South Africa’s Communications Minister Visits DRM30 Site in Pretoria Calls for Regionally Produced DRM Receivers

06 Jul South Africa’s Communications Minister Visits DRM30 Site in Pretoria Calls for Regionally Produced DRM Receivers

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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...

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17 Jun DRM at ITVF Turkey – benefits of DRM presented to Turkish stakeholders

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  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...

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17 Jun Radio Asia 2015 – DRM in a strong position as “no shoe fits all” principle generally acknowledged

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Radio Asia 2015 was a very upbeat and well organised event.  The host of the event, MRTV, did absolutely everything they could to showcase Myanmar and to entertain speakers and delegates. For example, at the gala dinner we were entertained by no less than Myanmar’s...

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17 Jun DRM Developments Discussed at the 25th Anniversary meeting of the NASB 2015 in Washington DC

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DRM was a hot topic at the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters (NASB) Annual Meeting from 21-22 May. The meeting was hosted by Radio Free Asia (RFA) at their offices and studios in Washington, DC.and attended by more than 25 shortwave broadcasters, suppliers and shortwave enthusiasts, including some...

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17 Jun First DRM broadcast from Brazil

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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...

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02 Jun First DRM Transmission from Brazil for Brazil

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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...

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19 May 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

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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...

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18 May Meeting of the German DRM Platform

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The DRM German Platform meeting on May 6-7 was hosted by public broadcaster “DeutschlandRadio” and the University of Applied Science Berlin, the “Beuth Hochschule”. Participants were updated on the more general worldwide DRM activities, as well as given more detailed updates from some countries, like...

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18 May Brazilian AM to FM Migration Proceeding at Snail’s Pace

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In December 2013, the Brazilian government decided to phase out the local (low power) AM stations and to allow medium and high power AM stations to change their frequency and become FM stations. The action was stimulated strongly by all the commercial broadcasters’ associations claiming...

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18 May DRM present at the International Summit on Digital Broadcasting held in Nigeria

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The International Summit on Digital Broadcasting held in Abuja, Nigeria, at the beginning of the month was presented by the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) and hosted by The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (Radio Nigeria). This lively and informative industry event, the first for...

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