Latest DRM capable receivers and DRM+ developments on display at IFA 2008

Berlin (ots) - The DRM Consortium introduces its most recent
advancement at IFA in Berlin, one of the key events for the global
consumer electronics industry. This year the DRM Consortium will be
showing the latest DRM capable receivers at the Digital Radio Stand,
Hall 2.2, booth 107. DRM+ will be featured in the Science and
Technology Forum (TWF), at the Fraunhofer IIS stand, in Hall 5.3,
booth 15.

There are currently more than 700 hours per day of programming
broadcast in FM-like quality around the world using the Digital Radio
Mondiale (DRM) digital radio system. It offers listeners the
possibility of receiving exciting and exclusive radio content from
the world´s leading broadcasters without connecting to the internet.
The DRM digital radio system operates on the long, medium and short
wave bands but has recently been extended to the broadcasting bands
below 120 MHz for the digitalisation of the FM band. This extension
of the DRM standard is called DRM+.

During IFA, the DRM Consortium in association with 004 GmbH,
eCommence service providers and official supporters of DRM, will
showcase the following receivers on the Digital Radio Stand, Hall
2.2, booth 107:

- the Himalaya DRM2009, a DRM and DAB capable receiver.
Additionally, two DRM receiver prototypes (DRM2008 and DRM2012),
each based on its own unique hardware architecture, will be on
display.

- Morphy Richards' receiver supports DAB/DRM/AM/FM with MP3/WAV
playback. It is a portable, AC/DC, digital multi-band receiver
with scheduled recordings and EPG for DAB.

- Starwaves' Car Box is a DRM / DAB digital radio converter box
for vehicles and boats and can also receive analogue short,
medium long wave and FM broadcast.

- TechniSat´s MultyRadio can receive analogue FM, long-, medium
and shortwave as well as DAB and DRM transmissions. The device
is equipped with high quality stereo-bass reflex loudspeakers
and an SD card reader.

- Sarapulsky Radiozavod showcases an automobile digital radio
receiver suitable for AM, FM, DRM. Text information as well as
USB port and a record option are integrated in this receiver.

- Analog Devices will present its Digital Desktop Audio
Developer's Kit. The Digital Desktop Audio system is a digital
radio and an audio player based on the Blackfin Processor. As a
digital radio, the unit performs as an internet radio and a DRM
radio.

The results of recent DRM+ field tests from Germany will be
presented publicly during IFA session entitled "Talk im TWF" on
Tuesday, September 02, from 11:00 am to 1pm. Expert

speakers from the DRM Consortium and the German DRM Forum will
contribute to the session which takes place in TWF Halle 5.3.

Detlef Pagel, Chairman of the German DRM Forum, expressed his
confidence in the success of DRM + worldwide: "DRM+ is more than the
digitalisation of the FM band, DRM+ leads to a highly efficient usage
of spectrum and allows for more station to launch on-air with
low-cost energy consumption. For listeners, DRM+, like DRM, offers an
undisturbed mobile reception and digital quality sound and a wealth
of optional features including DRM surround sound and data and text
services such as Journaline".

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Pressekontakt:
Fanny Podworny
DRM
Tel.: +44 20 75 57 32 71
E-Mail: pressoffice@drm.org