EPISODE

2.2 EPISODE Partner Profile

European Broadcasting Union (EBU): the largest professional association of, primarily public, broadcasters. 110 member organizations in 77 countries. Involved in the co-ordination of radio and television programme issues and related developments in all associated sectors (network operation, legal matters, new technologies, etc). The EBU, also leads the further development of RDS technology.

In close collaboration with the following public network broadcasters:

Partner Representation

The Partners are represented on the Management Committee, which comprises the following experts, with unprecedented expertise in TTI and RDS-TMC matters:

2.2.1 BBC

Simon Parnall - Specialized development engineer in the RDS technology, especially EON and TMC. Member of all corresponding EBU working groups; also involved in previous DRIVE projects.

Tel: +44 1737 836538
Fax: +44 1737 836667
E-mail: simon.parnall@rd.bbc.co.uk

2.2.2 EBU

John P Kelly - Responsible for coordinating the EBU's radio programme activities in the sector of broadcasts for motorists.

Tel: +41 22 717 2602
Fax: +41 22 717 2481
E-mail: kelly@ebu.ch

Dietmar Kopitz - Chief Engineer with more than 20 years experience of RDS development; member of CENELEC TC 207 and Co-Chairman of the RDS Forum.

Tel: +41 22 717 2711
Fax: +41 22 717 2481
E-mail: kopitz@ebu.ch

Bev Marks - Senior engineer with long experience in RDS on the level of the EBU's specialized working groups, the broadcaster's implementation of both, travel centres and RDS at the BBC, and the industrial design of RDS encoding equipment.

Tel: +41 22 717 2708
Fax: +41 22 717 2481
E-mail: bevm@compuserve.com or bevm@ebu.ch

2.2.3 Radio France

Claude Séchet - Head of Developments, with responsibility for policy making in the area of new developments.

Tel: +33 1 42 30 23 22
Fax: +33 1 42 30 14 10/12 03

2.2.4 NOB

Auke de Vries - A planning engineer with long experience in implementing RDS for the public broadcasters in the Netherlands.

Tel: +31 35 677 80 60
Fax: +31 35 677 47 77
E-mail: 100322.2745@compuserve.com

2.2.5 ORF

Andreas Fröschl - A planning engineer directly involved in the RDS implementation, including EON, of Austrian Radio since the beginning of 1988.

Tel: +43 1 87878 3420
Fax: +43 1 87878 2773

2.2.6 RAI

Gino Alberico (RAI Turin) - Experienced research engineer involved in the Italian public broadcaster's RDS implementation and its associated TMC development.

Tel: +39 11 810 3121
Fax: +39 11 619 3779

Emanuela Gialli (RAI Rome) - Responsible for the coordination of matters related to radio programme travel programmes development and policy, with long experience, on-air, as a travel programme presenter.

Tel: +39 6 331 79790
Fax: +39 6 331 99 93

2.2.7 ARD/SDR

Lutz Franke (ARD/SDR) Head of radio programming with long experience in the TTI sector and involved in TMC field trials under the EC's DRIVE I and II projects: co-ordinator of "Arbeitsausschuss Deutsche Verkehskonferenz", a co-ordinating body of the German Public Broadcasters and their partners in the TTI area; member of the EBU special programme group "Broadcasts for Motorists"

Tel: +49 711 929 24 10/11
Fax: +49 711 929 35 79
URL: http://www.sdr.de

Manfred Königsberger (ARD/SDR) Head of transmitter planning and measurement department for Radio and TV with long experience in RDS and DAB involvement.

Tel: +49 711 2158 440
Fax: +49 711 26 47 90
URL: http://www.sdr.de

Clemens Kunert (ARD/IRT) - Research and Development Engineer with RDS and DAB involvement.

Tel: +49 8932 39 93 34
Fax:+49 8932 39 93 51
E-mail: Kunert@irt.de

2.2.8 SRG/SSR

Daniel Favre - Radio journalist and editor with long experience in the sector of Broadcasts for Motorists; he was, for more than 20 years, a member of the corresponding specialised EBU Working Group and is now the main co-ordinator.

Tel: +41 21 318 11 11/14 30
Fax: +41 21 6652 99 61
E-mail: daniel.favre@rsr.srg-ssr.ch

2.2.9 Swedish Radio

Hĺkan Svensson - Head of Broadcasting Management

Tel: +46 8 784 22 09
Fax: +46 70 881 51 45
E-mail: hakan@trafik.sr.se

Issue date January 03, 2000
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