Presentation made at the annual Central Canada Broadcast Engineers (CCBE) convention in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It introduces the concepts of hybrid radio and RadioDNS and provides the basic knowledge to start a RadioVIS service

1. Hybrid FM / Internet Radio
François Lefebvre
Communications Research Centre, Canada
Central Canada Broadcast Engineers Conference
September 17 2010, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
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2. 10 Messages
1. Broadcast radio can get ”better”
2. Various enablers
3. Internet can't do it all (yet)
4. Hybrid Radio: a progressive approach
5. RadioDNS makes the connection
6. Hybrid FM / Internet devices
7. Building a RadioVIS service
8. There are challenges
9. CRC can help
10. References
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3. 1.
Broadcast Radio
Can Get Better
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4. Broadcaster
 Offer better service
 New business opportunities
 Keep the radio media relevant
Consumer
 New expectations due to new media landscape
 Multimedia
 Interactivity
 Integration into new devices and platforms
 Integration into social applictions
 ...
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5. 2.
Various Enablers
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6. Devices
Digital Delivery
Internet
Connectivity
Internet
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7. 3.
Internet can't do it all
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8. OK for the Home

Broadband
works
© Yamaha

Costs OK for © vTech
user and
broadcaster

Many connected © Apple
devices already © Terratec
© PURE
© ROKU
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9. Many Mobile Options BUT ...
© Novatel
© Autonet
© Livio
© Blaupunkt
© Microsoft
© ROKU
9 © BMW Mini Cooper

10. Mobile (3G) Internet streaming does not scale
infastructure can't support
thousands of simultaneous
constant high bitrate streams (yet)
Expensive proposition for consumer
2 hours per day of radio = 1Gb / month
> 30$ / month (in Canada)
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11. 4.
Hybrid Radio:
A progressive approach
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12. Broadcast Audio
(FM, DAB, …)
+
+
Optional Internet
“add ons”
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13. Hybrid FM / Internet Broadcaster
Broadcast Network Internet
FM RDS
PI
Slides Interaction
Audio PS
EPG Buy
RT
Targetted Tag
ODA
content Tell me
RT+
... more
TMC
...
....
Radio “Listener”
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14. 5.
RadioDNS
Makes the connection
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15. Proposed Standard
radiodns.org
“Associate a
tuned radio station
to Internet enhancements
automatically
in receiver”
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16. © EBU
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17. 6.
Hybrid
FM Internet Devices
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18. Pure Sensia
Chumby
Global Radio App
Nokia N900
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19. 7.
Building a RadioVIS Service
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20. 
Rigister your station at RadioDNS.org

Make sure to broadcast the right PI code
– http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/h_sf08741.html

Setup a RadioVIS server (EBU open source)

Populate RadioVIS server with fresh images

Test with demo receivers / Apps

Roll-out

Monitor “page views”, clickthrough rate, …

Increase advertising revenues !
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21. 8.
There are Challenges
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22. RadioDNS is
based on the
frequency tuning
paradigm.
Users may want
unified broadcast
/ broadband
“search”
–
–
–
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23. 
Device manufacturer / App developper have
ultimate control of end-user experience

Multimedia must be aligned in devices (codecs,
image formats, text formats, …)

New players: aggregators (Internet radio
listings)

FM/RDS and API in mobile devices
–
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24. 9.
CRC Can Help
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25. Free / Open mmbTools
FM RDS Modulator / Receiver with ODA
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26. Android FM RDS App for Smartphones
6 Screenshots
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27. 10.
PRESENTATIONS
www.slideshare.net/tag/crcmmb
www.youtube.com/crcmmb
PROJECTS
www.crc.ca/mmb
mmbTools.crc.ca
openmokast.org
BLOG
Broadcasting20.org
Twitter: @fralef
francois.lefebvre@crc.ca
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