Cost-Effective DRM
Receivers: TI and
RadioScape to
Develop an Integrated
Hardware and
Software Platform
March 2005
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TI & RadioScape to
Develop DRM
Hardware/Software
Radio Educación
Commences DRM
Tests in Mexico
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DRM Symposium in
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DRM Members
DRM Associate
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DRS-BT Hosts
Dallas Symposium
DRM Membership
Hits Another Record
High
Project Office
Contact Information
Events Calendar
DRM members Texas Instruments
Incorporated (TI) and RadioScape
have made the landmark
announcement that they are
developing software and hardware
to support the design of costeffective DRMTM consumer
receivers.
This accelerates the timeline for
development of a range of DRM
consumer receivers. TI will supply
the necessary digital signal
processor (DSP) -based digital
radio silicon along with
RadioScape's software-defined
digital radio technology, enabling
consumer receivers to have DRM,
DAB, FM, short-wave, mediumwave/AM and long-wave
capabilities.
"This announcement from Texas
Instruments and RadioScape is a
major milestone for the DRM
consortium," said DRM Chairman
Peter Senger. "Coupling TI's
position as a global leader in the
semiconductor industry with
RadioScape's expertise in digital
radio software brings invaluable
resources to the DRM market. We
believe their commitment to DRM
will help drive its commercial
success in the coming years repeating their success at driving
the DAB market by enabling a wide
variety of receivers to be made at
easily affordable prices."
The World DAB Forum and DRM
announced their cooperation in
markets of mutual interest in 2003.
DRM’s European commercial
launch will take place later this
year, with products on display at
IFA 2005 in Berlin.
DRM is the only universal, nonproprietary digital AM radio system
for short-wave, medium-wave/AM
and long-wave available to markets
worldwide. This capability enables
broadcasters to launch exciting
new services and allows listeners
to hear their favorite short-wave,
medium-wave/AM or long-wave
broadcasts with considerably
improved quality.
More than 65 leading broadcasters
have begun transmitting live, daily
or weekly DRM broadcasts and
special programs. The list includes
international broadcasters as well
as national radio networks and
local radio stations – both
commercial and public.
Radio Educación
Commences DRM
Tests in Mexico
The Mexican Ministry of
Communications and
Transportation has authorized the
immediate commencement of a
national DRM testing project, to be
carried out by Radio Educación,
the country’s public, cultural and
educational network.
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DRM Members
Antenna Hungaria (Hungary)
Atmel Germany GmbH (Germany)
BBC (U.K.)
Broadcast Electronics, Inc. (U.S.A.)
Coding Technologies GmbH (Germany)
Deutsche Welle (Germany)
DeutschlandRadio (Germany)
Digital One (U.K.)
Digita Oy (Finland)
Dolby Laboratories Incorporated (U.S.A.)
DRS Broadcast Technology (U.S.A.)
Fraunhofer IIS (Germany)
Harris Corporation (U.S.A)
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Ltd. (Japan)
IBB/Voice of America (U.S.A)
Imagination Technologies Ltd. (U.K.)
Kintronic Laboratories, Inc. (U.S.A.)
Libya Jamahiriya Broadcasting (Libya)
Micronas GmbH (Germany)
Nautel Ltd (Canada)
Nero AG (Germany)
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation
(Japan)
Nozema (Netherlands)
QinetiQ (U.K.)
Radio Canada International/CBC (Canada)
Radiodifusao Portuguesa (Portugal)
Radio France (France)
Radio France Internationale (France)
Radio Netherlands (Netherlands)
RadioScape Ltd. (U.K.)
Radio Vaticana (Vatican City)
Riz Transmitters (Croatia)
Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany)
RTL Group (Luxembourg)
RTRN/The Voice of Russia (Russia)
Sangean America, Inc. (U.S.A)
Sender Europa 1 (Germany)
Sony International Europe (Germany)
Swedish Radio International (Sweden)
SWR Südwestrundfunk (Germany)
TCI, a Dielectric Company (U.S.A.)
TDF (France)
TELEFUNKEN SenderSysteme Berlin AG
(Germany)
Telenor/Norkring (Norway)
Thales Broadcast & Multimedia (France)
TI (USA)
T-Systems International GmbH (Germany)
Voice of Nigeria (Nigeria)
VT Communications (U.K.)
WRN (U.K)
DRM Associate
Members
Academy of Broadcasting Science (China)
ADDX (Germany)
Agentschap Telecom (Netherlands)
A.P.R. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Privater
Rundfunk (Germany)
Arab States Broadcasting Union (Tunisia)
Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (Malaysia)
Basamad College, Tehran (Iran)
Communications University of China (China)
Broadcasting Centre Europe (Luxembourg)
CCETT (France)
Christian Vision (U.K.)
Commercial Radio Australia (Australia)
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
(U.S.A.)
DLM Direktorenkonferenz der
Landesmedienanstalten (Germany)
DRF Committee
European Broadcasting Union (Switzerland)
ESPOL (Ecuador)
Georg-Simon-Ohm, University of Applied
Sciences Nuremberg (Germany)
Government of Catalonia (Spain)
HCJB World Radio (Ecuador)
HFCC (Czech Republic)
Innovationszentrum
Telekommunikationstechnik GmbH IZT
(Germany)
Institut für Rundfunktechnik (Germany)
International Committee of the Red Cross
(Switzerland)
International Telecommunications Union
(Switzerland)
Kymenlaakso Polytechnik (Finland)
Medienanstalt Sachsen-Anhalt/Digitaler
Rundfunk Sachsen-Anhalt (Germany)
National Association of Short-wave
Broadcasters (U.S.A.)
National Communications Authority Hungary
(Hungary)
Radio New Zealand International (New
Zealand)
Technical University Delft (Netherlands)
Universidad del Pais Vasco (Spain)
University of Applied Sciences, FH
Merseburg (Germany)
University of Hannover (Germany)
University of Ulm (Germany)
Via Licensing Corporation (USA)
VPRT (Germany)
Jorge Rodriguez Castañeda, the
ministry’s Director General of
Radio and Television Systems,
made the announcement at
Digital Radio Mondiale’sTM firstever symposium in Mexico City
on February 9th. As he led the
“inauguration” of DRM at the
event, Sr. Castaňeda presented
Radio Educación’s Director
General, Dr. Lidia Camacho,
with the official permit
authorizing DRM testing, signed
by Secretary of Communications
and Transportation Pedro
Cerisola y Weber.
“As of today, we start testing
DRM via Radio Educación,” said
Sr. Castaňeda. “DRM is
recognized as the worldwide
standard for short-wave. We will
study DRM for application in the
AM bands, and maybe the FM
bands in the future.”
While the DRM system currently
covers the broadcasting bands
below 30 MHz, the DRM
General Assembly will vote on a
proposal to extend it to the
broadcasting bands up to 120
MHz, at its upcoming meeting in
Paris on March 10th.
The symposium featured a live
broadcast of the actual switch of
Radio Educación from analogue
medium-wave/AM to DRM, as
the Mexican testing process
began. “This is a historic day for
Mexican radio,” said Dr.
Camacho.
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She added, “Radio Educación
has been at the vanguard of
Mexican cultural broadcasting
for 40 years, and we are thrilled
to participate in the development
of our nation’s digital future.”
More than 80 commercial and
non-commercial representatives
of the Mexican broadcasting
industry attended the event.
DRM members Harris
Corporation and RIZ Transmitter
Co. were involved in
preparations for the symposium
broadcasts. Harris Corporation
installed a DRM modulator
board within a Harris DX50
transmitter, and RIZ installed a
200 watt SW DRM transmitter
system on 25.620 MHz.
Attendees heard DRM live on
short-wave courtesy of DRM
members Christian Vision (from
Chile); HCJB (from Ecuador),
RCI (from Canada), Radio
Netherlands (from Bonaire); and
TDF with Deutsche Welle
content (from French Guyana).
DRS-BT Hosts DRM
Symposium and
Meetings in Dallas
Contributed by Kathy Stewart,
DRS-BT
During the week of November
8-12, 2004, DRS-BT had the
pleasure to host DRM meetings
and an international symposium.
Approximately 90 individuals
attended the symposium.
The symposium also featured
live, DRM shortwave broadcasts
demonstrated on a variety of
DRM-capable receivers
originating from Canada, U.K.,
France, Chile, Ecuador and the
U.S.
by Gabriel Grecu, president of
S.N. Radiocomunicatii.
DRS-BT broadcast from our
418-DRM transmitter to the
symposium. Emanating from the
company's plant across town,
the 750W signal on 25.9MHz
was made possible through a
Special Temporary
Authorization issued by the
FCC, and the efforts of DRS
engineers working with one of
the company's DRM-capable
transmitters.
Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Israel, Syria, Nigeria, Algeria,
Turkey, Poland and the Ukraine
were among the many countries
represented at this conference.
Harris Corporation
Presents DRM
Symposium
in Romania
Harris Corporation held a twoday DRM Symposium on March
1-2, in Bucharest, Romania.
The event was designed to
inform and educate radio
broadcasters on preparing for a
digital future with DRM. It
focused on Romania's
countrywide upgrade and
expansion of its national
broadcast infrastructure.
Representatives from Harris and
S.N. Radiocomunicatii S.A.,
Romania's state-owned
broadcast organization,
provided insight into the
strategies behind the
modernization program. The
keynote speech was delivered
The symposium culminated in a
DRM demonstration at a nearby
400 kW high-power AM
transmitter site, the Tancabesti
High-Power Radio station.
DRM Membership
Hits Another Record
High: 88 Members
from 28 Nations
As DRM’s global implementation
increases, so does its
membership. In February 2005,
DRM reached a new, record
high membership tally of 88
members from 28 countries.
The DRM consortium formed in
1998, when a small group of
pioneering broadcasters and
manufacturers joined forces to
create a universal, digital
system for the broadcasting
bands below 30 MHz.
With access to the DRM
consortium’s private meetings
and information, DRM members
are instrumental in shaping the
promising future of digital radio.
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DRM is where leading-edge
manufacturing firms work in
tandem with many of the
world’s best-known media
organizations. DRM’s members
are broadcasters, broadcasting
associations, network operators,
manufacturers, research
institutions, regulatory bodies,
NGOs, and others.
DRM:
DRM members enjoy
pro-active involvement in the
DRM consortium’s technical,
regulatory and commercial
plans.
DRM offers two types of
membership – Full Membership
and Associate Membership.
Associate Membership is for
non-profits only. Full members
have the right to vote and
participate in DRM General
Assemblies, Commercial
Committee, Technical
Committee and other groups,
while Associate members have
the right to participate, but not
vote. Full members may also be
nominated to serve on DRM’s
Steering Board.
DRM Steering Board members
are elected to 2-year terms.
DRM holds quarterly Steering
Board meetings, and annual
General Assemblies.
If your company is interested in
the benefits of DRM
membership, please contact the
DRM Project Office at
projectoffice@drm.org.
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Revitalizing Radio in
Markets Worldwide
Visit DRM Online at
www.drm.org
and at DRM’s
country-specific web sites
www.drm-national.de
DRM KoordinationsKomitee Deutschland
http://www.radiostation.ru/
drm/index.php
Цифровое мировое радио
You can find DRM
exhibits and/or
speakers at these
upcoming events in
2005:
NAB Convention
Las Vegas, NV
USA
April 16-21, 2005
www.usdrm.com
USA DRM Group
DRM Project Office
P.O. Box 360
CH-1218 Grand-Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland
projectoffice@drm.org
Phone: + 49 228 429 3510
Fax:
+ 49 228 429 3110
DRM’s European
Commercial Debut:
IFA 2005
Berlin
Germany
September 2-7, 2005
IBC
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
September 8-13, 2005
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