Thursday, April 05, 2007

NHK to provide new digital radio programs


Hiroyuki Tsukada, Director-General of the Public Relations Department at Japanese public broadcaster NHK, told journalists at a press conference: “NHK has been remodelling its data broadcast equipment for the digital radio service and launched its test operation on March 22. Full operation is scheduled to start on April 9, with new programming of news bulletins, weather forecasts and data broadcasts linked to programmes of the new broadcasting year. The line-up of entertaining and useful programmes takes full advantage of the new digital technology. It includes such data broadcasts as Let’s Play with Digi-Ra (Digital Radio) which is designed for mothers and pre-school children.”
(Source: NHK/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)