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Evolution of digital radios, and future trends in receiver technologies
Carsten Friedrich
June 2012
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Frontier Silicon is the leading chip-set provider for digital radio
Addressing home audio, automotive; developing
solutions for mobile
Pioneer in Internet and Hybrid Radio with award
winning technology
Market leader in Digital Radio solutions (75% share
of in-home digital receivers)
4th generation chip currently in development
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For ten years, we have supplied the world’s leading audio brands – often on an exclusive basis
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Modern Radios are digital
• Digital Radios …
– … can receive FM too
– … are future proof
– … have a better sound than pure FM radios
– … offer more features than pure FM Radios
– … are easier to use than pure FM Radios
– … are high value radios anyway compare to pure FM Radios
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Entry priced receivers, enabled by the cost reductions of solutions
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Dockers, enabled by increased processing capability of solution
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Portable radios, enabled by reductions in power consumption of solutions
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Ultra-portables / handhelds, enabled by reduction in size of solutions
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Digital radio integration into audio systems
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Radios with colour screens and enhanced user interfaces, enabling easier content access
• Colour touch-screen – for
Slideshow either broadcast
or via RadioVIS (IP)
• Colour touch-screen allows
user to tap to select and
swipe to change views
• Broadcasters are making
increasing use of visual
functionality
• Allows the industry to follow this
trend and introduce new
technologies which become
more mainstream
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Digital radios will provide the ability to pause, rewind and record, and with EPG data
• Functionality which is familiar to
consumers from digital TV will also
become available on digital radio
devices
Digital Radio with EPG
(Electronic Program Guide) and Record
Record DAB/FM radio
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With hybrid radio (broadcast plus IP), users will be able to receive an enhanced listening experience
RadioTAG (via IP)
New song
• Hear new song on radio
• Hit Tag button
- for info
- to add to own playlist
- to share with friends
Advertiser
• Hear ad on radio / see
visual display
• Tag to interact
- access more information
- register interest
Listen later
• Listening to programme is
interrupted
• Tag and listen later
• Radio TAG• Mechanism to interact with broadcast service
• Example uses of RadioTAG
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Connectivity to become a standard feature within products
• Cost of adding wireless
technology to CE products fast
reducing
• Increasing number of products
with wireless connectivity
• Alternate platform to colour
radios
- Reuse display from smartphone /
tablet
• Availability of connectivity within
devices provides platform for
Hybrid Radio
Wireless (wifi /
Bluetooth) link
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Next Generation Radios - A shift to multimedia platforms rather than audio-centric devices
Key Features of Next Generation radios
include :
• Display – better / larger displays to show
more contents
• Memory - Built-in memory for data caching
applications (pause/rewind)
• Connectivity – for interfacing with smart
phones / tablets, with Apps to enable
advanced features
• Interactivity – support for further listener –
broadcaster interaction (via IP backchannels)
