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For the first time ever the DRM Consortium has been invited to participate in the Transforming Education Summit +4 (TES+4), a high‑level meeting focused on system transformation and resilience for UN Sustainable Development Goals (particularly SDG 4). Global education leaders will gather at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on Friday, 10 July and the DRM chairman will be attending, contributing to discussions on how resilient, inclusive technologies can strengthen learning systems worldwide.

The DRM Consortium (www.drm.org) will open its IBC 2026 programme with a dedicated virtual pre‑IBC event on 8 September at 1200 CEST, giving participants worldwide the opportunity to receive the latest updates on the Digital Radio Mondiale standard ahead of the industry’s flagship gathering in Amsterdam. Registration is now open at s.drm.org/register-zoom-pre-ibc-26.

Car with DRM Receiver as a Line-Fit Feature at BES 2026 The next meeting of the DRM Automotive Group will take place online on 15 July 2026 at 10:00 UTC, bringing together stakeholders from across the automotive and broadcasting sectors to discuss the latest developments in Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM).

This page provides all information on DRM activities at IBC 2026 – accessible anytime at drm.org/ibc-2026. Virtual Pre-IBC Event on 8 September Ahead of IBC 2026, DRM is hosting a dedicated virtual pre-IBC event on Monday, 8 September at 12:00 CEST, giving participants worldwide the opportunity to receive the latest updates on the Digital Radio Mondiale standard ahead of the industry’s flagship gathering in Amsterdam. Please use the registration link on the right to sign up for this event.

This week saw the publication of the Global radio Update published by Radio World. The questions that the editor in chief of the US publication, Paul McLane, wanted answered were to do with the likelihood of migration from FM, the new technologies to be watched and the future of broadcasting in general. Representatives of the major digital broadcasting standards, other digital radio experts have tried to give their own opinions.

Digital Radio Mondiale DRM Consortium General Assembly – Most Complete DRM Developments Showroom by Ruxandra Obreja Things are moving on fast for the DRM all frequency band, digital broadcasting standard. The recent annual DRM General Assembly held in Jakarta, Indonesia, a great opportunity to take stock was special for several reasons.

On 6 July, the Europasender Waldheim transmitter will relay a DRM shortwave music programme from Germany for Europe. SE-TA 2 is a private German shortwave radio station producing and curating a variety of music-based programmes and special broadcasts in both digital and analogue formats. SE-TA 2 will present Let’s Go Rock’n Roll, a 1-hour music programme repeated throughout the transmission window. Listeners are invited to send feedback, reception reports and recordings via e-mail to se-ta@web.de.

The annual meeting of the German DRM Platform on June 16 and 17 took place in Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, close to the city of Bonn. The main topic of the first meeting day was the discussion with members of the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance about DRM. Following the presentation of DRM, various scenarios and applications were considered.

DRM educational solutions were again presented at the annual eLearning Africa event held this year June 3-5 in Accra, Ghana, by Edugist, a Nigerian education and media organisation. The eLearning Africa annual conference and exhibition, established in 2005, is the largest and most comprehensive knowledge sharing event for digital education, training and skills on the African continent.

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