WRN, the London-based international transmission service company, today announced the launch of its online Interactive Forums, which will help to create a roadmap for the future development and strengthening of international radio.
Each of the five online Interactive Forums will be hosted by a WRN member of staff with delegate participation via the Internet and instant messaging. The Forums will cover a range of topics specifically relevant to international radio including new technology (DRM and DVB), Broadcast and Platform Solutions, pan-European co-productions and how to develop deeper interaction with listeners. The first Interactive Forum is on Tuesday 14th February at 1000 UTC (1100 CET). A full schedule for the Forums can be found at www.wrn.org/clientforum
WRN has developed its Interactive Forums to offer a neutral space that brings together practitioners in international radio, and others, to grapple with the challenges of the digital age where the nature of radio is rapidly changing: the ways to broadcast, the ways to listen, the platforms, the content, how listeners interact with stations, the choice of stations. The WRN Forums provide the opportunity for practitioners to come together and share their ideas and opinions, experiences and lessons, their successes, case studies and best practice and to take back practical ideas and solutions for input into their own organisations.
WRNs Sophie Wilson, who is project managing this initiative says: These Interactive Forums follow on from our successful inaugural event held in Bratislava, Slovakia where more than twenty international radio practitioners came together to initiate discussions about our industry. These next five Interactive Forums offer all those working in international radio the chance to join in this stimulating and timely debate.