No longer is the remote control the only gadget we have in our hand as we watch television.
An increasing number of people are using a second screen simultaneously, either a smart phone, lap top or tablet computer, and advertisers and marketers as well as content producers are inventing new ways to take advantage of the television revolution.
Guests:
Rohan Lund, CEO of Yahoo!7 and Yahoo! New Zealand
Resources:
The Australian Broadcasting Summit (http://acevents.com.au/broadcasting2012/)
BBC Radio 4’s topical programme The Media Show, presented by journalist and former TV executive Steve Hewlett, featuring the latest stories and opinion from the fast-changing world of media in all its forms - print, television, radio, online and telecommunications.
We hear how a revolution in internet and communications technology is transforming the nations of the Pacific.
Guests:
Danielle Cave, Former research associate, Lowy Institute for International Policy
Further Information:
Digital Islands: How the Pacific’s ICT revolution is transforming the region (http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/digital-islands-how-pacifics-ict-revolution-transforming-region)
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/digital-islands/4426050
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Is a third industrial revolution on the way as manufacturing goes digital?
As a result of new materials such as carbon fibre, new technologies and new manufacturing processes including 3D printers the digitisation of the manufacturing sector is now underway.
Guests:
Brian Arthur, External Professor, Santa Fe Institute and visiting researcher, Intelligent Systems Lab, PARC
Paul Markillie, The Economist’s Innovation Editor
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/saturdayextra/digital-manufacturing/3976796