The United Republic of Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) annual conference in Dar Es Salam celebrated 20 years of broadcast pluralism and the new broadcasting roadmap for Africa. About 200 delegates attended the two-day conference for discussions on radio and television developments, including digitisation of...
In December Brazilian public broadcaster Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), assisted by Brazilian DRM Platform chair Rafael Diniz, transmitted 60mW of DRM at 6.180kHz (Rádio Nacional da Amazônia’s lower frequency) via a 20db gain SW antenna from Brasilia. The signal was heard on a Morphy...
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....
The bi-annual meeting of the German DRM Platform was hosted by the Federal State Media Authority of Rhineland-Palatinate, the “Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation” (LMK - an Associate Member of the DRM Consortium since 2006), on November 5th and 6th. The group discussed worldwide DRM activity,...
The saying “the proof of the pudding is in the eating” proved to be true during the practical DRM workshop held in Centurion outside Pretoria, South Africa, in October. Key stakeholders and media in Southern Africa received hands-on demonstrations of the potential of the DRM...
The ABU Technical Committee met on 24th and 25th October. Dr. Amal Punchihewa, ABU Technology Director, reports: Radio and television developments over the last year were presented and discussed, generating much interest in technical innovations associated with UHDTV. Both NHK (Japan) and KBS (Korea) presented updates...
Report by: Ruxandra Obreja (DRM Consortium Chairman) The ABU General Assembly in Macau celebrated 50 years of activity of the world’s largest broadcasting union. It was attended by a number of senior Consortium representatives: Lindsay Cornell (BBC), Alexander Zink (Frauenhofer IIS) and myself - aiming to...
