[HCDX] India starts tests on Digital Radio Mondiale transmission

[Mukesh Kumar <thecosmosclub@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

India starts tests on Digital Radio Mondiale
transmission
Satyen Mohapatra
New Delhi, January 31, 2007
 
Since Jan 26, 2007, India has started tests on Digital
Radio Mondiale  transmission which is qualitatively
much superior to the existing analog transmission and
also supports text-data transmission.

In an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times
Director (Engg) All India Radio Yogendra Pal said,
"DRM will be available only on special DRM receiver
which will allow us to provide the listener number of
Programme Associated Data. So while a listener is
listening to a song we can let the listener see the
name of the movie, the name of the singer, composer,
on the LCD screen on the Radio."
 
He said that the government would liaison with
Railway, Civil Aviation and other ministries whose
messages could be flashed on the radio 'screens'
whether it is on train and airlines arrival,
departures or other general messages. News headlines
and stock exchange rates could also be regularly
transmitted, he added. 

"This can also give us additional revenues and we can
also generate more revenue by transmitting 
advertisements," he added.

In the Eleventh Plan the government has proposed to go
in for digital radio, he added.

"We have given the government the proposal to first
start digital broadcast services for External Services
and in our Regional Services," he said.

Digital Radio Mondiale technology is supposed to be
the latest technology which does not require
additional spectrum allocation and is felt to be more
suitable for Indian conditions. Experiments on digital
transmission have been going on for the past some
years on eureka technology which requires additional
spectrum.

A decoder has been installed at the AIR transmitter at
Khampur, Delhi for the broadcast of digital
transmission.

The government is importing a number of DRM receivers
for testing their quality under Indian conditions.

One such receiver which can take upto 128 text
characters at a time in a single frame will be
displayed at the Broadcast Expo at Pragati Maidan
beginning on Thursday, he added. 

Via
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1916500,0008.htm
 
Regards & 73?s
Mukesh Kumar
The Cosmos Club
Muzaffarpur 
INDIA.



		
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