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TAG: Personalized Radio

A traditional linear radio service provides a rigidly established schedule, the same for all listeners of the broadcasting area. On the other hand, commercial streaming music services offer complete flexibility, with a list of customized and different music tracks for each user. The linear radio customized according to the Hybrid Content Radio model is placed in an intermediate point between these two poles, allowing to replace a part of the linear broadcast schedule.

 

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News 2019 September 30

Technical Papers at IBC2019: Smart Speakers and Regional Contents on DVB-T2

Paolo Casagranda, Vittoria Mignone

The Research and Technological Innovation Center presented two papers at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) held in Amsterdam, the leading international convention along with NAB Show in Las Vegas on broadcasting technologies and new media. The two papers, the first about radio services on smart speakers and the second about regional content on DVB-T2, were presented on Saturday the 14th at the Conference.

Both papers were included in the prestigious IET’s Journal “The best of IBC 2019”, an acknowledgement to the 10 best papers of the IBC Conference: it’s the first time two papers from Rai reach this achievement.

News 2017 November 29

Radio evolves: New Radio Day 2017

Paolo Casagranda

Rai Centre for Research and Innovation of Technology presented its research on linear radio personalisation at the New Radio Day 2017 EBU event. Although linear radio represents the most popular and profitable form of radio, new ways of listening are gaining ground thanks to advent of new technologies: listening on tablets and smartphones, audio-on-demand, voice controlled devices, just to name a few of them.

New Radio Day proposes updates on the innovation work of European radios every year.

 

Digital Radio Deployment in Europe

Update of EBU R138 on Digital Radio Deployment in Europe

Paolo Casagranda

The Radio Group of the EBU Strategic Programme, co-chaired by Rai Research Centre, has updated the guidelines for Digital Radio Deployment in Europe, included in the EBU R138 recommendation.