BCI NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008

Elmo

Press Releases 2008


THURSDAY 7TH AUGUST


BCI NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008


The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland’s National Conference will take on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th of September, in the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin 3.

Entitled “Does the Medium Matter?” and chaired by broadcaster and journalist Claire Byrne, this year’s conference will address the themes of digital and new media from a variety of standpoints. A host of national and international speakers will explore the challenges of content delivery across increasingly diverse platforms and will examine the implications for providers and consumers.

On the theme of digital delivery, speakers in the session include Lucy Gaffney, Chairperson, Boxer DTT; Alex Pumfrey, Programme Director, Digital UK and James Cridland, Head of Future Media and Technology, BBC Audio and Music Interactive.

The area of new media has been a source of consideration and debate for practitioners and citizens alike, particularly in terms of how emerging and emergent technologies can and do interact with more traditional media forms. Speakers for this session include Jonathan Marks, media anthropologist; and Philip McCartney, Head of Sales, Bebo Ireland.

2008 also marks the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Radio and Television Act, which heralded the beginning of commercial radio and television in Ireland. This year’s conference will look at the growth of radio and television in Ireland in the intervening years and examine the future implications for the sector through a panel debate. A number of workshops linking in with the conference theme will complete the conference line-up.

Full details of the BCI National Conference will be available on-line from August 15th. To register your interest, or to receive a conference brochure, please email info@bci.ie or contact the Commission at 01 6441200.

http://www.bci.ie/news_information/press196.html

Elmo

Seems to be a pay event, anyone know?

Propellerhead

A pay event?

Bit like Irish broadcasters' vision of Digital - a ruse to make money out of the punter.

After reading a not very well informed piece in the Village Magazine about Digital Broadcasting the following stunt occurs to me.

Maybe there should be a fringe protest outside for the Media's benefit: an open tent, a table and a series of tellies with a freesat box and an MPEG4 DTT showing just what you can get for FREE. I imagine there would be some seething from some of the Top Table at that.

Elmo

Here was me thinking I would present Lusy Gaffney with a FTA Satellite and decoder box and of course an outdoor ariel so she could have access to the FTA irish channels.

JanusGeminius

This Commercial DTT is actually the embodiment of the Capitalisation of the Irish people for the gain of others. With RTE operating their own Mux the Commercial aspect can be seen as nothing but sqeezing money out of ill informed Punters who will be made to believe(and never corrected) that they need Boxer to get RTE.

Personally I'd favour protesting By throwing Freeview boxes at the smug T****. Maybe they'll get the point?

watty

2008 also marks the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Radio and Television Act, which heralded the beginning of commercial radio and television in Ireland.

RTE may be a PSB, but they are commercial. And TV since 1962.

ITV had 75% viewers before Satellite and significant viewers before RTE existed.

James Cridland is interesting
http://www.mediauk.com/

Elmo

RTE may be a PSB, but they are commercial. And TV since 1962.

ITV had 75% viewers before Satellite and significant viewers before RTE existed.

How many people had a TV at the start of the 1960s?

If all you could receive was BBC and ITV, 75% isn't much of an accomplishment.

Perhaps they should state 20 years of a regulated broadcasting services in Ireland. (Laize e Faire (sp?) regulated broadcasting services). But then RTE was regulated!

20 years of the BCI!

watty

The 75% viewers was during late 1980s to after BBC was on Satellite (625 line colour ), but before ITV was on Satellite (Joined EPG 5:30PM 21 Nov 2001, actually on satellite a little earlier).

Mix of MMDS, Cable, Deflectors and direct reception.

Obviously only some border and east Coast people got ITV prior to 1962. 405lines.

Elmo

The 75% viewers was during late 1980s to after BBC was on Satellite (625 line colour ), but before ITV was on Satellite (Joined EPG 5:30PM 21 Nov 2001, actually on satellite a little earlier).

Do you mean 75% coverage or viewers cause that's a totally different issue. But I was being a tiny bit sarcastic in my previous post.