Indonesia to trial various digital broadcasting platforms

Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Sofyan Djalil said today that the country will trial a number of different digital broadcasting platforms for six months, and a team of experts will recommend the most suitable system(s) to the government late this year.

The Minister told members of the House of Representatives that the trial will include digital video broadcast (DVB), digital mobile broadcast (DMB) and Internet Protocol-based digital video broadcast systems for television stations, as well as digital audio broadcast (DAB) and In Band on Channel (IBOC) systems for radio stations.
DRM was not mentioned as one of the options.

The Minister admitted that "the broadcasting system alteration will have a great impact on technology users as the change will force the people to buy new equipment to adjust to the new system."

Source: Media Network, ANTARA News

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