Audio as a service – 3 successful yet different examples
“Your audio is not an outcome, the outcome is change,” says Ben Schuman-Stoler, the Director of Content at Blinkist, a company with millions of subscribers, who, thanks to this app, can listen to short summaries of non-fiction books in only 15 minutes. Blinkist is only one of three unique companies that focus
Saying hello to DAB+: three countries, three experiences
Countries adapting the DAB+ technology can benefit from its many benefits, however, they also face significant challenges. “Radio there is actually still alive,” Ole Jørgen Torvmark evaluates the situation. According to the first speaker Erwin Linnenbach, the managing director of Teutocast, the German DAB+ market is sitting between success and challenges. “Radio market in
Talent is distributed equally around the world, the opportunities are not
Bababam's Sarah Toporoff introduced this session focusing on how essential diversity and equality are for a work success. “Inclusive hiring is not lowering the bar, it is opening the gate – breaking down the systematic barriers” said Faustine Ladeiro-Levent, the Head of Recruitment Marketing & Employer Brand, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from the
Radio needs to rethink its perspective
Martina Rihova, CEO of Active Radio, touches upon the challenges which the audio industry is currently facing. “We often start to forget about the concept we are creating and rather focus on the technology,” she comments and adds that a technology-focused approach can lead to many mistakes. According to Rihova, the biggest
Digital migration is happening right in front of your eyes
“Is radio ready for the future?” This was the biggest question in the session with Joe D’Angelo, Senior Vice President of Global Radio and Digital Audio, and Desmond S. Fuller, Senior Director of Hybrid Products, from Xperi company. Joe introduced their technology device in cars DTS AutoStage, which launched in 2020 for Mercedes. Nowadays,