Digital Radio Mondiale

DRM Delivers for All

•
DRM Consortium
DRM in the World
Some Key Countries

• India
• Pakistan
• Southern Africa
• Indonesia
• Vietnam
• Brazil
 India

MW – 35 transmitters SW – 4 transmitters
1000 kW - 2 500 kW - 1
300 kW - 6 250 kW - 1
200 kW - 10 100 kW - 2
100 kW - 11
20 kW – 6

Transmitters 39
Investment Over 3 Billion INR
Power 8,000 kW
Coverage 0.6 Billion people
Power Transmitters
Location of the Transmitters
(kW) installed

1000 2 Rajkot & Kolkata (Chinsurah)

300 6 Rajkot, Lucknow, Jammu, Dibrugarh, Suratgarh &
Jallandhar
Delhi-A, Bengaluru, Kolkata-A, Ahmedabad, Dharwad,
200 10 Jabalpur, Ajmer, Chennai-A, Siliguri & Itanagar

Panaji, Pune, Mumbai-A, Mumbai-B, Vijayawada,

100 11 Patna, Varanasi, Tiruchirapalli, Kolkata, Ranchi &
Passighat

20 6 Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati-B, Tawang, Bikaner & Barmer

All the 35 DRM MW transmitters are carrying

Total 35 (7,020 kW)
regular service
 Out of 35 MW DRM
transmitters
 2 are working in pure DRM
 33 in simulcast (also 25 in
pure DRM daily for 1 hour)
 Details of operation are
available on official website
(allindiaradio.org.in)
 EWF & Traffic information
– Discussions are being
held to incorporate these
features
 AIR planning DRM reception survey in Delhi
Power No. of Status of the
Location
(kW) transmitters Transmitters
Installation completed.
Testing and
100 2 Delhi
commissioning is in
progress by the supplier
Transmitters were
500 1 Bangalore carrying pure DRM
service.
At present off the air due
250 1 Delhi to non-availability of
critical spares
 DG AIR has constituted a
committee to suggest the
standard for digital radio
broadcasting in VHF band
 2 presentations and a demo of
products/services to Committee
members made by DRM
Consortium
 Recommendations of
Committee awaited
 TRAI issued Consultation paper
seeking comments by 4th Sept 2017
 17 comments received, including by
DRM Consortium
 Open House held on 25th Oct 2017
 Recommendations of TRAI issued
on 1st Feb 2018
DRM in PAKISTAN: Radio Pakistan (PBC) starts work on converting
FM transmission to DRM digital radio

Director General,
Radio Pakistan
Khurshid Malik
visited the project at
Broadcasting House
in Islamabad – 2017-
01-30

Khurshid Malik emphasized the need of improving contents of programmes

besides introducing modern technology to cater the need of all segments of society.
The present AM and FM transmitters of Radio Pakistan can be made compatible to
this technology with little amendment.

Under this technology, three channels can be aired from a single transmitter, which
will prove cost-effective. This technology enables listeners to get access to text
services [Journaline] as well.
 Islamic Republic of Pakistan

DRM Future Progress

• Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) is a full DRM Member

since 2015
• PBC Board of Directors approves start of DRM in VHF trial from
Islamabad city in 2015 and transmission on air 2017
• PBC with the help of DRM Consortium finalise the draft of
technical specifications and publish the tender for 20 FM (DRM in
VHF Ready) transmitters in Pakistan
• Policy document currently with Pakistan Government
 Indonesia

• April 2015 – trial and workshop at Bogor/ DRM MW

• Oct 2015 RRI signs a cooperation agreement
with the DRM Consortium to promote the technology
• Oct 2015 RRI becomes a DRM Consortium member
• Oct 2016 DRM for AM trial in Bali
• May 2017 DRM for FM trial in Batam – report sent to
ITU
 Indonesia

• April 2015 – trial and workshop at Bogor/ DRM MW

• Oct 2015 RRI signs a cooperation agreement
with the DRM Consortium to promote the technology
• Oct 2015 RRI becomes a DRM Consortium member
• Oct 2016 DRM for AM trial in Bali
• May 2017 DRM for FM trial in Batam – report
submitted to ITU
 FM DRM FM
105,1 105,25 105,5
MHz MHz MHz

1 Tx – Simulcast
 South African Executive Summary
(ITU submitted Sep 2017)
Radio Pulpit initiated a DRM in AM trial
broadcast with support from Broadcom
International, BBC and Sentech Ltd. The DRM
test transmission was conducted in Pretoria,
South Africa during the period September 2014
up to October 2015.

DRM Measurements were conducted

successfully on 1440 kHz using a 10 kW DRM30
transmitter.
Two low profile antennas were used in the trial
and both were capable to provide good signal
coverage.
The DRM30 signal performed better than the
analogue AM signal with regard to coverage
area for the same transmitter power.
• Full results out in February 2017:
http://www.drmsa.org/images/pdfs/SEN_RFN_REP_MEASM_DRM30_RADIO_PULPIT_FINAL_REPORT_V1_04.pdf
 • Kofifi/Wecodec in Johannesburg – “community station”
• DRM trial started in March 2017 while SA deciding on
standard and giving the lead to SADC and Africa

• A DRM Consortium member

 Interim Report
DRM Trial, Johannesburg, South Africa
 Russia

• DRM adopted by presidential decree in April 2010

• Preparatory work done - Plans for complete coverage

of Russian Federation with DRM worked out

• DRM in AM tests in 2012-13. Positive results and reports

submitted to ITU http://www.itu.int/md/R12-WP6A-C-0350/en

- Short Wave trial in North of Russia:

3 transmission sites: Arhangelsk, Novosibirsk and Krasnodar

- SFN network to cover large territories:

2 transmission sites in the area of Moscow: Krasnodar (30 kW) and Kaliningrad (15 kW)

- Local SFN network in Moscow at 26 MHz:

2 transmission sites : Kurkino (500W) and MTUSI (100W)

• Plan for DRM introduction is on. In 2015 DRM in VHF trial conducted in St. Petersburg
and interest in roll-out in Moscow – 2017-2018
 DRM+ Trial – ST Petersburg, Russia

67,46 MHz 94,5 MHz

232 m 200 m
Power: 200 W Power: 200 W
Antenna hor. beam Omni Antenna hor. beam Omni
Horizontal polarization Vertical polarization

Phase 1: June 3 -19th, 2015

Phase 2: July 27th - August 16th, 2015
Codec AAC , SDC 4/16 QAM
DRM Trial in
 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• The Saudi Broadcasting Corporation has adopted the DRM digital standard for MW and SW

• MW Transmission stations are located in Gazan, Taiba,

Hafr Elbatin, Abha

• SW transmissions take place from Al-Khumra (Jeddah City)

• Current Projects: in Afif, in Layla ( Al-aflag ), in Duba and Riyadh

15445 kHz
Preview YouTube video Riyadh Radio DRM Preview YouTube video Riyadh Radio DRM

ch1 Somali ch2 Quran

 Receivers available
Different Options (STANDALONE, CAR, MOBILE)
 Receivers

Avion AV DR1401
Full DRM feature set
Available now
Patronx’s SDR Titus II

a. Full DRM feature set

and all-bands supported!
b. Expected also:
FM/RDS, AM/AMSS,
c. Hardware and software finalisation underway
d. More than 3,000 pre-orders
e. Pilot with 1,500 units planned within next months
f. READY FOR Mass production
Patronx’s SDR Titus II Video
Receivers
Cars
It will be
6th model
of
Hyundai
with
line-fit
DRM
Receiver
 Hyundai – cars fitted with DRM radio

Elantra Grand i10

Tucson
July 2016 Jan 2017
Nov 2016

Xcent Verna
Aug 2017 Elite i20
April 2017
Expected in Feb 2018
Has line-fit DRM Receiver
 Has line-fit DRM Receiver

Reception for AIR

Rajkot 1000 kW DRM
Transmitter
 DRM Receiver Solution
With Built-in Wi-Fi Hotspot to Serve Tablets and Mobiles
GR-216 Classic
DRM/AM/FM Tabletop Radio

• DRM/AM (MW/SW) and FM

• Crystal clear xHE-AAC audio
• Emergency Warning Function
• Journaline® Service
• Station Name Memory Tuning
• High Performance Active
Antenna
• Radio Recording and Playback
 GR-227, DRM and Bluetooth Car Kit
• Upgrade any car to digital with
GR-227
• Bluetooth music and hands-free
calling
• Easy installation

GR-227 is a combination of digital radio listening, Bluetooth

hands-free callings and wireless music streaming. It utilizes
most advanced interference and noise cancellation
technology to receive digital radio in car while achieving the WWW.GOSCAS.COM
best sound quality and serve it to the car audio system over
aux cable or by transmitting over an unused FM frequency.
DRM in Mobile Phones
 Endorsement by DRM Consortium - Non-financial
 One stall to DRM Consortium - Complimentary
 2 presentations by DRM Consortium
 Competing Technologies in Digital Radio - 0930 to 1100 Hrs on 28th Feb by
Mr Alexander Zink
 Developments in Broadcasting in South Asia - 1130 to 1230 Hrs on 28th Feb
by Ms Ruxandra Obreja

 Request made to schedule a demo on EWF & Traffic information –

Formal acceptance awaited
 DRM Introduction and
Implementation Guide
Version 3 (October 2017)

Free download from: www.drm.org

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