What future is there for independent radio? Adam Thomas, Community Manager at Sourcefabric and organiser of the Test Signals festival, reviews the Test Signals conference at transmediale. In a digital age characterised by live status updates and connectivity, the festival set out to question both our ability to respond to and our responsibility to act on threats against our freedom. The Radio...
We live in challenging times, says Jonathan Marks. Just as newspapers in Europe and North America are looking for new business models, broadcasters and publishers in developing countries need to re-examine the way they operate, especially as funding from non-government organisations is either reduced or drying up altogether.
ON2: Test Signals brought together software developers and radio practitioners to demonstrate, discuss and develop new ways of applying software to radio over three days in October 2010 in Berlin.
Find our more about the radio event at ART|Basel. And stay tuned to updates and links about the future of radio, coming up in this article, such as streams, mindmaps, etc.
