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<p>Nothing wrong with standing still occasionally Alan.<br>
Looking around you at the others</p>
<p>Seeing which are progressing - a<span style="font-size: 12pt;">nd </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">which appear to be </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">making fools of themselves.<br>
Present company excepted of course</span></p>
<p>If it ain't broke - don't try to fix it.<br>
Adopt - Adapt - Improve.</p>
<p>Look at where rushing has got us - </p>
<p>Six different digital radio delivery platforms - each incompatible with the others:<br>
Radio via <span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">terrestrial digital D</span>AB</p>
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digital D</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">AB +</span><br>
Radio via the terrestrial digital TV system</p>
<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">Radio via the satellite digital </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;">TV
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Radio via the digital </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">mobile phone networks</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Radio via the digital cable system<br>
Matt Hancock says he want</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">s the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UK to be a world leader?<br>
That would be nice.<br>
Because at the moment we seem particularly good at finding blind alleys and not wanting to turn round and find the light again.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sorry - I seem to have morphed into Mr H Dumpty.</span></p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk <cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of Alan Coote <alan.coote@5digital.co.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 April 2017 09:05:10<br>
<b>To:</b> cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] #CultureIsDigital</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">‘Why this blind Lemming-like rush to anything that has the tag "digital"?’<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Not lemming like, but because standing still isn’t an option. You’ll effectively be going backwards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Research:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">35% of UK jobs will be automated away in around 15 years - Frey and Osborne, Oxford University.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">UK jobs under £30K are 5x more likely to be automated – Deloitte.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Rate of [digital] transformation is 10x faster and 300x the scale of the industrial revolution. Put another way, that’s 3,000x the impact of the industrial
revolution – CAP Gemini / BBC News Report<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Digital technology is an enabler for new products and services and the underlying busy model through which they are delivered. However, their hasn’t ever been a case where the
introduction of technology hasn’t also meant a change in human behaviour. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">This is why we’ve been talking a lot about it on Let’s Talk Business over the past couple of years.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Alan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Alan Coote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Email - <a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk"><span style="color:purple">alan.coote@MonogramMedia.co.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Phone - 0800 949 6655<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Mobile - 07801 518858<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Twitter - </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#6B006D"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote">@TheAlanCoote</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Twitter - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote"><span style="color:#6B006D">@LTBShow</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">Web - </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#6B006D"><a href="http://www.5digital.co.uk/">http://www.LetsTalkBusinessOnline.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">From: </span>
</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of "transplanfm@hotmail.com" <transplanfm@hotmail.com><br>
<b>Reply-To: </b>"cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" <cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 4 April 2017 at 08:36<br>
<b>To: </b>"cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" <cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[cma-l] #CultureIsDigital<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">We are in serious danger here of being overwhelmed by Gobbledegook as opposed to the principle of the Crystalmark.<br>
Is Matt Hancock really the "Minister for Digital"?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Forgive me - but can you be a Minister for an adjective?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">And we are now intended to believe that "Culture is Digital" - are we?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Why this blind Lemming-like rush to anything that has the tag "digital"?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">I really do think that we need a proper comprehensible translation of this piece for those of us who use and speak normal every-day English.<br>
Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black"> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk <cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of
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<b>To:</b> cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [cma-l] #CultureIsDigital</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Matt Hancock, Minister for both Digital and Culture, has today launched a new Culture is Digital project with a conversation between Government and both tech and the cultural world about how
to push this synergy further.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">This project builds on a commitment in the Culture White Paper to review the digitisation of our public collections and the enhancement of the online cultural experience. In the recently published
Digital Strategy, the Government made commitments to driving digital skills, increasing digital participation and unlocking the power of data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">The Government also stated a clear ambition for the UK to be the best country in the world to launch and grow a digital business and to trial innovative technology. Alongside this, there is
an ongoing commitment to artistic and cultural excellence which is the envy of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">Matt Hancok wants to look more closely at "creating hybrid content, mixing traditional story-telling techniques with emerging technologies". This requires an ongoing dialogue so artists and
creative industries know of opportunities as they arise and the digital sector can realise the full potential of each innovation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">This initiative has four key themes:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri">Content Infrastructure: Ensuring the digitisation of collections, aggregation, interoperability and knowledge are in place for digital accessibility to thrive.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:Calibri">Cultural content and technology: Enabling new formats and mediums for cultural production, experiences and art forms.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:Calibri">Access and Participation: Supporting new forms of cultural and digital participation and boost community engagement in culture through digital distribution and content.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:Calibri">Digital skills, IP and business models in cultural organisations: Supporting cultural organisations to develop the right digital skills and capability to drive innovation and resilience.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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