Podcasting: The Future?

15th Jan 08

New Players Theatre, The Arches, Villiers Street, London

Is podcasting ‘radio’? Is audio-on-demand the future of broadcasting? What are people listening to in cyber-space that they can’t hear on traditional airwaves? Is unregulated radio more interesting? Is there a business model or is it all vanity publishing?

The Radio Academy’s own podfather Trevor Dann chaired a distinguished panel from the BBC, commercial radio and the independent sector as they tried to unravel the answers.

Hermeet Chadha – podcast & radio producer for C4 and 6Music

Karen Pearson – podcast producer and consultant

Sarah Prag - Senior Project Manager, BBC Audio & Music Interactive

Nathalie Schwarz – Director of Radio, Channel 4

Matt Wells – Head of Audio, Guardian Unlimited