Hot Topic - DAB/digital radio

Digital radio – digital divide or digital duel - October 19, 2009
For radio broadcasters, no agony is worse – after declining revenues – than the seemingly endless groaning about digital radio. Technologies have been in place since the last century to bring the digital dividend to radio. Presumably that would include broadcasters… somehow.

Toward Market-driven Digital - June 29, 2009
Digital media’s odyssey, beginning in the last century, has hit a few bumps, potholes and crossroads. Allegiance has been sworn, full stop, to the digital dividend, however it’s perceived. Dismal economics is more than just a bump in the road.

Digital radio war (of words) - June 17, 2009
A flurry of press statements shows the mounting tension between German public and private broadcasters. ARD, the network of public broadcasters, struck first, saying private sector broadcasters want “to gamble with radios’ future.”

Digital radio for toi et moi - May 29, 2009
Dismal economics notwithstanding, digital radio broadcasting keeps edging forward. Listeners are firmly attached to their iPhones and broadcasters need to keep them happy. How to get from here to there is a weighty question. But, no fear, there’s always a step backward.

DAB: opportunity or fiasco - February 19, 2009
The digital radio alternative known as DAB has shown itself to have more lives than a cat. Millions of euros have been thrown at it. Lots of channels are on the air; new ones coming on, some giving up. Radio listeners continue to yawn.

What Hath Digital Wrought? - October 23, 2008
Telegraph inventor Samuel F.B. Morse tapped out “What hath God wrought?” one hundred sixty five years ago. The first message of the modern media age invoked awe of a power to that day had been ascribed to the heavens. How many newspapers – printing still – use the iconic name ‘telegraph?’

You’ve got a friend in statistics - October 20, 2008
Summer ratings are refreshing, more so in hindsight. Little is similar with other seasons. We turn the radio on a bit later, maybe for a bit more fun, a little more energy, more diversion. The numbers tell all.

Digital Radio - Forward...slightly

Digital radio is slowly finding its way. Broadcasters are challenged by shifts in business models, audience expectations and regulation limbo. This ftm Knowledge file details the promise of digital broadcasting and the paradigm shifts. 83 pages PDF (June 2009)

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