About the session
A time of rapid change is coming to the industries of digital information, content and broadcasting. Advances in the nature of television - from PAL to HDTV and beyond, with new methods of creation and production, are changing the substance of public broadcasting. With the oncoming end of analogue, advances in digital distribution - broadband Internet, high-speed mobile and wireless access, low cost storage - are changing the way that content will be delivered and presented, yet these changes are also creating great challenges. New investments in infrastructure and technology and new cost structures are challenging traditional business models, both in content and in distribution. New approaches, based on new partnerships and new economic relationships will emerge. The Appleton Lecture seeks to explore these opportunities.
