BOTW: Radio industry needs to clear up DAB+ misunderstandings; The index bounces back
Welcome to Best of the Week, edited in rainy Sisters Beach, Tasmania, after almost a month away. The door-busting intensity of MAD//Fest in London and brain-busting discussions of this week’s HumAIn already seem like a long time ago.
Today: Time for the radio industry to clean up its DAB+ terminology; and AI fears send the screen industry on strike.
Happy Guinea Pig Appreciation Day and Hot Dog Night for tomorrow. Hopefully the two are not related.
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Surely we have Broadcast (AM/FM/DAB, I can listen on a radio from Harvey Norman) and non-broadcast (online, streaming, I need a “device” and ongoing internet access to listen). Cutting and slicing different parts of these to satisfy niche demands for better numbers doesn’t make any real sense.