France Adopts DRM for Frequencies up to 30 MHz
December 19, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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France adopted Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (T-DMB) in band III and in the L-band as digital radio standards in France.
The adoption of DRM in France is the result of long-term experiments and discussions conducted with or under the scrutiny of the regulatory and governmental bodies, according to DRM.
The DRM and T-DMB adoption are promoted as boosting the commercial launch of digital radio in France scheduled in 2008, according to DRM.
Early in 2008, the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA) will invite tenders for radio stations and programme editors to broadcast digital radio.
The first digital radio programmes are expected to be on the air in France in the last quarter of 2008, according to DRM.
"Our DRM national platform in France has played a key part in this process that has led to the DRM standard endorsement," said Michel Penneroux, DRM Commercial Committee chairman.
"This encourages the work made by other DRM national platforms in Germany, Spain and Italy. We now speed up the duplication of such a platform in any countries around the world."
Source: Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM).