[cma-l] SSDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present & Future. University of Bedfordshire, Luton - Saturday 25th March, 11am to 4pm

[CMA-L]

*SDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present, Future*
*University of Bedfordshire, Luton - Saturday 25th March, 11am to 4pm*

This FREE event is for community radio stations, commercial radio
broadcasters and individuals interested in small-scale digital audio
broadcasting (SSDAB) and community media. *Last few tickets remain - lunch
included.*

Find out what has been happening so far with this transformational
technology and what’s next for radio stations and the sector as a whole.

The programme:

   - The story so far - hear from participants in Ofcom’s technical trial


   - What’s happening now with the legislation and the upcoming consultation


   - Where we go from here - funding SSDAB, innovative business models,
   broadcast content, how to make SSDAB work for community radio


   - Networking with industry professionals

*Book
here: https://ssdab-community-radio-past-present-future.eventbrite.co.uk/
<https://ssdab-community-radio-past-present-future.eventbrite.co.uk/>*

Hear from practitioners and influencers in small-scale DAB and air your
views, share your thoughts, explore the issues and put your questions. The
agenda:

10:30am Doors open for registration, tea/coffee, networking

11:00am Event opens

11:05 Welcome from the University of Bedfordshire

11:15 Opening remarks by Lucinda Guy, Soundart Radio and Chair of the CMA:
"Beautiful Radio"

11:30 Ian O'Neill (DCMS) -  Legislation & Consultation

11:45 Ofcom - Peter Madry ‘Building a licensing framework’

12:00 Lawrie Hallett & Daniel Nathan - 'SSDAB: Community & Commercial Radio
Perspectives'

12:20 Steve Buckley - 'Ownership & the Economics of SSDAB'

12:40 Questions for morning speakers

1:00pm Lunch & Networking

2:00pm Panel 1:


   - The Story So Far Chair - Lawrie Hallett (Chair)
   - Panellists - Ash Elford, David Duffy, Daniel Nathan

3:00pm - Panel 2:


   - The Possibilities for Communities: Business Models & Content - Martin
   Steers (Chair)
   - Panellists - Steve Buckley, Susi Maxwell-Stewart, Rob Watson

3:45pm - Summary event / next steps

4:00pm - Finish and networking


And rumour has it, that there's a nearby pub to continue the all-important
discussion of the finer detail....

*“This [SSDAB] technology could open up a new, local dimension in digital
radio. We’re confident that a UK-wide roll-out of these stations would be
technically possible and commercially viable. Our trials have enabled
groups of community and local commercial radio stations to work together,
enabling new stations to serve local communities right across the UK"*. *Neil
Stock, Ofcom’s Director of Broadcast Licensing.*

*“Currently, about 200 smaller commercial radio stations covering small
markets and 244 commercial radio stations transmitting mainly on FM and
medium wave are not broadcasting on digital radio”*
*. Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Hansard, 13th
January 2017.*

*Book
here: https://ssdab-community-radio-past-present-future.eventbrite.co.uk/
<https://ssdab-community-radio-past-present-future.eventbrite.co.uk/>*

*Sponsored by The Radio Hub:*

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*And Broadcast Radio:*

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The Community Media Association (CMA) represents the sector at a strategic
level to ensure that all its members and the community media sector as a
whole benefit from this milestone in the development of broadcast
technology. To become a member click here
<http://www.commedia.org.uk/join-the-community-media-association/>.

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