The New Convergence: Broadcast + Telco

Skip Pizzi writes: "... For radio broadcasting, online services have been strictly differentiated from on-air services for consumers because they each use different receivers. Most online listening is done on a personal computer, and few of these have AM/FM reception capabilities.  ¶ The near future may change this, as new portable devices debut with both digital broadcast and wireless broadband capabilities. Think of these as cell phones with digital radio and/or TV - the so-called 'converged device.' ..."  Link:  Radio World.