{"id":65066,"date":"2026-01-01T08:45:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T12:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65066"},"modified":"2026-01-02T22:48:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T02:48:59","slug":"2025-drm-developments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/2025-drm-developments\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 DRM Developments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Iurescia, for bringing our attention to this recent roundup of developments in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) as the year comes to a close.<\/p>\n

The article from RedTech.pro<\/a> was written by Ruxandra Obreja, chairman of the DRM Consortium, and summarizes a range of DRM-related updates and activities in 2025, covering new broadcasts, technology progress, and announcements from stakeholders in the DRM community.<\/p>\n

You can read the full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, for bringing our attention to this recent roundup of developments in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) as the year comes to a close. The article from RedTech.pro was written by Ruxandra Obreja, chairman of the DRM Consortium, and summarizes a range of DRM-related updates and activities in 2025, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54,3],"tags":[980,4083,11011,5397],"class_list":["post-65066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drm","category-news","tag-digital-radio-mondiale","tag-drm","tag-redtech","tag-ruxandra-obreja"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gVs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42850,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/drm-featured-on-bbc-digital-planet\/","url_meta":{"origin":65066,"position":0},"title":"DRM featured on BBC Digital Planet","author":"Thomas","date":"April 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ed, who writes: The April 14, 2020 edition of the BBC World Service program 'Digital Planet' includes a story about the status of Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) broadcasts on shortwave. 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