Dietmar Kopitz is the RDS Forum Chief Executive Officer, with long-standing experience in RDS, digital radio, traffic information, and international broadcast standardization.
Main areas of interest in RDS
- Standardization issues on RDS, RBDS, and UECP
- News items for the RDS Forum
- RDS implementation issues
- TMC implementation
- All radio data services, including Digital Radio, DARC, DAB, TPEG, and related systems
- Digital Radio implementation and the future of FM/RDS
Job functions
- RDS Forum Chief Executive Officer
- Responsible Editor of the RDS Forum website
- Freelance Broadcast Consultant on DAB/DMB, DARC, DRM, RDS, TMC, and TPEG
- Former TMC EPISODE EU-Project Co-ordinator for the EBU
- Former TPEG EU Project Technical Co-ordinator for the 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.
Contact details
Office
RDS Forum OfficeAv des Tilleuls 3 - B 101/102
CH 1203 Geneva
Switzerland
Telephone
Why join the Forum? Members can meet experts, solve implementation problems, access knowledge from manufacturers and broadcasters, find one-stop solutions for FM and Digital Radio, seek answers for the transition, and meet potential customers.