I’ve just come back from CES, and one of the overwhelming impressions I’ve had is that screen displays get better and better every year. There are many devices with beautiful UI – but radio within them is a bit of a boring, 97.3-like affair.
Radio has to compete with visually-rich media on the same device if [...]
Categories: Development, Digital
Tagged: visual glanceable radio
I lead the R&D team for the BBC’s Audio & Music interactive team – we call ourselves BBC Radio Labs- and we try to take new technologies and internet trends and apply them to the BBC’s radio stations and music services. And I plan to write about some of these prototypes and experiments here – [...]
Categories: Audience, Community, Development
Tagged: BBC, prototypes, radiopop, social
Just got back from New York. They had lines round the block all over the city – people wanting to get hold of the new iPhone. So far, so not unusual. But today I read something both unusual, and hugely encouraging. I think we’re finally approaching the era of decent portable internet radio. The admirable [...]
Categories: Development, Digital, Internet, Music, Programming
Tagged: Internet Radio, iPhone, Pandora, Web Streaming
I may be a bit slow, but I still haven’t fully processed what’s happening to Virgin Radio. So they’ve been bought by an Indian media conglomerate. Fine. So they’re dropping the name. Sure – I get it.
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But the new bosses appear to be – bloggers? Not only that – [...]
Categories: Commercial, Development, Digital, Internet, Ownership
Tagged: blogging
I’m in New York this week, but listening to a stream off a hybrid radio/social networking site out of Chicago. Vocalo is in repeats right now, recycling a 6 hour Friday chunk for the second time over the weekend. It’s got a real FM frequency too. But here’s the twist: it’s different. I’ve not heard [...]
Categories: Community, Development, Digital, Documentary, Education, Localism, Podcasting, Production
Tagged: Chicago, Community Radio, Public Radio