Just seeing Peter's reference to DRM on the thread about the other board reminded me....I was recently in India talking to some broadcasting executives there who absolutely think DRM has got a future. Which surprised me enormously, because I've always assumed it's a completely dead duck given - as Peter notes - the absence of any widespread pickup in receivers.

But the folks in India are currently evaluating whether to implement DAB or go with DRM...and definitely seemed to think DRM had produced some impressive results. (They continue, by the way, to broadcast on SW and AM...with absolutely no plans to phase any of those services out. I believe they're about to install an array of new FM and AM transmitters in rural, underserved areas).

Given that India may already be the world's most populous nation, what happens if 1 billion people run out and buy DRM receivers? And would local enthusiasm for the DRM technology there give it any chance to penetrate the market in other places?

Still seems a very hard row to hoe in the UK, but I was interested even to hear it being discussed.