enterprise Award 2014 Winner announced The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium is delighted to announce that the recipient of their first DRM Enterprise Award is to the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC). The award conferred in association with the Commonwealth...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium has signed this week the EBU Smart Radio Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum represents an agreement between leading European Public Service and Commercial Broadcasters (like BBC, Deutschlandradio, Germany, public broadcasters from Belgium, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Switzerland etc.). Its...
The DRM Consortium and the Southern Africa Platform held a workshop in Pretoria last week. During the workshop, transmission of Radio Pulpit’s DRM trial was heard by the delegates. Click here to Listen to the transmission....
For many adopters of new technologies, the announcement of an exciting new product makes the adrenaline pump and the heart race - often followed by an equally strong reaction as the price tag is revealed! But history demonstrates that while new products can indeed be...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) - The Digital Radio Future of Southern Africa Following the successful launch of the Southern Africa DRM Platform in Pretoria in June this year, the new DRM Southern Africa Platform together with key Consortium representatives are planning a practical workshop to...
Press Release At IBC on Friday 12th September the DRM Consortium launched the first DRM AM model receiver produced in India for India and for global use. The AV-DR -1401 designed and produced by Communications Systems Inc under the brand name Avion Electronics of India (www.avionelectronics.in) is...
Press Release With just a few days to go before the start of this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 12th - 16th September, Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is preparing for what is the busiest event in its annual calendar. IBC is the leading global...
DRM event flyer invitation, broadcasters and manufacturers at IBC in Amsterdam, 12th - 16th September....
Multi-standard chipsets supporting the full DRM standard have been in existence for some time. Recently NXP has made its high-efficiency chipset commercially available. It supports DRM30 and can be extended to DRM+ too - click here for more details. Other options for DRM+, available from...
Press Release Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) from South Africa to South Africa on Medium Wave The first ever DRM (medium wave) transmission generated in South Africa will be on air from tomorrow. Radio Pulpit is starting a trial on 1440 kHz broadcasting using a 25kW transmitter (and...
Press Release For Immediate Release 4th June 2014 Contact: pressoffice@drm.org Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) to participate with a special broadcast in the International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR) Trial on June 5th and 6th The Emergency Warning Functionality (EWF) of the DRM system will be featured in a special...
Press Release For Immediate Release 29th May 2014 Contact: pressoffice@drm.org Visit tmp.drm.org Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) to participate with a special broadcast in the International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR) Trial on June 5th and 6th The Emergency Warning Functioinality (EWF) of the DRM system will be featured in a special...
DRM – The Future of Radio - New video...
After a successful “open event” on March 26th, the DRM General Assembly (GA) met on March 27th to examine the activity of the past year, the work done in particular markets (like India, Brazil, South Africa, some Asian and European countries ) and hear about...
Press Release For Immediate Release 12th March 2014 Contact: pressoffice@drm.org DRM is in focus as preparations are under way for the General Assembly of the DRM Consortium, scheduled to take place on March 26th and 27th 2014 at the BBC Headquarters in central London, the New Broadcasting House. Under...
Key experts from the DRM Consortium conducted a very successful workshop at the Annual Asia Pacific Broadcasting (ABU) Digital Broadcasting Symposium held in Kuala Lumpur March 4th -7th 2014. The event, “DRM-Unique Benefits for Your Needs” attracted over forty delegates from all over South-East Asia. ...
DRM Workshop on Thursday 6th March 2014 1400-1530. Registration now open for Workshop on unique benefits of DRM with DRM experts @ ABU DBS Malaysia 6th March, Room Safir 2, Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
The test trial is run with a DRM+ transmitter on the 97.0 MHz FM band with a power of 500 Watts (ERP). The first six months of the test trial will be made in consultation with the Post- and Telecom Authority in Sweden (PTS). The aim...
CII National Seminar on DRM. “The Future of Indian Radio - Business Opportunities for Stakeholders” 28th February 2014 0900-1730 Hotel Le-Meridien, New Delhi click here for invitation...
The global market leader in semiconductors for car entertainment, NXP Semiconductors, a DRM Consortium member, has announced the introduction of a multi-standard software-defined radio co-processor capable of decoding all three major digital terrestrial radio standards including Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM). The new SAF360x series offers...
At the invitation of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of India the DRM Consortium to took part in an educational workshop organised in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on the 22 November. The aim was to introduce DRM, present the standard’s Emergency Warning Functionality and give a...
SLIDES DRM FREE WEBINAR with Questions & Answers – 18th November 2013 The DRM Consortium held a free webinar aimed largely at India and open to worldwide participants with the participation of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). “DRM – Extra Features and Benefits – A Better Choice for Listeners”...
The 50th ABU General Assembly was opened this morning by the Vietnamese Prime Minister in Hanoi. The DRM Consortium was present and actively made the case for DRM in some of the committee sessions preceding the full assembly meeting. The updated xHE-AAC codec adopted by DRM...
All India Radio has just published a tender for 800 DRM receivers...
The DRM Consortium will have a strong presence at this year’s International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam 12th -17th September. This year the DRM Consortium will continue to advocate the benefits and take-up of Digital Radio. DRM will be making two presentations in the EBU theatre...
As DRM is being rolled out in the country, the DRM Consortium was yet again present in India on the 21st and 22nd of August with two very successful workshops. The first one, on the 21st August, was organised with the help of All India...
Industry experts from the DRM Consortium will be hosting a workshop session on the topic: ‘Digital Radio Mondiale - The Flexible Choice for a Digital Roll Out’ at the forthcoming South African Broadcasting Association (SABA) Digital Broadcasting Infrastructure and Platforms in Johannesburg, South Africa on...
DRM Consortium held its best attended webinar to-date on the transition from FM to digital with DRM. Participants from countries as far apart as India, Belgium, Chile, Russia, Hungary, Australia, France, Finland, UK, Papua New Guinea, Turkey, South Africa and many others listened to a...
The DRM Consortium associated to the DRM Brazilian Platform held the first webinar in Brazil about digital radio on June 19th. The title of the event was: “DRM - the flexible and economic path for the analog/digital transition.” During a dynamic one hour participants watched...
At the National Conference of the Norwegian Community stations (in Trondheim) the DRM Consortium together with its Norwegian partner Twentyfirst Venture AS featured live DRM+ transmissions. These were received on the Fraunhofer DRM MultimediaPlayer in combination with FUNcube USB stick, a global first. ...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium event will be hosted by Nautel on Tuesday, April 9th 2013 1500 - 1700 at the Nautel Booth, C2207. Entitled “Building for the 1st Billion Listeners,” the DRM presentation and networking event will feature presentations by DRM officials and...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium is to hold a seminar in New Delhi on March 14th 2013 aimed at raising awareness of All India Radio’s digitisation plans. The event will be opened by Mr. Yogendra Pal, Honorary Chairman of the DRM India Chapter and...
On the first day of the Digital Broadcasting Symposium (DBS)) organised by the ABU in Kuala Lumpur the DRM Consortium held its most successful workshop of the recent years at this premier Asian broadcast event. Taking as its theme "Digital Radio Mondiale - The Right...
Our best specialists will respond in brief to your questions. We will post them regularly. 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. Is the DRM Standard being Improved...
The DRM digital audio broadcasting system has all required tools built in – and is supported by available chipsets for a quick and complete mass notification (including impaired listeners) when disasters/ catastrophes occur. DRM receivers can switch signals and use alternative frequencies to get emergency...
The quality of DRM audio especially in shortwave is still a technical miracle. Earlier in the year a DRM shortwave transmission from the UK was received in Australia. Recently one of our great supporters in Brazil (Francisco Braccini) received on his portable receiver GR-226BP and...
Our best specialists will respond in brief to your questions. We will post them regularly. 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. DRM used for education seems like...
Our best specialists will respond in brief to your questions. We will post them regularly. 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. Where is DRM...
Happy Diwali to all our colleagues celebrating the great festival of lights! ...
DRM reached out to the Arab World broadcast sector – Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) - in the Tunisian capital of Tunis last month. The aim of the DRM contribution within the “ASBU-EBU Week of Technology” was to present the great advantages of turning to...
DRM was present at the 60th annual General Assembly conference at the Asia- Pacific Broadcasting Union (https://www.abu.org.my/) in Seoul, South Korea, which took place between October 29th and November 1st. The theme of the conference was ‘What Comes Next’. During the technical committee meeting, the DRM...
