{"id":8927,"date":"2014-03-09T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=8927"},"modified":"2014-03-09T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T14:34:33","slug":"extended-he-aac-drm-to-upgrades-audio-codec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/extended-he-aac-drm-to-upgrades-audio-codec\/","title":{"rendered":"Extended HE-AAC: DRM to upgrades audio codec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drmlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-415\" alt=\"drmlogo\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/drmlogo.jpg\" width=\"233\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, for sharing this news item on RadioInfo:<\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radioinfo.com.au\/news\/new-audio-codec-drm-digital-symposium-2014\" target=\"_blank\">RadioInfo<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The latest upgrade to DRM\u2019s audio codec was demonstrated in a presentation at this week\u2019s\u00a0<em>Digital Broadcasting Symposium<\/em>\u00a0in Kuala Lumpur.\u00a0 Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is the first global broadcast standard to adopt the Extended HE-AAC (xHE-AAC), which promises improved quality for DRM broadcasts in SW, AM and FM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Zink<\/strong>, the Senior Business Development Manager for Digital Radio at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iis.fraunhofer.de\/en\/pr\/2013\/20130916_Audio_xHE-AAC.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fraunhofer<\/a>, outlined the benefits of DRM in emergency situations, particularly the ability of DRM transmissions to signal receivers to turn on automatically and deliver emergency warning messages in a crisis.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUnlike consuming radio on a smart phone, there is no gatekeeper in between digital free to air broadcasting and the consumer,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>said\u00a0<strong>Matthias Stoll<\/strong>\u00a0in his presentation during the afternoon workshop.[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Read more at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.radioinfo.com.au\/news\/new-audio-codec-drm-digital-symposium-2014\">http:\/\/www.radioinfo.com.au\/news\/new-audio-codec-drm-digital-symposium-2014<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 Radioinfo.com.au<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Mike, for sharing this news item on RadioInfo: (Source: RadioInfo) The latest upgrade to DRM\u2019s audio codec was demonstrated in a presentation at this week\u2019s\u00a0Digital Broadcasting Symposium\u00a0in Kuala Lumpur.\u00a0 Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) is the first global broadcast standard to adopt the Extended HE-AAC (xHE-AAC), which promises improved quality 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The GR-22 \"pocket-sized\" \"full-wave\" receiver that's supposed to be available for purchase by June 2020 seems especially interesting. 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