I’m really excited to be giving one of the keynotes for this year’s conference of the International Associates of Broadcast Manufacturers on the 4th of December in London. I’m talking about how traditional broadcasters can adapt to a radically changing world.
http://www.theiabm.org/events/iabm-2015-annual-conference/schedule.html
All posts for the month January, 2016
Talking about the future of traditional broadcasting
Posted by John Maxwell Hobbs on January 5, 2016
https://vanguardvisions.com/2016/01/05/talking-about-the-future-of-traditional-broadcasting-2/
Just What Exactly is Apple Up To?
Published earlier today on Medium
There are a lot of articles analysing Apple’s new music service. (James Cridland’s got a good list of them here.)
The majority of them are coming from tech journalists, and unfortunately, they suffer from a major lack of knowledge of how the music business actually works. They are worth reading, but prepare yourself for a lot of confusing the tray for the meal.
Where most of the current analysis falls down is by treating the three elements of the service, Beats 1, Connect, and the streaming service as unconnected.
1. The Beats deal. Most of the press has been scratching their heads as to why Apple would spend US$3billion to buy a headphone company and a streaming music service with a small subscriber base. The answer is that it’s not about the hardware. They spent US$3billion to buy Jimmy Iovine, one…
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Posted by Lauren Dyer Amazeen on January 5, 2016
https://vanguardvisions.com/2016/01/05/just-what-exactly-is-apple-up-to/