1. PR 10: New Technologies
Digital Technologies
DAB Radioisradio that isdistributedviathe internet.Itiseasytoaccess andit isbecomingwidely
usedinsome countriesbecause itiseasyandconvenienttofind,andalot of people onthe internet
are movingtothe internettodistribute theirproducts. Sothismeansthatyou can accessit fromany
device thatisconnectedtothe internet.
DistributionTechnologies
Radiostationsbroadcasttheirradiosignalstoradios,so that people cantune inandlistentothe
radio. A Podcastisan audiofile thatismade available topeopleonthe internet.Theyare usually
part of a series.Ona Podcast,people talkaboutdifferentthingsondifferenttopics.Listenagainis
catch up on radio. iPlayerallowspeople tocatchup on the showsthat theyhave missedonTV.
Contentdistributionfromindependentproducerstoradiostationsviabroadbandisproducers
gettingcontenttheyhave createdsafelyfromtheirstudiotothe radiostation.Anexample of thisis
contentfromindependentcompaniesthatproduce showsforproducers.
ReceptionPlatforms
People canaccessto radioin differentwaysespeciallyinthistime withtechnologyincreasingour
accessibilityondifferentdevices.Mosttelevisionandradiochannels have all setupwebsiteonline
where youcan accessprogrammeswhichwere previously broadcastssoyoucan catch up.Other
methodsof programme distributioninclude terrestrialamore traditionwaywithcablesand
satellites,andinternet,streaming,demand,satellite andmore.Terrestrial usesautomatically
downloadprogrammestoyourtelevisionbox butwithinternetyoucanwatch it at any time easily
witha source.On demandletsyouwatchTV programmesormoviesonyourTV to catch up.Listen
againallowsyou to listenbackona radioshows,whenthe radioshow waspublicizedlivethey
record the soundto addto theirsite channel thatpermitsindividualstogetback toit or listenatan
alternate time of day,some radiostationsdecidedtolikewise filmthe moderatorswhilsttheyare
facilitatingthe showsotheyhave thatas anotherdistinctoptionforwatchand listentoa radio
shows.We listentoradioso differentlynow thanwhenwe did30years ago, withtechnologyalways
changing, we are findingnewwaystolistentoradio differently.Thishasimproved ourexperience
more because nowwe can listentoitanywhere we like Inthe worldwithmore than40 stationsto
listentoo,like BBCandcapitol FMwithdifferenttypesof songsandshows.
