India is Going DRM

After extensive trials in 2007, the Indian state broadcaster All India Radio
(AIR) has decided that DRM is the best technology for converting its vast
public service broadcasting network to digital. After conducting trials over
a one and a half year period, AIR has started regular DRM transmissions from
a 250 KW SW transmitter installed near the capital city New Delhi in January
this year. AIR is also in the process of converting 4 shortwave transmitters
(250 kW) to DRM mode by March 2009. There are plans to introduce DRM
transmissions in 42 new medium wave, 36 existing medium wave and 5 new short
wave transmitters. However, the cost and availability of good receivers
remains the main issue in their implementation strategy for the next five
years.
The BES (Broadcast Engineering Society of India) event held in New Delhi on
23rd, 24th and 25th February was a great opportunity for the Consortium to
interact with AIR at a very senior level and understand the broadcaster's
plans and problems. While Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Chairperson, was the keynote
speaker for the event, the DRM workshop on the opening day and DRM session
next day was attended by about 300-400 delegates and had excellent
presentations by Lindsay Cornell and Julian Cable (BBC), Thomas Feustel
(Deutsche Welle), Joseph Troxler (Thomson), T V B Subbramnyam (Analog
Devices), S R Aggrawal, (AIR), Vineeta Dwivedi (DRM).

http://www.drm.org/news/detail/news/india-is-going-drm/

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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi, India

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