DRM Chairman: Market to decide survival
of digital system
From Mike Barraclough
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, August 14th:
With so many digital distribution systems available these days, the market
will eventually decide which systems are economically viable and which
will survive, Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) Chairman, Peter Senger, told
broadcasters today.
Speaking at the ABU Digital Radio Convention, Mr Senger, who is also
the DRM Director of DW-Germany, said budget limitations made it very difficult
for broadcasters to use every new system and decide later which ones to
keep.
He said systems such as Eureka-147 DAB, DRM, HD Radio and DVB-H all had
their respective advantages, and their usage should not be uniform among
broadcasters across the Asia-Pacific region.
Another approach to going digital, Mr Senger added, was to look for the
digital replacement of existing analogue networks and operate them for
some time in parallel or simulcast mode.
The analogue system would be later switched off when a certain market
penetration had been reached.
"The savings in full digital mode can finance the higher operational
costs during transition and the investments," he said.
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