All India Radio believes the future is digital

Brajeshwar Singh, Director-General of All India Radio, thinks it will take 7-8 years to complete the transition from analogue to Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) technology.

“Although 38 countries in the world have used digital mode for external transmission, India would be the first country to use the technology for national transmission,” says AIR’s Chief Engineer AS Guin.

According to an article in the Hindustan Times, AIR plans to broadcast digital and analogue signals on the same frequency, eventually switching off the analogue signal when DRM receivers become affordable.

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Source: Media Network