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- 1. New Radio Platforms and Applications Topics François Lefebvre Communications Research Centre Canada DRCG / NRPA Meeting, CRC, Ottawa, March 22, 2011 1
- 2. NRPA Topics 1. Broadcast radio wants to get better 2. Many enablers 3. Digital radio status quo 4. Internet can't do it all 5. New life for FM / RDS 6. Hybrid: connected radio 7. The conversation is in the ”Cloud” 8. New receivers 9. New systems 10. New standards 2
- 3. 1. Broadcast Radio Wantsto Get Better 3
- 4. Broadcaster Offer better service New business opportunities Keep the radio media relevant Consumer New expectations due to new media landscape Multimedia Interactivity Integration into new devices and platforms Integration into social applications ... 4
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- 6. Devices Digital Delivery Internet Connectivity Internet 6
- 7. 3. Digital Radio Status Quo 7
- 8. Why Digitize ? Replacement technologies for AM, FM Spectral efficiency Freeing spectrum for more services Energy efficiency (green) Better quality of service Multimedia added value New services and applications Participate / take advantage of new technologies Maintain competitiveness to Internet services ... 8
- 9. DAB in Canada Status quo US goes HD radio Industry Canada consultation on L-Band Possible reasons Business models ? Quality vs quantity Receiver availability Simulcast No cutoff date New context: Internet, … 9
- 10. 4. Internet can't doit all 10
- 11. Broadcasting = one-to-manydistribution Cost of distribution is Independant of audience Internet = many-to-many Distribution costs increase with audience (paradox of popularity) (one solution: peer-to-peer) 11
- 12. Internet properties Thousands of radio stations Global access an reach QoS: ”best effort” Paradox of popularity Non regulated Measurable audiences Various contexts: home, car, portable, ... 12
- 13. OK for theHome Broadband works © Yamaha Costs OK for © vTech user and broadcaster Many connected © Apple devices already © Terratec © PURE © ROKU 13
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- 15. Many Mobile OptionsBUT ... © Novatel © Autonet © Livio © Blaupunkt © Microsoft © ROKU 15 © BMW Mini Cooper
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- 17. Mobile (3G) Internetstreaming does not scale infastructure can't support thousands of simultaneous constant high bitrate streams (yet) Expensive proposition for consumer 2 hours per day of radio = 1Gb / month > 30$ / month (in Canada) 17
- 18. 5. New Life for FM / RDS 18
- 19. Radio Data System(RDS) RDS Forum (http://www.rds.org.uk) RDS = RBDS Capacity: 1.2 kbps Mature technologie (25 years) Full deployment in Europe (cars, …) Low penetration in America Typical usage: infrastructure New usage: new applications Low cost: easy add-on to current infrastructure 200 million circuits sold per year (100m Silicon Labs) 19
- 20. RDS: Typical Uses Program Id code (PI, 4 hex characters) Station Id (PS): 8 characters Call sign, others... Program type (PTY) Alternate frequency (network) Travel info (TA, TP) Clock (CT) 20
- 21. RDS: new uses Open Data Applications (ODA) Radiotext Plus (RT+) iTunes tagging Traffic Message Channel (RDS-TMC) Messages: alerts / emergencies Smartgrid RadioDNS Hybrid service (RDS + Internet devices) 21
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- 23. RadioText Plus (RT+) Backwards compatible to RadioText Categorize RT: 64 ”tags” Artist, title, phone numbers, http links, ... Easy to implement on computer platforms Sophistacated tagging Specialized app automatic launch Nokia partner in development (mobile!) Deployment in US, UK, Germany, ... 23
- 24. Exemples RT+ RT: ”Vous entendez Lindberg avec Robert Charlebois” RT+: title: 15, 8 RT+: artist: 29, 17 RT: ”Contactez-nous au 1 800 888-6468” RT+ , no. Tel. : 19, 16 24
- 25. RT RT+ Title RT+ Artist 25
- 26. iTunes Tagging iPod Nano 5th generation 26
- 27. iTunes Tagging How it works: broadcaster ? iTunes Tagging Agreement with Apple Add iTunes Tags to playout system Revenue sharing with Apple (5% broadcaster) Non-affiliated tagging (without Apple) RT+ tagging User can buy on Apple Research based on Artist + Title Research success rate: 80% 27
- 28. iTunes Tagging How it works: user ? - On HD Radio AND FM / RDS - HD: docking stations for iPods / iPhones - Only iPod Nano 5th & 6th generation. - User clicks special button - iPod / iPhone tags transfered on iTunes - New category in iTunes - Click, buy... Microsoft: Zune Tagging on FM / HD Radio And Zune Marketplace © Microsoft 28
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- 31. iTunes Tagging HDRadio © iBiquity 31
- 32. iTtunes Tagging: th th iPod Nano 5 and 6 Generation Good - FM Receiver with RDS - FM Radio is ”cool” - Younger generations exposed to FM - Infrastructure in place (RDS?) - New revenues : iTunes Tagging Bad - No general tagging: only iTunes - Apple controls the ecosystem - ”iTuneization” / ”Mainstreamization” of music - Canadians will now see poor RDS offerings... 32
- 33. Other tagging types - Music sales on other online stores - Other revenue sharing models - Niche content (not on iTunes) - Spoken content tagging - Ads tagging - Web sites tagging - Phone numbers tagging - ..... 33
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- 35. Alerts & Emergencies VS 35
- 36. 6. Hybrid: Connected Radio 36
- 37. Broadcast Audio (FM, DAB, …) + + Optional Internet “add ons” 37
- 38. Hybrid FM /Internet Broadcaster Broadcast Network Internet FM RDS PI Slides Interaction Audio PS EPG Buy RT Targetted Tag ODA content Tell me RT+ ... more TMC ... .... Radio “Listener”38
- 39. Pure Sensia Internet Radio Wifi DAB (Bande III) FM + RDS Touch screen Apps RadioDNS, .... 39 © Pure
- 40. Hybrid ? Hybrid service Robust FM audio service Optional complementary enhancements on Internet Pictures, text, interaction, EPG, station logo, name, ... Out of band, non regulated Progressive transition towards all-digital system When does all-digital arrive ? FM is there to stay ? FM/RDS comes in devices anyway ! 40
- 41. 7. The Conversation is In the ”Cloud” 41
- 42. Put everything onthe cloud - catalize conversation - Audio content (talk, ...) Associated content .... and more Complete transcripts (for search engines) Web 2.0 access mechanisms (API) Podcasts New services (new revenues...) 42
- 43. Model for ”everythingon the cloud” National Public Radio (NPR) http://www.npr.org/api/index © NPR © NPR 43
- 44. ”Conversational” Internet Music Platforms Last FM Pandora Spotify Dabbl, Jelli: listener managed playlists Stitcher Podcasting ... 44
- 45. 8. New Receivers 45
- 46. WANTED: More smarthpones with accessible FM/RDS - Samsung Galaxy S: YES (but not all models) - Samsung Galaxy TAB: NO - Google Nexus One: NO - Google Nexus S: NO - Samsung Galaxy S II: ? -… 46
- 47. Chumby One ? Radio Internet Wifi © Chumby FM + RDS Écran tactile Applications Open source, .... 47
- 48. FM by defauld,not by design © Broadcom 48
- 49. 9. New Systems 49
- 50. New Systems Advanced RDS encoders Automation : new applications insertion: RT+, ... Voice recognition (transcripts) Internet servers Virtualization: Amazon,... Over the top TV platforms ... 50
- 51. 10. New Standards 51
- 52. Standardisation pour l'hybride Ponts entre services FM et Internet (RadioDNS) Alignement des services (IMDA) Texte, titres, formats images, guide de programmation, … Répertoires de stations 52
- 53. RadioDNS Automatic linking of tuned radio station with complementary Internet enhancements Station unique Id FM / RDS: Extended Country Code + PI DAB: SCIDs + SID + EID + ECC HD Radio: FCC facility code Receiver requests to radiodns.org 53
- 54. IMDA Internet Media Device Alliance Players: manufacturers, aggregators, broadcasters. Standardization of formats Streaming codecs AV Metadata Multimedia Service discovery Profiles: limited display and multimedia screens 54 Alignement with DR standards
- 55. Aggregators - New tuning paradigm - Lists of radio stations - detailed information - Embedded in many types of receivers - Managed or unmanaged - Free or licensed Internet Radio, mamaged Internet radio unmanaged, free Internet radio + DAB + FM + ... managed, licenses 55
- 56. PRESENTATIONS www.slideshare.net/tag/crcmmb www.youtube.com/crcmmb PROJETS www.crc.ca/mmb mmbTools.crc.ca openmokast.org BLOG Broadcasting20.org Twitter: @fralef francois.lefebvre@crc.ca 56