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From connected TVs to consoles, tablets to smart phones, knowing what kit to buy and how best to watch or listen to your favourite programmes has changed quite a bit. How we consume TV and radio just isn’t that straightforward any more – a good thing, maybe, for ordinary punters who now have more choice – but a challenge for programme makers faced with constantly shifting technology and changing consumer tastes.

This is where the Ö÷²¥´óÐã’scomes in – a brilliant consumer technology showcase that gives programme makers a chance to explore and raise awareness of what technology can offer. We took a stroll round the Blue Room inthis week, and looked at new camera capture technology, 4k and 16k television, and chatted about how creating interactive experiences could help programme makers compete in a tough market. And – in case you missed– we even sounded a spookily well-timed death knell for 3D …

Talking of interactive experiences, I also took a trip to Wales to attend, a week-long event looking at the digital future of the creative media industries in Wales. I went to the open session , where award-winning innovators in drama production discussed what works and what doesn’t across traditional and digital platforms right now.

There was a lot of talk of ‘rabbit holes’, ‘snapshot storytelling’ and ‘play God interactivity’. Ultimately, the focus was on how the platform – and YouTube in particular – is beginning to dictate the form, moving traditional drama into the digital space. There were great examples from Doctor Who and Sherlock, where short YouTube clips are used to attract a wider audience and social media speaks to them directly, whenever and wherever they want to engage.

There are of course platforms other than YouTube. Radio producers now post content on sites like Soundcloud, Audioboo and Mixcloud. There were some great examples of this in our podcast on Short Cuts, Radio 4’s s short-form documentary show, which makes vivid use of sound, music and intriguing production techniques to showcase interviews and documentary pieces from the UK and beyond. Colleagues Ben and Sophie spoke to the team and found out how they sourced and created these beautiful stories –

Denise Roach is content producer for the Ö÷²¥´óÐã College of Production