{"id":2126,"date":"2011-10-17T06:37:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T10:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2011-10-17T06:37:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T10:37:20","slug":"radio-world-looks-into-the-future-of-digital-shortwave-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/radio-world-looks-into-the-future-of-digital-shortwave-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio World looks into the future of digital shortwave radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(Source: Radio World Online<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cDRM is not seen as a profitable line for the major manufacturers,\u201d said Sennitt. \u201cA few smaller manufacturers have produced DRM receivers, but the unit cost is still too high, and there simply aren\u2019t enough DRM transmissions audible at any one location to stimulate consumer demand. It\u2019s a classic chicken and egg situation \u2014 which comes first, the transmissions or the receivers? The broadcasters and the receiver manufacturers are each waiting for the other to move first.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at Radio World Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio World Online) \u201cDRM is not seen as a profitable line for the major manufacturers,\u201d said Sennitt. \u201cA few smaller manufacturers have produced DRM receivers, but the unit cost is still too high, and there simply aren\u2019t enough DRM transmissions audible at any one location to stimulate consumer demand. It\u2019s a classic chicken and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,54],"tags":[239,55,4083,62,634],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-drm","tag-andy-sennitt","tag-digital-radio-mondial","tag-drm","tag-keith-perron","tag-radio-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-yi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35647,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/india-drm-and-fm-white-spaces\/","url_meta":{"origin":2126,"position":0},"title":"India, DRM, and FM white spaces","author":"Thomas","date":"January 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Broadcast and Cable Sat) Digital Radio Receivers \u2013 Availability At An Affordable Price by\u00a0Yogender Pal (Chairman, DRM India Chapter) [...]Transmissions in FM band in India, by AIR as well as private broadcasters, are still in analogue mode only. 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