UK Communications Minister Ed Vaizey said radio broadcasters were too far behind to contemplate following TV into an all-digital future. Vaizey, speaking at the BBC, announced a range of new measures to boost digital radio, including a new national multiplex – which will mean a host of new national digital stations – and improved digital […]
LG Electronics hasannounced that music service Spotify will soon be available on LG Smart TV in the UK. The new app provides users with access to a collection of over 20 million songs and is compatible with all 2013 model LG Smart TVs. “Spotify is a welcome addition to the growing selection of premium content […]
CBS-owned online music service Last.fm made a loss of almost £4 million last year, as income sank by 70 per cent at its UK operation. The company’s financial filing shows that total revenues fell 21 per cent year-on-year from £8.13 million in 2011 to £6.38 million last year. Gross profits more than halved, from £3.7 […]
Energy, the largest international radio brand with over 600 frequencies in 13 different countries worked together with Smart TV technology specialist Foxxum to deliver another high-profile app to its Smart TV portals. Among others the app is now available on the following internet enabled devices: Hisense, Medion, Triax, Xoro, Wisi and Vantage. The integration of the […]
Norway’s new national DAB radio network is being built with DAB+ technology from 2wcom in a major project to ready the country for its FM switch-off in 2017. 2wcom’s FlexNsert DAB+ Distribution Inserter and FlexXtract DAB+ Distribution Extractor will be deployed in the network’s satellite headend system, in what is believed to be the world’s […]
A group of UK radio station owners representing 80 commercial radio stations in the UK has published a strategy paper warning of the risks of a government-enforced digital radio switchover for UK listeners. In December 2013, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey is expected to announce Government’s plans and timetable for […]
A giant Proton rocket has successfully launched SiriusXM’s FM-6 satellite which, once in-orbit testing is wrapped, will start transmissions from its 116 degrees West orbital slot. The actual location is in the Pacific Ocean, west of the Galapagos Islands and due south of Baja California. The satellite is and one of the heaviest commercial satellites […]
A fault at a South African satellite tracking station has forced International Launch Services to delay launching a Sirius-XM satellite for at least 24 hours. The craft, Sirius-FM6, was due to be launched on a Proton rocket late on October 20th. The 6.6 tonne satellite is now rescheduled to blast off late on Monday evening […]
US pay-radio’s next satellite Sirius FM-6 will launch on the night of October 20th. International Launch Services (ILS) will take care of the task using its Proton M/Briz-M rocket and upper-stage booster combination. The launch will take place from ILS’ Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Built by Space Systems/Loral, the satellite will go to 116.5 degrees […]
North American pay-radio operator Sirius-XM has promised a $500 million pay-cheque to Liberty Media. The cash will come from a $2 billion stock buy-back that Sirius-XM will organise. This is on top of a similar scheme announced a year ago, and which has now been concluded. The new buy-back plan allows for Liberty Media to […]