MORE AND MORE

BROADCASTERS

ARE REDESIGNING

THEIR AUDIO

SERVICES

FOR

DISTRIBUTION

VIA THE WEB.

MUSIC RADIO IN

PARTICULAR IS

FOCUSSED ON

„VISUALISING‟

RADIO AND

„PERSONALISING‟

AUDIO SERVICES.

THE WORLD HAS

GONE PODCAST

CRAZY.

BOTH

PROFESSIONALS

& HOBBYISTS ARE

INVOLVED.

“WE ARE ABOUT

18 MONTHS

FROM AN

INCREDIBLE

BOOM IN MOBILE

APPLICATIONS

AND MOBILE

ADOPTION”

NEW KINDS OF

WIRELESS DEVICE

ARE EMERGING

THAT COULD

REPLACE THE

TRADITIONAL

BEDSIDE OR

KITCHEN RADIO.

CARS NOW HAVE

VOICES AND

KNOW WHERE

THEY‟RE GOING –

AND SOON

THEY‟LL BE FULLY

WEB-ENABLED.

GEOLOCATION &

MAPPING

SERVICES ARE

MAKING IT VERY

EASY TO PIN

DIGITAL AUDIO TO

SPECIFIC

LOCATIONS IN

TIME AND SPACE.

THERE‟S ALREADY

A HUGE MARKET

FOR LOCATION

SPECIFIC AUDIO

SERVICES – WE

CALL THEM AUDIO

WALKING TOURS.

NOW WE CAN USE

GEOLOCATED

AUDIO WHEN

EXERCISING,

PLAYING GAMES,

TELLING STORIES

& MOBILISING

CITIZENS.

SOON WE WILL BE

ABLE TO TAKE

OUR VIRTUAL

SELVES OUT FOR

A WALK

ALONGSIDE OUR

„REAL SELVES –

OR WALK AROUND

WITH OTHER

PEOPLE‟S

AVATARS.

AND OUR LOST

LOVED ONES WILL

STILL BE ABLE TO

HAVE A VOICE,

LEAVE US

MESSAGES & JOIN

US FOR WALKS.

THE PUBLIC WILL

BE ABLE TO

PRODUCE AUDIO

FROM TEXT

(THEIR OWN AND

OTHER PEOPLE‟S)

CREATING „USER

GENERATED‟

CONTENT

SPACES.

ENTIRE WEB

RADIO CHANNELS

COULD BE

DEDICATED TO

LOCATION

SENSITIVE, USER

GENERATED

AUDIO CONTENT.