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Contents BESVol. XIX, Review No. III&IV July' 13 - December’13 Editorial 2 From the President 3 BES Council 2012-2014 4 Radio Now and Beyond 6 - Sharad Sadhu AIR Archives Digitization-Journey so far & Future Road Map 9 - Jitender Pruthi Standards for digital TV 13 - Philip Laven DRM/DRM + The Future of Radio 18 - I. I. George Once upon a time 24 - Venkitakrishnan Report : BES(I) Head Quarter 28 - Engineer's Day Celebration Editorial Board Report : Ahmedabad Chapter 31 - Seminar on “BROADCASTING – NEW DIMENSIONS ” Chairman Ashish Bhatnagar Report : Pune Chapter 33 - National Public Service Broadcasting Day celebration Co-Chairman Report : Thanjavur Chapter 34 Deepak Joshi - Webinar conducted by DRM Member Report : Chennai Chapter 35 R.P. Joshi - Seminar on “Broadcasting – Decoding the future” Pradeep Mehra Devesh Kumar Report : Hyderabad Chapter 36 Deepali Sharma - Seminar on “New dimensions in Broadcasting” D. Ranganathan Report : Jaipur Chapter 38 -Workshop on “Role of Public Service Broadcaster In Present Era” Published by : P. K. Singh, Hon. Secretary, Report : BES(I) Head Quarter 39 on behalf of - National Public Service Broadcasting Day celebration Broadcast Engineering Society (India) 912, Surya Kiran Building, ABU debates on the Future of Radio 40 19, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001 - A Report Tel. : + 91-11- 23316709 4 key Technology Trends from IBC 2013 41 Fax : + 91-11- 23316710 - A Report E-mail : [email protected] The Role of Radio during Phailin 42 - Devesh Kumar Sachan Awards 44 Printed at : Pragati Creations Appointments 45 27/1B, Dilshad Garden Ind. Area, G.T. Road, Delhi-110095 Reminiscences 46 e-mail : [email protected] What's New 50 Ph.: 011-22596695, 9312438440 Corporate Members 52 New Members 54 Views expressed by authors are their own and may not be that of BES(I) Obituary 56 Editorial From the President Dear Friends, Dear Friends, It gives me immense pleasure to present this issue of BES Review to all of At the outset, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to BES you. The theme of this issue “Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting” has Council who has reposed faith in me and has nominated me the President become quite significant considering diverse views on the relevance of of Broadcast Engineering Society(India). I would like to assure all that terrestrial broadcasting in the era of multi platform delivery and mobile we would work as a cohesive team focusing on the growth and technology. There is an emerging opinion that internet and satellite development of Broadcast Engineering Society (India) which is one of broadcasting due to their cost effectiveness and reach can completely the prominent bodies of Broadcast Engineers in complete Afro-Asian replace the Terrestrial Broadcasting networks, whereas another school of Region. thought considers Terrestrial Broadcasting as an essential national We are all looking forward for successful organization of BES requirement due to its robustness and utility during the times of wars, Expo 2014, the 20th International Conference and Exhibition of disturbances and national calamities. This issue seeks to enlighten its Terrestrial and Satellite Broadcast to be held at Pragati Maidan, New readers on the various aspects of Digital Audio and Video Broadcasting Delhi, India from 14th to 16th January 2014. The theme of this year's which may help to build an informed opinion on the relevance of digital conference is “Future Media Eco System – Opportunities and Challenges technology for broadcasting. The issue contains articles from eminent for Broadcasters”. The delegates will have the opportunity to listen to and senior broadcasters like Mr. Philip Lewin, Sharad Sadhu and I.I. eminent Broadcasters and speakers on varied relevant topics such as – George and also reports from various BES Chapters and special Terrestrial Broadcasting - new concept and competition, Future activities. of TV – 4K and beyond, TV Anywhere - redefining broadcasting, Broadcasting and Unlashing growth opportunities, Digitization - the All the members of the Editorial Board have contributed immensely to game changer, Disaster Broadcast systems, Regulatory frame work in bring out this publication. However, major credit for this issue goes to Broadcasting and Indian industry - Readiness to meet the future Ms. Deepali Sharma, who in association with Mr. Pradeep Mehra has challenges. developed, coordinated and edited major part of the content. We hope the readers will enjoy the Review. BES Review is really doing a good job in disseminating the information about latest and emerging broadcast technologies. This Best wishes for a successful, joyful, blissful and contended New Year issue deals with a very important theme i.e. Terrestrial Digital 2014. Broadcasting which is being adopted world over. I am sure the readers will get benefitted by the articles and other information provided in the BES Review and will relish reading it. With best wishes Ashish Bhatnagar [email protected] A. K. Dixit 2 3 July'13 - December'13 July'13 - December'13 Editorial From the President Dear Friends, Dear Friends, It gives me immense pleasure to present this issue of BES Review to all of At the outset, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to BES you. The theme of this issue “Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting” has Council who has reposed faith in me and has nominated me the President become quite significant considering diverse views on the relevance of of Broadcast Engineering Society(India). I would like to assure all that terrestrial broadcasting in the era of multi platform delivery and mobile we would work as a cohesive team focusing on the growth and technology. There is an emerging opinion that internet and satellite development of Broadcast Engineering Society (India) which is one of broadcasting due to their cost effectiveness and reach can completely the prominent bodies of Broadcast Engineers in complete Afro-Asian replace the Terrestrial Broadcasting networks, whereas another school of Region. thought considers Terrestrial Broadcasting as an essential national We are all looking forward for successful organization of BES requirement due to its robustness and utility during the times of wars, Expo 2014, the 20th International Conference and Exhibition of disturbances and national calamities. This issue seeks to enlighten its Terrestrial and Satellite Broadcast to be held at Pragati Maidan, New readers on the various aspects of Digital Audio and Video Broadcasting Delhi, India from 14th to 16th January 2014. The theme of this year's which may help to build an informed opinion on the relevance of digital conference is “Future Media Eco System – Opportunities and Challenges technology for broadcasting. The issue contains articles from eminent for Broadcasters”. The delegates will have the opportunity to listen to and senior broadcasters like Mr. Philip Lewin, Sharad Sadhu and I.I. eminent Broadcasters and speakers on varied relevant topics such as – George and also reports from various BES Chapters and special Terrestrial Broadcasting - new concept and competition, Future activities. of TV – 4K and beyond, TV Anywhere - redefining broadcasting, Broadcasting and Unlashing growth opportunities, Digitization - the All the members of the Editorial Board have contributed immensely to game changer, Disaster Broadcast systems, Regulatory frame work in bring out this publication. However, major credit for this issue goes to Broadcasting and Indian industry - Readiness to meet the future Ms. Deepali Sharma, who in association with Mr. Pradeep Mehra has challenges. developed, coordinated and edited major part of the content. We hope the readers will enjoy the Review. BES Review is really doing a good job in disseminating the information about latest and emerging broadcast technologies. This Best wishes for a successful, joyful, blissful and contended New Year issue deals with a very important theme i.e. Terrestrial Digital 2014. Broadcasting which is being adopted world over. I am sure the readers will get benefitted by the articles and other information provided in the BES Review and will relish reading it. With best wishes Ashish Bhatnagar [email protected] A. K. Dixit 2 3 July'13 - December'13 July'13 - December'13 BES (I) Council 2012-2014 Name Designation Mobile / E-mail Local Chapters Chapter Chairperson Hon. Secretary Hon. Treasurer Tel. No. /E-mail. A.K. Dixit Engineer-in-Chief 9958581560 [email protected] President Doordarshan 1) Ahmedabad Chandira J.K. A.K. Gupta M.H. Chaudhary 9426513961 [email protected] R.K. Sinha Former Engineer-in-Chief 9868631895 [email protected] Immediate Past President Doordarshan 2) Bangalore Anil Mangalgi A. Hanumant Sanjeev K.P. 9448490241 [email protected] Ashok Lakhanpal Former Chief Engineer 9868114396 [email protected] Past President All India Radio 3) Bhubaneshwar L.K. Pradhan A.C. Subudhi N. Jehti 9437073498 Ashish Bhatnagar Dy. Director General (E) 9422304888 [email protected] Vice President All India Radio 4) Chennai S.K. Aggarwal K V Ramachandran P Bhoopathy [email protected] Yuvraj Bajaj Former Engineer-in-Chief 9868189374 [email protected] 5) Jaipur R.S. Tyagi O.P. Rajpurohit K. C. Jain 9414051284 Vice President All India Radio [email protected] Pravin Kumar Singh Director (Engg.) 9968993838 [email protected] Hon. Secretary All India Radio 6) Kolkatta - - - - R.C. Bhatnagar Former Addl. Director 9968296792 [email protected] 7) Hyderabad M.B.S. Purushottam Er. Nuli Namassivaya R. Janardhan Rao +91-9869489551 Hon. Treasurer General (Engg.), DD [email protected] A.K. Jha Dy. Director General (E) 9968656902 [email protected] 8) Mumbai CH Ranga Rao Shipra Manaswita P.S. Khurana 91-9869047581 Council Member Doordarshan [email protected] A.V Swaminathan Former Chief Engineer 9811470018 [email protected] Council Member AIR & DD 9) Thanjavur Ms A. Chitra A. Sakthivel G. Muthukrishnan 9443782765 [email protected] Bindra S.S Former Addl. Director 9899968022 [email protected] Council Member General (E) AIR & DD 10)Thiruvananthapuram - - - - C.K. Jain Dy. Director General (E) 9990647004 [email protected] 11) Pune R.N. Katkar A.C. Kale S.S.