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NewStar Receiver Unveiled at NAB April 2011

editor — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:22:28 +0000

The DR111 receiver was shown at all three DRM events. It is being advertised as DRM radio (DRM SW,MW,FM and AM SW and MW) at an affordable price from Chengdu NewStar Electronics. The receiver has multiple features including 100 station memory, text message, small screen and it can do music playback from SD card and USB pen drive. (DRM Consortium)

DR111 is developed in serial emphasizing on reducing cost and at the meantime meets all minimum requirements specified by DRM Consortium. Based on CDNSE core technology of DRM receiver and newly developed digital radio platform, DR111 is one of the best solutions for the existing analog AM radio to evolve into digital radio.

The Last Night of the Proms on DRM

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:37:41 +0000

On Saturday 13 September, the BBC World Service will be replacing its normal evening DRM broadcasts on mediumwave (1296 kHz) and shortwave (5895 kHz and 5875 kHz) with a special broadcast of The Last Night of the Proms.

The Last Night of the Proms, at the Royal Albert Hall in London, is one of the most popular classical music concerts in the world, watched and listened to by an audience of many millions around the globe. The BBC World Service special DRM broadcast will begin at 1800 UTC with highlights of Prom 69 featuring music by Debussy and Roussel, and will continue with the live broadcast from the Albert Hall in London from 1900 UTC.

More details will be available on the BBC World Service Proms website.

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DRM promotion video on Youtube

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:35:24 +0000

Fraunhofer IIS Announces the Worldwide Launch of Diveemo, the New Small-Scale Video Service for Digital Radio Mondiale

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:25:04 +0000

Press Release Source: Fraunhofer IIS On Thursday September 9, 2010, 2:00 am EDT

AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fraunhofer IIS, the leading innovator of technologies for cutting-edge audio and multimedia systems, today announced the worldwide launch of Diveemo®, the new small-scale video service for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) at IBC 2010. Initiated as a joint effort between Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson Broadcast & Multimedia and Chengdu NewStar Electronics, Diveemo delivers cost efficient large-area distribution of education and information video programs via DRM.

Developed by Fraunhofer IIS, Diveemo will be showcased Monday, 13 Sept. at the launch event hosted by the DRM Consortium at the Thomson booth, 1.D11. The launch will feature the world’s first Diveemo transmission of a live video broadcast with BBC content displayed on a NewStar DRM receiver. The service will also be showcased at the Fraunhofer IIS booth 8.C81 for the duration of the IBC 2010 exhibition.

DRM transmissions over shortwave have virtually unlimited coverage possibilities ranging from 100 to well over 5,000,000 square kilometres depending on the transmission conditions and broadcast parameters. The service opens the door to a large range of unprecedented information and education services and is an ideal platform to reach audiences worldwide with a single DRM transmitter or an even more cost-efficient DRM single frequency network. Diveemo offers free-of-charge reception and is independent of gatekeeper and third party providers like satellite and cable networks.

“Fraunhofer IIS developed Diveemo together with its partners Thomson and NewStar as the unique and cost-effective way to reach millions of people anytime, anywhere with a single terrestrial DRM transmitter,” said Alexander Zink, project manager of Diveemo at Fraunhofer IIS. “With the low-cost implementation on the transmitter and receiver side, Diveemo allows broadcasters to reach audiences that otherwise could not participate easily in up-to-date sharing of latest information and education programs and that so far were dependent on audio-only radio services.”

Diveemo is designed to offer a convenient mobile small-scale video service experience, allowing users to quickly switch between channels and enjoy consistent audio and video even under bad reception conditions. A video stream can be accompanied by one or more audio streams, allowing for synchronous, multi-language support. Diveemo enabled receivers also feature all the benefits of the DRM Digital Radio standard, such as service selection by Unicode compatible station labels, alternative frequency signalling and switching, announcement and warning/alert features. Diveemo is on track to be standardized by ETSI in the near future.

About Fraunhofer IIS

Fraunhofer IIS, based in Erlangen, Germany, has been working in compressed audio and digital broadcasting technology for more than 20 years and remains a leading innovator of technologies for cutting-edge multimedia systems. Fraunhofer IIS is universally credited with the development of mp3 and co-development of AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) as well as technologies for the media world of tomorrow, including MPEG Surround and data services like Journaline. In addition Fraunhofer IIS is active in the area of standardization, overall broadcast system design, receiver core development, and OEM broadcast server equipment. The technologies developed at Fraunhofer IIS have established themselves globally in satellite-based and terrestrial broadcasting systems, such as Digital Radio Mondiale DRM, DAB Digital Radio, Digital Video Broadcasting DVB, WorldSpace and Sirius XM Radio.

Through the course of more than two decades, Fraunhofer IIS has licensed its audio codec software and application-specific customizations to at least 1,000 companies. Fraunhofer estimates that it has enabled more than 1 billion commercial products worldwide using its mp3, AAC and other media technologies.

The Fraunhofer IIS organization is part of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, based in Munich, Germany. Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is Europe’s largest applied research organization and is partly funded by the German government. With nearly 17,000 employees worldwide, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is composed of 59 Institutes conducting research in a broad range of research areas. For more information, contact Matthias Rose, matthias.rose@iis.fraunhofer.de, or visit www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm.

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New DRM Developments Showcasing at IBC 2010

admin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:21:06 +0000

The DRM Consortium will use its stronger than ever presence at IBC to showcase the developments and potential of the DRM standard. Diveemo is the major new DRM development and visitors to the Thomson booth (1.D11) on Monday 13th September between 3pm and 5pm will be able to observe the first live transmission of BBC video content (in Arabic and Persian) over Diveemo. This new small-scale video application for DRM can be a cost-efficient solution for large-area distribution of educational and information video programmes including
television news onto the screens of radios, unhindered by the usual gatekeepers. Diveemo can be transmitted over all broadcast bands supported by the DRM worldwide standard (LW, MW, SW and above).

All the latest developments of DRM+, the operating mode for frequencies above 30 MHz, will be on show at the Nautel booth (8.C61). The presentation on Sunday 12th September between 3pm and 5pm, will provide a quick regulatory update and an overview of DRM+ and DRM30 features, including slideshow, EPG, 5.1 surround sound and Journaline.

There have also been many advances made since the introduction of DRM30, the mode for AM bands below 30MHz, and these can be seen at the Transradio booth (8.D30) on Saturday 11th September between 3pm and 5pm, where the main focus will be on securing good coverage with DRM30 on long wave and medium wave.
The session will also address the issues of power consumption, the technical requirements for DRM broadcasting, automatic equalisation of DRM transmitters and MPEG surround sound.

Finally, the Consortium is very proud to announce the inaugural DRM transmission of the Last Night of the Proms, during IBC, on Saturday September 11th between 1800 and 2200 GMT (2000 to 0000 CET). This world famous concert which concludes the biggest classical music festival in the world will be recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall and transmitted via DRM letting audiences across Europe tune into this prestigious event ‘Live’and in high quality for the first time. The concert will be transmitted by Babcock, a leading engineering support
services company and a Consortium member, from one of its facilities in the UK.

Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chairman says, “Our presence at IBC will show that DRM is cutting-edge technology that offers digital solutions for big and small broadcasters across all bands and for the benefit of listeners not just in Europe but well beyond it.”

About DRM

Digital Radio MondialeTM (DRM) is the universal, openly standardised digital broadcasting system for all broadcasting frequencies up to 174MHz, including LW, MW, SW, band I and II (FM band).
DRM provides digital sound quality and the ease-of-use that comes from digital radio, combined with a wealth of enhanced features: Surround Sound, Journaline text information, Slideshow, EPG, and data services. DRM on short, medium and long wave for broadcasting bands up to 30 MHz (called 'DRM30') provides large coverage areas and low power consumption. The enhancement of the DRM standard for broadcast frequencies above 30 MHz ('DRM+') uses the same audio coding, data services, multiplexing and signaling schemes as DRM30 but introduces an additional transmission mode optimized for those bands.

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DRM+ Demos at IFA

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:50:44 +0000

Later this week, consumer techies across Europe will swarm the aisles at IFA 2010 – a distinctly continental variant on the massive U.S. Consumer Electronics Show. Surrounded by a sea of audio electronica, IFA attendees will get their first chance to experience broadcasts of 5.1 surround sound and text information services delivered via a VHF DRM+ digital air chain.

Coding of the audio surround demo broadcast is being provided courtesy of Fraunhofer's DRM ContentServer with support from RF Mondial, University of Hannover and Niedersaechsische Landesmedienanstalt. Fraunhofer will demonstrate its Journaline text application as well.

Transmitter manufacturer Nautel will also promote its DRM+-capable NV Series transmitters.

IFA runs Sept. 3 though Sept. 8 at Messe Berlin in Berlin, Germany.

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