Coding Technologies to unveil first production-ready OEM receivers for Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) at IBC in Amsterdam

NUREMBERG (Germany) 12. 9. 2002 (ots/PROTEXT) - Costeffective DRM receivers expected to boost acceptance for digitalshort- and medium- and long-wave radio. At the InternationalBroadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam from September 13 to17, Coding Technologies will showcase the first production-readyOEM receiver samples for the global radio standard DRM(tm). With2 different devices on show, the Swedish-German technologycompany highlights its leadership role in development andstandardization of modern audio technology. The Digital RadioMondiale(tm) system uses aacPlus(tm) by Coding Technologies asthe standard audio coding format. aacPlus is a combination ofMPEG AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) with Coding Technologies'groundbreaking SBR(tm) (Spectral Band Replication) bandwidthextension algorithm.

Both receivers are based on a modular system design developedby Coding Technologies. Two modules make up a complete chipset:an RF receiver module and a DSP module responsible for signaldemodulation, channel and audio decoding. The first device onshow is a sample consumer receiver, containing both modules in amodern world receiver housing. The second is a semi-professionaloff-the- shelf AOR AR7030 receiver, modified to use the DSPmodule from the Coding Technologies chipset. The BritishBroadcasting Corporation BBC and German device manufacturer AFGcontributed to the development project.

"Our main goal is to foster the industry-wide acceptance ofthe Digital Radio Mondiale system", said Martin Dietz, CEO andPresident of Coding Technologies. "Using our decoder modules,device manufacturers can immediately profit from our developmentwork: We give them a low-cost path to quickly pursue mass-production of Digital Radio Mondiale receivers."

When the DRM on-air system launches in the near future, itwill revitalize the AM broadcasting bands below 30 MHz (short-wave, medium-wave and long-wave) worldwide. The clarity of DRM'snear-FM quality sound offers a dramatic improvement over analogAM. aacPlus contributes to that improvement by being the mostefficient audio codec available today. Compared to MP3, it usesonly about 30% of the bandwidth without sacrificing soundquality. approx. 2,000 characters

Further Information: Press contact:

Coding Technologies Gerald Moser Deutschherrnstr. 15-19 D-90429 Nuremberg Fon +49 (0)911-92891-0 Fax +49 (0)911-92891-99press@codingtechnologies.com http://www.codingtechnologies.comDr. Haffa & Partner Public Relations Florian SchleicherBurgauerstr. 117 D-81929 Munich Fon +49 (0)89-99 31 91-0 Fax +49(0)89-99 31 91-99 coding@haffapartner.dehttp://www.haffapartner.de

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