RadioDNS Update - July 2010

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Jul 18, 2010, 8:32:07 AM7/18/10
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Hello,

Periodically we send out a short summary of all the recent activity in
the RadioDNS project. If you don't want to receive it any more, the
details on how to unsubscribe have been added to the end.

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TALKING ABOUT RADIODNS

As RadioDNS grows in size and visibility, more people are talking
about the opportunities that hybrid radio provides the industry, and
how RadioDNS can play a role in that development. Here's a selection
of interesting reads (and listens) that help put what we're doing into
context.

INDUSTRY DISCUSSES RADIODNS (PODCAST):
In a tumultuous period for UK Radio, RadioDNS' Secretary Elect James
Cridland explains why hybrid radio is a bright innovation for the
industry. If you're interested in the saga of the consolidation, de-
regulation and "de-localisation" of UK radio, then enjoy this podcast
from the beginning, but the RadioDNS specific discussion starts at
36'50".
http://www.radioacademypodcast.co.uk/podcast/iframe.phtml/?podcast_id=81

BBC WORKS ON RADIODNS:
The BBC are members of RadioDNS, and their Research and Development
team has been working on RadioDNS for some time. George Wright, the
head of the team, gives some insight into their work generally, and
what they're working on with RadioDNS, in a blog update.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/researchanddevelopment/2010/07/prototyping-weeknotes-22-09071.shtml

RADIODNS IN THE US:
The last RadioDNS update came directly after a significant event for
RadioDNS - our first every live presentation of RadioDNS in action on
a mobile handset at the TechINK conference in Santa Monica, CA. Here's
how RadioINK covered the event.
http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1828297&spid=24698

HYBRID RADIO IS "BETTER" RADIO:
Hybrid Radio is about making better radio, and who better to judge
that than listeners and non-technology colleagues. James Stodd (a UK
Radio producer), gives his review of 95.8 Capital FM (London's)
"Summertime Ball Event", and likes what his RadioDNS enabled radio can
do for him and other listeners.
http://jamesstodd.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/summertime-ball-mixes-it-up/

HYBRID RADIO IS MORE PROFITABLE RADIO:
Hybrid Radio should also be more profitable radio, and I'm pleased to
see more stations and their clients realising the added value it can
deliver. Global Radio (UK) have been commercialising visualised radio
for some time, and now Absolute Radio (UK) are writing new revenues
streams from it too.
http://onegoldensquare.com/2010/07/universal-mccann-book-a-microsoft-office-campaign-that-includes-radio-dns-visuals-by-paul-brown/

HYBRID RADIO IN THE CAR:
Roger Lancot is an Analyst for Strategy Analytics, and he's been
looking at the challenges of getting digital radio a standard item in
vehicles worldwide. He talks about how a hybrid approach, as enabled
by RadioDNS, could be the ideal scenario for manufacturers.
http://blogs.strategyanalytics.com/auto/?p=125

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TEAM UPDATES

All three Technical Teams agreed by the Steering Board meeting are now
up and running, and working on solutions for their respective
challenges. Any member can join a team, and supporters can ask the
Team Leader if they'd like to join too.

RadioVIS is led by Ben Poor (ben....@thisisglobal.com) and is
specifying the presentation of visuals to accompany radio
RadioEPG is led by Ben Matthew (ben.m...@absoluteradio.co.uk) and
is specifying the provision of EPG and other Service Related Data
RadioTAG is led by Andy Buckingham (andy.bu...@thisisglobal.com)
and is specifying a simple interaction framework for connected radios

You can follow all their discussions in our Developers' discussions at
http://groups.google.com/group/radiodns-developers

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TRIALS

More stations are trialling RadioDNS, including our first temporary
event-based station. The number of countries in the database continues
to grow, and we're more than happy to help stations who want to trial
RadioDNS. We're expecting the members and supporters to continue
releasing open-source software packages to allow broadcasters and
manufacturers to quickly build test and development environments -
that information will be circulated on the Developers' list and added
to the website when it happens.

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TVDNS?

They say great minds think alike, and we recently made contact with
Project Baird, who are looking at how hybrid TV might evolve. It's
relevant as more connected TV manufacturers also look to include an
enhanced radio experience. The project is looking at how RadioDNS or a
close-variant of it, might become part of their project. We'll keep
you updated their progress, but if you're technically inclined, you
can follow the discussion here.
http://projectbaird.com/discovery/tvdns/

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PURE OFFER

I'm very pleased to say that PURE, the manufacturers of digital
radios, have offered members of RadioDNS a discount on their entire
range of radios, including the Sensia which includes RadioDNS
technology. If you'd like to take advantage of that offer, please e-
mail me (nick.p...@radiodns.org) and I will pass your interest onto
PURE.
http://www.pure.com

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COMING UP

We expect to be announcing some new members to the project shortly,
and demonstrating RadioDNS on more stations and more devices. We're
also hoping that RadioDNS will be present in some form at IBC
Amsterdam (September) and the NAB Radio Show (October).

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FINALLY

As ever, RadioDNS thrives on the involvement and engagement of its
members and supporters. Supporters can get involved for free, and
members (who get voting rights and control the direction of the
organisation) pay a membership fee of just CHF2.000,- (about USD1,800,
EUR1.200,-) a year.

If you know a station or an individual who'd like to know more or get
involved, send them in the direction of http://radiodns.org/membership
or get them to email feed...@radiodns.org

Thanks for reading this update,


Nick Piggott
Chairperson
RadioDNS
nick.p...@radiodns.org
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