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Dietmar Kopitz

RDS Forum CEO

Main areas of interest in RDS

• Standardization issues on RDS, RBDS, and UECP
• News items for RDS Forum
• RDS implementation issues
• TMC implementation
• All radio data services (Digital Radio, DARC, DAB, TPEG, etc.)
• Digital Radio implementation & future of FM/RDS

Job Functions

• RDS Forum Chief Executive Officer
• Responsible Editor of RDS Forum Website
• Freelance Broadcast Consultant on DAB/DMB - DARC - DRM - RDS - TMC - TPEG
• former TMC (EPISODE) EU-Project Co-ordinator (for EBU)
• former TPEG EU Project Technical Co-ordinator (for EBU)
• former EBU Senior and Chief Engineer (1971 to 1999)
• broadcast development engineer at SFB Berlin (now RBB) (1967 to 1971)

Education

• Dipl. Ing. from Technical University Berlin

Address

RDS Forum Office
Av des Tilleuls 3 - B 101/102
CH 1203 Geneva
Switzerland

Telephone

+41 22 340 23 42

E-Mail

dkopitz@compuserve.com

This section was last updated on 28 July 2026