New look website of DRM consortium

Digital Radio Mondiale has unveiled thier new look website at :  http://www.drm.org/

HCJB Global helps the Ecuadorian government test the DRM standard

Ministry shares benefits of digital radio with national leadership

  

Ecuador (MNN) ― Engineer Charlie Jacobson says HCJB Global is helping leaders in Ecuador ride the wave of the future.

"We see digital as the way that radio's eventually going to go, just like television," Jacobson explained. "Much of the world is already going that way, and we want to assist the Ecuadorean government. God has blessed us with some of the resources to do that."

 

More at :

https://www.mnnonline.org/article/17812

 

(Douglas Weber via twitter)

 

Digital Radio Mondiale

FRSH on the air next Sun October 28th 2012

Dear FRS Friends,

Sunday October 28th

Summer has gone and autumn is ruling. Propagation conditions have improved during day time. Time to expand some activity. We have planned a full almost 6 hour broadcast upcoming Sunday October 28th.

In preparation to that, we tested on 7600 kHz Sunday October 14th. Although conditions weren't satisfactory, results were satisfactory and we are confident next Sunday a good signal will be aired over the European air waves.

Sunday October 28th FRS-Holland will be on air between 08:52- 14:30 UTC/ 09:52- 15:30 CET. Remember next Sunday winter time comes into force!!

The broadcast is on 5800//7600 kHz. Programme line-up includes all FRS presenters (except Paul Graham) and consists of FRS Magazine, the German Service, FRS Goes DX , Radio Waves and the FRS Golden Show.

Ingredients....great music, DX News, letters, the day calendar and a number of radio related items. Radio entertainment on a Sunday. And...FRS has become 32 years. FRS-Holland brings true free radio into your receiver! Tune in....

Internet Stream

That same day between 14:52- 20:30 UTC/15:52- 21.30 CET will see a full repeat on the Internet. Check on your computer & http://nednl.net:8000/frsh.m3u &. Alternatively you can use : [ helios.cloudnl.net:8000/frsh.m3u ]. For mobile devices there is a 24 kbps mono stream:

[helios.cloudnl.net:8000/frsh24.m3u] or [ http://nednl.net:8000/frsh24.m3u].

Still available: FRS News #36 special 30th Anniversary edition

FRS News #36 is all about our 30th anniversary. In contains no less than 24 pages in colour. In the past months FRS-Holland has been working very hard to produce this booklet covering 30 Years of FRS-Holland. It contains several photos and of course much information:

Memories on 30 Years of FRS-Holland from both former presenters and listeners;

a Number of Fact Files (Special moments to Remember,

FRS Presenters 1980-2010, The Beginning);

Reflections on 30 Years of FRS-Holland;

The 1983 Raid;

Mailbox 2702 including the Anniversary mail;

How the 30th Anniversary broadcasts came about;

Last but not least a potted history 1980- 2010 !!

This is a true collector's item and no doubt it makes an interesting read! We never produced something similar in the past. In case you are interested …you can obtain a hard-copy of our specially produced 30Years of FRS-Holland booklet for 5 euro/ 7 US dollars in cash.

Send your order to FRSH, POBox 2702, 6049 BE Herten, the Netherlands.

In the mean time FRS-Holland has become 32 years....

Email address

Please only use [frs@frsholland.nl] for your mails. The other mail address will disappear within a short period. Good listening next Sunday! We count on your support....

73s, Peter Verbruggen on behalf of the FRS Team

AIH18 DXpedition to Aihkiniemi

Oct 6 - 20 2012
by Mika Mäkeläinen

Logging AM stations from Malawi, Uganda and other African countries was the highlight of this October DXpedition. From the East, new Thai and Chinese stations were heard often. AIH18 began just two weeks after we concluded AIH17, and in between there were no major changes in propagation or the smorgasbord of AM stations available.

More at : http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih18rep.dx

Short wave hit by World Service cuts

Short wave broadcasts of World Service Arabic will end by next April, while the Cyprus short wave relay station will close.

World Service English short wave transmissions will be reduced to six hours a day, with 1.5m listeners likely to be lost as a result. Currently, there are between seven and 19 hours of short wave depending on region.

More at ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/20082294

Related News :

Cuts mean BBC’s world is to become a smaller place
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/books/cheltenham-festival/article3566020.ece

Will Digital Radio Mondiale Save Shortwave Broadcasting?

Once touted as the "Savior of Shortwave," Digital Radio Mondiale has not lived up to its hype. Proposed in 1988, with early field-testing in 2000, inaugural broadcasting in 2001 and its official rollout in 2003, DRM has had a lackluster career over the last decade.

More at :

http://radioworld.com/article/will-digital-radio-mondiale-save-shortwave-broadcasting/216010

All India Radio on Twitter

All India Radio is now on Twitter

 

https://twitter.com/akashvaniair

 

Use hashtag #AkashvaniAIR if you are tweeting info related to All India Radio. 

Prasar Bharti plans of setting up 839 new FM stations

SRINAGAR: Prasar Bharti Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has a plan of setting up 839 new FM stations in private sector in 290 cities of the country in near future, Secretary Union Information Broadcasting Ministry Uday Kumar Verma said here today.

More at :

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-06/india/34292937_1_fm-stations-fm-channels-private-sector

AM: Drop the Gloom and Doom

AM: Drop the Gloom and Doom

by Saul Levine   The AM radio band has been serving the needs of the American people for more than 80 years, and remarkably well. The future of AM can continue to be remarkable, but only if those of us in the broadcast industry adopt a new attitude.   More at : http://www.radioworld.com/article/am-drop-the-gloom-and-doom/215687

Broadcast India 2012

The Broadcast India Show, having changed the face of the South Asian and International Broadcast, Television and Film industry, is back with a bang again in 2012.

Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce that this year Broadcast India show will be held at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E) in Mumbai, India on 10-12 October, 2012.

Along with the grand exhibition, Broadcast India 2012 will also be holding a Conference on 10-11 October, 2012 at the above mentioned venue.

In the ever-changing visage of the broadcast and entertainment industry, Broadcast India has consistently remained India as most celebrated, stimulating and expansive global marketplace for the latest and greatest technological innovations in the industry. Broadcast India 2012 will also be the most eminent platform for all

there is to do with broadcast, film, radio, IPTV, Mobile TV and their related fields.

As past figures go, the show has welcomed over 20,000 visitors from the Indian subcontinent, its neighboring countries as well as visitors and delegates from all across the world.

Some of the world as leading manufacturers like Panasonic, Sony, Avid, Harris, ARRI, Blackmagic Design, Autodesk, Harman, Canon, Datavideo, Boston, Wasp3D, Fujinon, Thomson Grass Valley, Panther, AJA Video Systems, RCS and many more will be present at Broadcast India 2012.

More than 550 companies from all over the world will exhibit their state-of-the-art equipment and technology at this year as Broadcast India show. This is just a once-in-a-year chance for you to visit Broadcast India either as just a spectator or as an exhibitor, so dont miss out. Best regards from the entire Broadcast India team and have a great year ahead.

And for further queries or information kindly contact:

KAVITA MEER

Director

SAICOM TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS PVT. LTD.

Tel - 91 22 2215 1396/ 2215 2721

Email - saicomtradefairs@vsnl.com

About Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd.- Being part of the film and television industry the two main Directors, Kavita Meer and Ramesh Meer created a company "Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions Pvt. Ltd" to organize exhibitions and conferences exclusively catering to the needs of the entertainment industry. Its first show titled "Broadcast India Exhibition & Symposium" was organized in 1991 and since then the company has been holding these shows every year in the month of October/November in Mumbai.

Iranian Jamming Disrupts U.S. International Broadcasting Across Several Continents

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Washington, D.C. — Iranian jamming of U.S. government-sponsored news and information programs disrupted broadcasts from Morocco to Eastern Europe to Indonesia, the Broadcasting Board of Governors has found.

Satellite operator Eutelsat confirmed that the intermittent jamming was coming from inside Iran. This most recent episode of interference with broadcasts began on Oct. 3 and is in clear violation of international agreements.

In addition to Voice of America's (VOA) Persian Service and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's (RFE/RL) Radio Farda, both of which offer programs for Iranian audiences, the jamming also has affected dozens of satellite broadcasts of BBG radio and TV programs.

One of the BBG's Internet anti-censorship vendors is reporting that traffic from Iran using its software and servers has increased substantially since the jamming began. This suggests that Iranian listeners and viewers are shifting to the Internet to receive news and information.

Jamming is prohibited under rules of the International Telecommunications Union. The recent jamming affected not only U.S.-supported programming, but also the British Broadcasting Corporation.

International Broadcasting Bureau Director Richard M. Lobo called the most recent interference "an outrage (and) a deplorable violation of well-established international agreements" in a statement issued when the

incident started.

The jamming coincided with reports of street demonstrations and mass arrests of  Iranians protesting falling currency exchange rates. Both VOA and RFE/RL report that in some instances, interference starts just before newscasts, and ends just afterwards.

Three satellite transponders operated by Eutelsat and those most popular among Iranian viewers have been affected: HotBird 13B, Eutelsat 25A and Eutelsat 7A. Viewers said the signals reappear intermittently.

The interference has diminished or altogether blocked other U.S.-supported programs on the Eutelsat satellites, including Georgian, Armenian, Bosnian, Korean and many other language broadcasts.

VOA and RFE/RL programs continue to be broadcast on diverse media platforms, including digital audio and video streams on other satellite paths and on the Internet.

In February, the ITU called upon the world's nations to take "necessary actions" to stop intentional interference with satellite transmissions. Earlier, the BBG and other international broadcasters called for action against jamming.

(BBG Press Rlease)

Related News :

Eutelsat Condemns Jamming of Broadcasts From Iran and Renews Appeals for Decisive Action to International Regulators

http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/04/4314440/eutelsat-condemns-jamming-of-broadcasts.html

Tehran Jamming Foreign Broadcasts

http://www.rferl.org/content/tehran-jamming-foreign-broadcasts/24728694.html

US accuses Iran of jamming VOA, other outside broadcasts amid currency unrest

http://tinyurl.com/9msnvc8

HFCC B12 Photo's & Presentations

HFCC B12 Paris Photo's

http://tinyurl.com/8jzw27f

HFCC B12 Presentations

http://www.hfcc.org/B12.phtml


Two interesting ppt's :

DRM Presentation at HFCC B12, Paris
http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2012-011a-B12_Paris_DRM_Presentation.ppt
Presentation by Thomson about SW/MW DRM txers installed around the world :

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2012-009a-B12_Paris_Thomson%20Presentation_28082012.pdf

AIH17 DXpedition to Aihkiniemi

Discovering Iranian and African AM stations

 

AIH17 DXpedition to Aihkiniemi

Sept 15-23 2012

by Mika Mäkeläinen

 

http://www.dxing.info/dxpeditions/aih17rep.dx

 

India's heaviest satellite GSAT-10 launched successfully

BANGALORE: India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-10 that would augment telecommunication, direct-to-home broadcasting and radio navigation services was successfully launched early today on board Ariane-5 rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana in South America.

 

More at this link

 

 

 

AIR Shillong re-launches its website

All India Radio Shillong has re-launched its website on 18th Nov with a snazzy new design, have a look at :

http://airshillong.org/