The Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Consortium and the Vietnamese public
broadcaster, Voice of Vietnam (VoV) will hold their first
comprehensive digital radio workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam on March the
10th. Vietnam is a large coastal country, with a varied geography and
many towns and villages; VoV is exploring ways of meeting the
challenge of covering in a spectrum and energy-efficient way the
entire country with quality broadcasting services that can be received
by its entire population.
Mr Nguyen Dang Tien, President of VOV, says: "VoV is the largest
public station in Vietnam covering the entire country with radio
programmes in analogue mode. In our radio digitisation process we are
looking at the most effective ways to cover both large cities but also
regional towns and villages over large and geographically diverse
territories. We wish to understand the full potential of DRM and the
way it could ensure the full and cost-effective coverage of our large
country."
Ruxandra Obreja, DRM Consortium Chairman, is delighted to have the
Consortium support VoV in their endeavour: "We believe that the
global, open DRM standard (in both AM and VHF modes) will be able to
offer enhanced broadcast services and data, to both urban and remote
areas. The comprehensive DRM workshop should ideally be followed by a
trial which could be run together with the excellent Vietnamese
specialists. This will give them the opportunity to experience the
quality and benefits of DRM digital radio broadcasting, while the
Consortium will learn more about an important Asian country."
The workshop will be supported by key international DRM Consortium
members, Fraunhofer IIS, Ampegon and GatesAir.
(Press Release)
