The Westbury Community Development Centre (WECODEC) serving the disadvantaged communities around the Westbury, Sophiatown and surrounding areas near Johannesburg has been conducting a DRM+ trial broadcasting BBC content. WECODEC were granted an 8-month licence by the regulator ICASA. Click here to read the interim report....
The ABU Technology Webinar Festival is a series of online webinars offered free of cost to those interested in broadcast technology. On Thursday 3rd August, a session on DRM Implementation and Roll Out. Read more To join the webinar register at: Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5449594527366978817 Webinar ID: 668-432-267...
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...
Representing the community station Wecodec in Johannesburg, Johannes von Weyssenhoff, DRM-Champion in the country, has presented the case of DRM to an international audience at the "Radio Days Africa", an annual event taking place at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg. His presentation also included results...
During May and June 2017 experimental DRM transmissions were resumed by Brazilian Public Broadcaster (EBC) from the Rodeador Park, where Rádio Nacional transmission facility is located. Different antennas and frequencies were tested, and reception reports from places more than 1000km away were received. The transmissions are...
At the 27th Annual meeting of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters DRM was featured throughout the sessions and discussions. Jerome Hirigoyen shared developments at TDF (the French network operator)regarding the SmartCast and NavCast initiatives. His presentation included information about three DRM receiver options including a...
During the Batam DRM for local coverage (DRM+) demo the DRM signal was inserted into the existing and very crowded FM local spectrum. The existing FM was at 105.1 MHz and DRM was placed at 105.25Mhz. The current analogue transmitter chosen for this has a power...
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...
The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium was invited to take part in the RadioAsia Conference which took place in Bangkok between 26-28 April 2017. The themes of the conference were all around radio content, which, all participants agreed, is in today's digital environment essential for keeping...
