media

1. KieranJackson
PR10: New Technologies
Digital technologies:
These are electronictools,systems,devicesresourcesthat generate store andprocessesdata,these
include social media,online gaming,andmultimediaapplications,cloudsoftware andmobile
services.
Digital audiobroadcastingwhichisknownasDABradio isa
digital radiotechnologyforbroadcastingradiostations,usedin
several countriesacrossEurope andAsiaPacific. The DAB
standardwas initiatedasaEuropeanresearchprojectinthe
1980s. =launchedthe veryfirstDABchannel inthe worldon1
June 1995] and the BBC and SR launchedtheirfirstDABdigital
radiobroadcasts inSeptember1995. DAB receivershave been
available inmanycountriessince the endof the 1990s. DAB may
offermore radioprogrammesovera specificspectrumthan
analogue FMradio.DAB ismore robustwithregard to noise andmultipathfadingformobile
listening,[citationneeded] since DABreceptionqualityfirstdegradesrapidlywhenthe signal
strengthfallsbelowacritical threshold,whereasFMreceptionqualitydegradesslowlywiththe
decreasingsignal
The benefitsofDAB-
There are manybenefitstoDABradio,DABis a way forpeople tolistentomanydifferentradio
channelsandtheirfavourite radiochannels. The firstbenefitof DABradioisthat there are more
choices,thisisbecause of the waydigital radiotechnologyworksbroadcasterscantransmitmany
more stationsthaneverbefore. Anothergreatbenefitof usingDABradioisthat the use of radio
textor scrollingtextIone of the main aspectsof DAB radio,digital radiosetscome setupwitha
small screenwhichholdsalittle amountof informationaboutthe channel youare listeningto,soif a
songplayswhichyouwant to knowthe name of whosingsitor the bandor artistsname the
informationwill tellyou, Thismay be a plotsummaryto a play,the name of the track currently
beingplayed,e-mail addresses,uptothe minute sportsresultsorcompetitiondetails,and
sometimesevenwhat'scomingupnext. The mainbenefitof the DABradioisthat it isFree Unlike
some digital televisionandradioservices,youdon't have topay to receive DigitalRadio (satellite
radiois the onlywithsubscription). Once you've boughtthe product,you'll enjoyall the benefitsof
digital radiocompletelyfree

2. KieranJackson
DistributionTechnologies-
Distributiontechnologies:effectsof new methodsof distributiononlisteningpatternsthrough
availability;podcasts;listenagain;iPlayer;contentdistributionfromindependent producerstoradio
stationsviabroadband. Distributiontechnologiesare called
contentdistributionfromindependentproducerstoradio
stations.Thisiswhere anindependentradiocompanywill
record a radioprogram at theirownrecordingstudioand
thentheywill senditviaemail tothe radiostation.Thenthe
stationcan put itup on the radiothismeansthat the
independentradiocompanywill notneedtotravel tothe
radiostationto recordit. Radiostationscan now be
accessedthroughmobile phones,iPodtelevisionandonline.
These newwaysof broadcastinghasmade it easiertopick
and choose whenand where we listentothe radio.
The BBC have an appcalledBBC iPlayerwhichisanotherway
of broadcastingthisworksforbothTV and radio,itallows
people togoonto the internetwiththisapp,youcan watch
TV and radioBOT programmesthroughthe demandthiscan alsobe usedon smartphoneswhichis
goodbecause youaccess the app where andwheneveryouwant.

3. KieranJackson
Receptionplatforms-
Receptionbroadcastingissimplythe waythe audience receivethe radio.There are manynew ways
we can access the radiothat have expandedoverthe years. Radiowasfirstbroadcastedthrougha
radioreceiver,andlaterbecame accessibleinmanynew ways.Makingitmuch easiertolistentothe
radio. Nowadayswe can accessthe radioeverywhere andeverydayandanytime we want,we can
access these throughstreamingonthe Internetandusingthe broadband.We canalsouse the
official radiostationwebsitetolistenlivethe currentshow,suchascapital FM usinga live audience;
Mobile Phonesalsoallowusthe accessthe radio,as well asiPod. There are all differenttypes of
receptionplatforms;we canreceive radioshowsonourphone,ipod,computerandradio.The
followingtermsare all differentwayswe receive radioshows;
 Terrestrial
 Satellite
 Internet
 Streaming
 On Demand
 ListenAgain
 Podcasting
 Blogging
 Cable
 Mobile Phones
Terrestrial-
Terrestrial isthe traditional broadcasting
where youneedastereoor transistorthat can
receive aradiosignal.Thisishowwe listento
the radio everydayandhave for manyyears
now,thisisthe mostusedreceptionplatform
that getusedall everyone.
Satellite-

4. KieranJackson
Satellite receptionis aradiosignal whichgetslinked toa satelliteinspace thatsendsa signal toour
satellite dishof the side of house thisishow we listentoradioonour televisionshow.Satellitealso
givesouta signal broadcastingNationwide.The
satellite receptionbroadcastallotfurtherthan
Terrestrial.Italsodistributeshigherquality
sound.It isavailable bysubscriptionhoweveritis
mostlycommercial free. Anotheradvantage with
havinga satellite itoffersmore stations because
it isconnectingtobiggerandwiderareas.