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SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR BROADCAST BIONICS TECHCON TECHNICAL INNOVATION AWARD 2011

12/10/11

The shortlist has been announced for the first annual TechCon Technical Innovation Award, sponsored by Broadcast Bionics.

The judging panel selected three entrants from a very strong field to be invited to present a brief summary of their innovation at this year’s TechCon event. TechCon is held annually as part of the Radio Festival, taking place this year at the Lowry Theatre in Salford Quays on Monday 31st October.

The shortlist is:

  • Absolute Radio – The Rock N Roll Football Live Scores Data
  • Hackney Hear – The Hackney Hear iPhone App
  • BBC/Frontier Silicon/Global Radio – RadioTAG

The winning entry will be announced at the Radio Fair in the evening after this year’s TechCon and the winner will repeat their presentation at the Radio Festival on Tuesday 1st November.

Martyn Humphreys (Head of Broadcast Systems, Bauer Media), Chair of this year’s TechCon, said: “TechCon is very proud to support some of the most forward thinking of our colleagues and to celebrate the cutting edge developments which shape our industry. The judges were very impressed with the high standard of all the entries, but shortlisted these three because of their potential to really change the game in the radio industry.”

This year’s judging panel consisted of Stephen Baily (General Manager, BBC R&D), James Cridland (Radio Futurologist and MD, MediaUK), Alex Lakey (Lead Consultant, Global Media Consultancy at Atos) and Peter Willison (Head of Technology, Radio at Arqiva).

We are grateful to the sponsor of this year’s award, Broadcast Bionics.

ENDS

CONTACT: Melanie Smith on 01325 363436
The Radio Festival takes place from 31st October to 2nd November at The Lowry, Salford Quays, Manchester.

Notes to Editors:

Contact Graham Robb or Melanie Smith on 01325 363436

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