23 Mar Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) and Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) to Trial DRM Digital Radio in Indonesia
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 and diverse country aiming to provide quality broadcasting services that can be received countrywide, with the efficient use of energy.
Mr Sunarya Ruslan, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RRI Indonesia, says: “We are looking at the weaknesses that we experience currently in analogue radio with a desire to offer radio broadcast services that are economical, easy, and mobile, offering the same good quality to Indonesian citizens, whether they are in big or small cities, even in remote areas and whether they are farmers, fishermen, government officials or private citizens. Mr Muhammad Rohanudin, Technology and New Media Director of RRI, adds: “RRI is currently reviewing the appropriate technologies to be used as a delivery medium. These technologies include DRM and we hope that the DRM trial in the Bogor area will provide us with options and a better understanding of digital radio broadcasting.”
Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chairman, is delighted to have the Consortium working so closely with RRI: “The DRM trial and workshop will be run together with Indonesian specialists and will give them the opportunity to experience the quality, advantages and cost effectiveness of the DRM digital radio broadcasting while we will learn more about this important Asian market.”
The DRM30 trial will be held from 24th – 27th March 2015 in Bogor on a transmitter (1242 kHz) on Wednesday 25th March from 0900-1700 local time with a power of 6.5kW. The demo will be conducted by RRI and key Consortium members: Fraunhofer IIS, GatesAir, RFmondial and Transradio. During the workshop attendees will be invited to observe the results of the DRM30 trial and to learn more about the full DRM standard.
About DRM
Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies.
The DRM standard comprises of two major configurations: ‘DRM30′ intended for broadcasts on short, medium and long wave up to 30 MHz and providing large coverage areas and low power consumption. The configuration for the VHF bands above 30 MHz is called ‘DRM+’, tailored for local and regional coverage with broadcaster-controlled transmissions.
All DRM configurations share the same audio coding, data and multimedia services, service linking, multiplexing and signalling schemes.
DRM provides high quality sound combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services.
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