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 The switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting has begun. But is the much vaunted switchover really going to revolutionise television? Or is the switch to digital simply going to create a surfeit of programming which we can not possibly keep up with? How can broadcasting meet the needs of the people after switch-off?
And what is the fate of regional television and public service broadcasting in a new multi-channel broadcasting environment? This two-day debate will ask these questions, as well as surveying how community media groups, and other cultural sectors are affected by the digital switchover. It will conclude by exploring how the internet and new digital technologies are emerging as new sites for broadcasting.
Places are FREE and can be reserved via the AV Festival Box Office on 0191 232 8289
Participants include:
 Austin Mitchell, MP, Chairman of the Commons All-Party Media Group; John Grundy - well known writer, historian and broadcaster, UK; Graham Howell - Director, Ofcom, England;
John Askew – Regional Manager, Border, Digital UK; Andy Cooper, TV Editor, BBC North East;
Jim Knight, News Editor, ITV Tyne Tees; Bill Thompson – Digital Planet, BBC & independent journalist, UK; Patrick Collerton – television documentary maker, UK; Jaqui Devereux, Community Media Association, UK; Dave Rushton, Institute for Local Television, UK;
John Wilson – researcher, Open Spectrum, UK; Brian Springer – filmmaker & spectrum scanner, USA; Hanna Harris – researcher, Finland; Annalisa Pelizza – Telestreet TV activist, Italy; Mick Fuzz – Transmission (independent network of journalists & researchers), UK; Helen Philpot – Project Director, The Yorkshire Channel; Nicola Smythe – BBC Future Media and Technology; Eric Kluitenberg – Theorist, writer and organiser, Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam
THURSDAY MARCH 6, 2008
11.10 Bus leaves Newcastle Central station for Media Centre (FREE)
1130 – 1200: Registration, Welcome & Introductions
1215 – 1245: Keynote Address: Austin Mitchell, MP,
Chairman of the Commons All-Party Media Group.
1245 – 1415: Session 1: The Switchover
John Askew - (25 Minutes)
Graham Howell - (30 Minutes)
Discussion with speakers & audience questions, (35 minutes).
Moderator TBC
1415 – 1445: Coffee, Tea & Snack break
1445 – 1645: Session 2: Let the People Speak
Andy Cooper, TV Editor, BBC North East - (20 Minutes)
Jim Knight, News Editor, ITV Tyne Tees - (20 Minutes)
Bill Thompson, My Tyneside - (20 Minutes)
Patrick Collerton, Filmmaker, UK
Discussion with speakers & audience questions, (45 minutes).
Moderated by John Grundy.
1645 – 1700: Closing remarks & debate
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FRIDAY MARCH 7, 2008
11.10 Bus leaves Newcastle Central station for Media Centre (FREE)
1200 – 1215: Registration, Welcome & Introductions
1230 – 1400: Session 3: Citizen Spectrum
Jaqui Devereux - (25 Minutes)
Dave Rushton, Institute of Local Television, UK – (25 minutes)
John Wilson – (20 minutes)
Discussion with Speakers & audience questions (20 minutes).
Moderator: Helen Philpot
1400 – 1530: Session 4: We Want The Airwaves
Brian Springer – (25 Minutes)
Hanna Harris- (25 Minutes)
Annalisa Pelizza – Telestreet – (20 Minutes)
Discussion with speakers & audience questions (20 minutes)
Moderated by Eric Kluitenberg.
1530 – 1600: Coffee, Tea & Snack break
1600 – 1745: Session 5: Web Futures
Eric Kluitenberg – (20 minutes)
Mick Fuzz – (20 Minutes)
Nicola Smythe – (20 Minutes)
Helen Philpot - (20 Minutes)
Discussion with speakers & audience questions (25 minutes)
Moderator: TBC
1745 – 1800: Closing remarks & debate
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