[HCDX] AIR to turn digital for world audience

[sakthi vel <ardicdxclub@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Listening to old melodies of KL Sehgal or latest tunes
from Himmesh Reshammiya would now be possible in far
west United States or on the interior of Indo-China
border. In a quality better than FM radio.

It will all happen with All India Radio (AIR) planning
to go digital. ?We have started a pilot project to
provide digital signals to radio audience in the
country. The quality would be as clear as playing
music at your home,? said Brajeshwar Singh,
Director-General AIR.

The digital service will be available through internet
via webcasting and as radio signal till a distance of
20,000 kilometres in a crystal clear sound. But the
biggest stumbling block for the masses to listen to
fine quality radio transmission is the high cost
digital radio sets. Each set costs about Rs 12,000.
But, Singh expects the price to go down once the use
of radio digital signal improves.

Till, the technology becomes popular the AIR will
provide the signal in both analog and digital mode.
This will mean that there will be a signal for
conventional radio sets along with one for digital
radio sets. Once the transition from analog to digital
is complete, the analog signal will not be available.
?It will take seven to eight years,? Singh said.

AIR on Thursday conducted a presentation for
Information and Broadcasting ministry secretary A
Swarup on digital phase of AIR. The pilot project
started from a transmission station near Delhi
University is first of its kind in the country.

?Although 38 countries in the world has used digital
mode for external transmission, India would be the
first country to use the technology for national
transmission,? AS Guin, Engineer-in-Chief of AIR. 

The cost of converting entire AIR network on digital
is high but the government expects to get approval of
Planning Commission for this futuristic project soon.
Under the pilot project, Delhi radio station is
available on digital mode as well as analog mode. ?We
have divided the bandwith into two channels. One part
is digital and other is analog. People who want to
listen to better quality sound can opt for the digital
signal? an AIR official said.
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Source:http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=4d76fbf2-5c7c-43c0-84d3-251a152d0787&MatchID1=4467&TeamID1=2&TeamID2=4&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1110&PrimaryID=4467&Headline=AIR+to+turn+digital+for+world+audience


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