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  1. So sad to see one of the designers of the Bird's Nest being victimised by the Chinese authorities - http://bit.ly/8ZyuWW
  2. Toru Takagi, NHK, explains to #WEMF Speech Rate Conversion technology to slow down rate of speech at receiver for benefit of elderly people
  3. Audio descriptions on TV improve quality of life for sight impaired people but why is AD taking so long to happen? David Wood EBU asks #WEMF
  4. TV Azteca developing improved captioning systems for live events to serve viewers with hearing disabilities, Roman Gomez tells #WEMF
  5. Digital radio provides new opportunities to serve consumers with hearing disabilities, Mike Starling, NPR, tells #WEMF
  6. DAB+ is most cost effective digital radio standard, Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia, tells #WEMF
  7. Arab region now has 380 TV stations (24 public and 356 private) Bassil Zoubi of ASBU tells #WEMF
  8. The future of broadcasting is wireless, Mark Richer of ATSC tells #WEMF. But hasn't that always been the case? http://myloc.me/1tjUK
  9. Most broadcast programming does not need to be delivered in real time. Non-real time (NRT) more efficient in on-demand world. Richer #WEMF
  10. US has reclaimed 108 MHz of spectrum after completing the digital transition, Mark Richer, ATSC President, tells #WEMF
  11. #WEMF Best demonstration of 3D television I have seen so far. Now I am convinced that 3D is no longer a gimmick but the future of TV
  12. Add $1 tax to every mobile phone sold in the world to fund preservation of audiovisual archives, Patrick Cozier, CBU, suggests to #WEMF
  13. Preservation of archives does not necessarily mean digitalisation - proper storage of exisiting formats can 'buy time' - Sue Malden #WEMF
  14. Fascinating presentation by Bas Konning, NPO, at #WEMF on Tweenz - a "world for digital natives merging all media as if never separated"
  15. Digital is a fickle business but premium content will break through the noise - Gregg Calvin, Fox Digital Media at #WEMF
  16. Great presentation by Carlos Dominguez of Cisco to kick off #WEMF in Mexico City. Interesting comments about mobile augmented reality
  17. Sub-titles are preferred to voice-overs when broadcasting foreign language programming as maintains the integrity of the language #APEMD
  18. Women working in Afghanistan media face severe discrimination. Question asked: Does Koran really support a subservient role for women #APEMD
  19. Speakers at the Asia-Pacific Europe Media Dialogue in Amsterdam concerned about the amount of 'trash' on new media platforms #APEMD
  20. RT @MyGreenSide: RT @AdamShake: 23 Million Starve in Kenya as Deforestation Leads to Climate Change http://ow.ly/vqid