Radio Reborn 2009
Posted on Monday, March 2nd, 2009 at 12:51pm. #
This conference on April 27 looks like it’ll be good – with “the inventor of the digital audio player” doing a piece (someone called Kane Kramer, apparently), as well as the BBC’s “director of audio and radio” (um) Tim Davie.
I’m also speaking just before lunch. Apparently, I’m “walking you through a startling show and tell of the latest innovations in radio technology from across the world” (and by ‘radio technology’ I mean everything from the web to iPhone malarkey).
Now, I’ve plenty of examples of clever things going on around the world… but I’d like more.
What have you seen that makes you impressed in the field of radio? Whether it’s tagging, a smart website, a good new way of advertising, or something else, it would be great to hear of new stuff that I’ve not yet seen.
The audience will be the most influential people in UK radio, and if you’re working on neat products, maybe I can talk about them for you (if I find them impressive enough to talk about). Although I might be from the BBC, I can (and will) be talking about commercial opportunities, in my guide as chairman of the Radio Academy’s Radio At The Edge conference later this year.
(And if you’re based in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, I’d be especially keen to hear from you).
Photo: Stig Morten Waage – that’s a DAB Digital Radio, that, taken in Norway. Used under licence: thank you.
James,
I’m sure you’re more than aware of this, but I really do believe that we’ll see more of these in cars than DAB radios before long.
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/tv/index.cfm?&caid=8&vid=112097
Already I find that I can stream radio to my 3 mobile phone quite comfortably on long car journeys with minimal dropout. Radio that is streamed via mobile phone networks has the advantage that mobile phone coverage is usually excellent on high traffic routes (such as motorways), whereas DAB has been designed to cover large areas.