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Radio is everywhere. It wakes us up in the morning and accompanies us around the house - in the bedroom, in the kitchen and at the same time entertaining and informing us about the latest updates of life. It helps us get to work, advising us of traffic problems and calming our nerves as we travel, in the car or on public transport. For some of us, it keeps us going through the day, either at work or at home, providing company and making us think. At the end of the working day it helps us get home again.

Radio and Television are in the process of rapid change and has created the mass audience on a scale that had been impossible in the past. The introduction of digital broadcasting has already started, and the message from around the world is positive. Digital signals will be available to a large proportion of the developed world before the new millennium. At the same time, we are seeing a parallel revolution in information technology. more

As with many new consumer technologies, from home video to mobile phones, the development of digital radio is being pursued at different speeds, with different business models, in different parts of the world. Digital radio works similarly to analog devices but without the crackles and hisses. Tuning is easy because the radio can automatically scan the airwaves and present a list of available stations from which to select.

Digital technology means that not only are there more stations than ever to choose from, but we can listen to them in new ways via our televisions, on the internet, on our mobile phones as well as in car radios. Which is a new era of digital communication. learn more

The services digital radio can offer could change the medium forever. We are only at the start of the revolution, but already digital radio can offer much easier navigation between stations, the ability to pause and rewind live radio, the opportunity to listen at a time of our own choosing to programmes we have missed, the ability to download and store songs on our MP3 players or to see information about the track or programme we are currently listening to. This is only the beginning; future services could include video clips and much enhanced text services. In this way, radio is at the forefront of the media and technology convergence that has been talked about for so long.

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