Some special DRM transmissions have been arranged for the Radio Asia 2010 Conference, to be held from 22-24 February in New Delhi. This year’s conference looks at the digital future of radio with its overall title ‘Journey to the Digital Land’.
The BBC will broadcast three hours in DRM every day from 22-26 February from 04:29:30 - 07:29:00 UTC on 17760 kHz. The broadcast will start with the daily Hindi programme followed by current affairs in English. Christian Vision Radio (CVC) will run DRM transmissions from 22-24 February from 0830-1230 UTC on 17590 kHz. The programmes will be in Hindi.
(Source: DRM Consortium)
Andy Sennitt adds: The DRM press release gives the impression that this is primarily a technical conference. It isn’t. Many of the sessions are devoted to programming. RNW’s Director-General Jan Hoek will be one of the conference speakers. Full information is available on the conference website.
on Feb 20th, 2010 at 16:33
The BBC is about the last believer in DRM.
Maybe a RNW expert can help them out……
(RNW dropped all DRM)
on Feb 22nd, 2010 at 08:08
I’ve been watching DRM for ten years now and I still hold on to the hope that it succeeds, though I often feel this might never happen.
This chicken-and-egg stalemate with receiver shortage is severely damaging to DRM. One thing is for certain: quality content will be essential if it is ever accepted by people in large numbers (as well as the major broadcasters), instead of just the few hundred or thousand of us who tinker with DRM on our home PCs and analogue receivers.
I continue to watch and wait.