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News: April 2005

OZeCulture

c2o/Toy Satellite Director, Andrew Garton, presented his Fusion Paper at OZeCulture 2005, a conference organised by the Department of Communication (DCITA), Technology and the Arts, Byron Bay, 7-8 April.

The Fusion Paper

The fusion of radio, internet and mobile technologies is creating new platforms for the production and distribution of cultural content. It is also seeing the emergence of new applications as artists and independent media practitioners fuse conventional broadcasting technologies with Global Positioning Satellite's, aggregated content feeds, open source software development and online, collaborative production environments.

"The Fusion Paper" provides a historical context for information technology convergence , describes the efforts of cultural development media makers in the Asia region, discusses the opportunities for public media makers and their audiences both on-air and on-line, and points to the necessity for a clear understanding of the role of policy in sustaining these, largely grassroots efforts.

"The Fusion Paper" was conceived with assistance from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Attendance to OZeCulture has been made possible with support from DCITA, the Association for Progressive Communications and APC.au.