The WorldDMB Forum – working towards the future of digital broadcasting
About WorldDMB
The WorldDMB Forum is an international non-governmental organisation whose objective is to promote the awareness, adoption and implementation of Eureka 147 based services worldwide. It is dedicated to encouraging international co-operation and co-ordination between sound and data broadcasters, network providers, manufacturers, governments and official bodies, thus gaining consensus for the smooth introduction of DAB based services. The organisation's name, WorldDMB, refers to 'Digital Multimedia Broadcasting' including radio, mobile TV and broadcast new media services.
The Forum represents more than 100 companies and organisations from all sections of the broadcasting industry and from 28 countries. They include public and private broadcasters, DAB/DAB+/DMB receiver and other electronic equipment manufacturers; transmission providers; regulators and governmental bodies.
WorldDMB is dedicated to the promotion of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), the advanced standard DAB+ and Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) around the world. Over 500 million people around the world can now receive more than 1000 different DAB services. Commercial DAB receivers have now been on the market since summer 1998. There are now more than 930 different DAB and DMB receivers commercially available around the world.
The flexibility of the Eureka 147 family of standards allows for broadcasters to upgrade to digital radio and picture radio as well as mobile TV using one infrastructure. There have been 7 million DMB Mobile TV devices sold and in Korea there are approximately 11 million subscribers. DMB mobile TV is the only European technology sanctioned by the Chinese state regulator. Germany was the first European country to launch a commercial Mobile TV services, which began in time for the FIFA World Cup in the summer of 2006 using DMB technology. For full details of DAB, DAB+ and DMB commercial launches, tests and trials throughout the world please click here.
Become a Member of WorldDMB
For more information on the WorldDMB membership, read the membership benefits page or contact the WorldDMB Project Office. You will find all current members in our WorldDMB members list