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Following the introductory remarks from chief executive Guy Phillipson, yesterday’s IAB Engage 09 kicked-off with “wizard of the web” and author of We Think, Charlie Leadbeater.

Ashley Highfield’s pronouncement that the TV industry “has 2-3 years to adapt or it will face its i-tunes moment” was used to introduce the TV Technology session at last week’s ASI European TV Symposium in Istanbul.

For a conference that in previous years was dominated – some might say obsessed – with portable measurement systems for the industry, this year’s ASI European Radio Symposium reflected the fact that – so far at least – take up of these devices has been very limited.

The opening themes from the ASI European Radio Symposium centred around digital switchover and 15-24 listening.

Raymond Snoddy chairs MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of Radio’ seminar and finds the industry confident about its future.

Online music services like last.fm and Spotify are not a threat to broadcast radio, delegates heard at Friday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of Radio’.

New developments which make it easier for local advertisers to get into radio are vital for the industry, said panellists at Friday’s MediaTel Group seminar on the ‘Future of Radio’.

Privatising BBC Radio One would be bad for the commercial radio sector, according to today’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Radio’ seminar.

Although some of the delegates might have been feeling a little worse for wear after last night’s Radio Advertising Awards, today’s MediaTel ‘Future of Radio’ seminar still managed to get the debate going.

The radio industry needs to “agree on technology and compete on content”, radio futurologist James Cridland told delegates at today’s MediaTel Group ‘Future of Radio’ seminar.