Digital radio: Social demand or new arena for the struggles of global capitalism?
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Since the end of the eighties, different manufacturers of radio broadcasting equipment, together with some governments, have been developing new digital technology in order to modernize radio broadcasting. The goal is to replace short-wave systems, AM and FM. After two decades of effort and numerous investments, various standards began to emerge and become implemented such as DAB, HD radio, and DRM. These standards came from Europe, North America, and Asia. Selection and implementation of the technology of digital radio transmission is a process that is forever more vertiginous and is developed almost behind closed doors sans the desired democratic debate, a process that takes into account only a few hegemonic groups and in which conflicts among great global companies are witnessed. Add to that supranational economic blocks that try to impose their technology and styles of the radio broadcasting industry in order to enjoy competitive advantages.
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