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    Quote Originally Posted by bookblogger:
    There are Nepalese and Tagalog programmes on RTHK and some of the DBC stations.
    Yes but that was before the adoption of DAB which should allow many more stations. Perhaps there is an opening for a business!

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    You are probably correct all domestic helpers should spend there money on smart phones, 3G contracts and laptops rather than remit it back to their family for education of their kids, medical care for their parents or other non essential expenditure.

    Also it is obvious that all domestic helpers will be given free access to wifi from their employers.
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    $2000 on a lap top or a smart phone + a 3G contract each month is a lot of discount IDD phone cards.

    Let's just wait 10+ years and see if radios (A dedicated device that is small, very cheap, very simple to use and no contract fees) still exist in large numbers. You'll probably be surprised.

    Perhaps people should abandon all newspapers and magazines also? Lightweight, indestructible, always up-to-date, infinite battery life and easy to use often free and disposable (don't need to take it home).
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    Hong Kong is a pretty connected city (probably one of the most connected if they could sort out a law requiring cafes, bars, restaurants etc to offer a few minutes free to every customer) and yet the city still has 80% newspaper readership penetration .

    There is no doubt certain technologies become redundant e.g. floppy disk drive while others will have a longer life span - printed matter.

    Newspapers are very efficient at providing news - they offer the user a distraction free period of edited news. Although they only account for a tiny proportion of peoples day they offer good advertising revenues. Newspapers that fail either have poor content or too high distribution costs but newspapers and magazines will continue for some time.

    Let's wait 10 years and see the HK newspaper readership as say 40% and radios still used in a similar number of homes.
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    Don't forget people who drive listen to radio all the time. It is a big market in China/US. Every car is equipped with a radio (often a satellite radio too in the US).


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    there were reports last night some in yuen long and other low lying areas, people lost cable tv and internet connection because of the flooding. some had to resort to their am/fm radio to get up to date typhoon news. i assume the DAB radio will work without internet connection.


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    I know I'm focussing on a minor detail but do 80% of people in HK really read newspapers? Seems unlikely to me.


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    Quote Originally Posted by justjoe86:
    I know I'm focussing on a minor detail but do 80% of people in HK really read newspapers? Seems unlikely to me.
    click the link provided in the original post (it is from 2011), in recent years there has been a huge growth in freebie newspapers targeted to commuter and yumcha time



    Also newspaper readership is falling but not as rapidly as some fear, click the link for global newspaper sales.

    perhaps quite a few people just want to look at the betting and catch the headlines but they still use a newspaper
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    Interesting. I bought and read a newspaper everyday in the uk, sometimes two. Here I hardly ever buy one and I can't say I've seen many in the staff room at work.

    I suppose having a newspaper thrust in your face as you enter the mtr does alter those figures quite a lot though


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    70% still sounds a valid medium for the forceable even with the onslaught of digital distribution in the last 6 years.

    thanks for confirming some mediums are somewhat resilient.

    Content can be split into a few types

    - News aggregators e.g. google news
    - Newpapers e.g. Daily mail online, metro
    - Specialist info e.g. blogs
    - magazines

    you are probably correct that at some point in the next 10 year there will be a technology that has all the benefits of paper (portable large and indestructable) but is updated via a wireless link. It will be called an electronic newspaper but will still require an editor and reporters.

    Also radio will continue exist received through a standalone device. DAB is better than long wave and IP radio may take over from DAB but it will still be a radio
    Last edited by East_coast; 24-07-2012 at 10:21 PM.