
Media Convergence challenges & opportunities
Television and
News • News sites have fully embraced the possibilities of the internet • Almost every form of digital media is used to tell the latest story
Mobile Technology • 1870’s, Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham both created the telephone. • Before the creation of this invention people were communicating via telegraph. • In the late 1990’s the mobile phone was created.
Computer Technology • 1930’s Computer technology had started its journey in the new digital world. • In 1981 a company called Apollo Computer revealed its first computer work station called the DN100. • 1982 Commodore 64, it came with 64KB of RAM. • Macs • Laptops
Television Technology • Black and white • Colour • HD • 3D • Surround Sound • Flatscreen • Widescreen
Media Convergence in the Future Question Are all developments necessary or useful ?