At present, some 3 million cars on the Indian roads have line-fit DRM receivers, and this number is increasing daily.”AIR has already adopted the DRM Digital Radio standard in the medium wave (MW) and short-wave (SW) bands. Extending the DRM standard to FM bands in India will save receiver manufacturers costs, as there is no additional IP royalties and DRM is a single standard with shared features across all broadcast bands,” said Yogendra Pal, Chairman of the DRM India Chapter.”The Indian car industry has rolled out DRM-enabled radio sets in millions, and has proven during the trial that those receiver models will support DRM in the FM band, with its full feature set after a simple firmware upgrade,” he told IANS.The great flexibility of DRM supports all types of coverage needs — from local, regional, nationwide to international. DRM digital radio can save broadcasters up to 80 per cent in energy and maintenance costs.According to Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati, old analog terrestrial broadcasting is diminishing globally.”We are looking at new technologies for digital radio. For example, we have about 35 to 40 digital radio transmitters all over India, which are based on DRM technology. Using that, you can listen to more than one radio service and up to three radio services on one frequency,” Vempati said during an interview with DD News last week.
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