The BBC is determined to learn the lessons from a year of “incredible highs” and some “desperate lows”, BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten pledged today. Launching the BBC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2012/13 with Director-General Tony Hall, Lord Patten highlighted the success of the BBC’s Olympics coverage which surpassed all expectations, with 2,500 hours […]
Global Radio is fighting to keep control of GMG Radio, owner of the Real and Smooth networks, and is submitting an appeal against the competition regulator’s order to sell off stations across the UK. The UK’s largest radio operator, owner of network radio brands including Capital, Heart and Real, intends to make a submission to […]
ERT, or the Hellenic Broadcasting Corp, went dark late on June 11th. The decision to pull the plug on all state broadcasting was not unexpected, but most locals doubted that the threat would be carried out. Some 3,000 staff are affected, and the government has said that employees can now start re-applying for their jobs […]
Forty-eight per cent of adults in the UK listen to audio or radio online each week, an estimated weekly audience of 25 million, according to results from the first Audiometrics market research to measure listening behaviour. The survey of 3,000 UK adults (aged 15 and over) found that the weekly reach of online audio and […]
Apple has announced iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service featuring over 200 stations and catalogue of music from the iTunes Store, combined with features tied in to iTunes’ functionality. The announcement, made at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, confounded suggestions that the service would be called ‘iRadio’. Users tuning into iTunes Radio on their iPhone, […]
Building on its success in the connected device space, Pandora, the Internet radio service, has unveiled tv.pandora.com, its next generation experience for the TV and latest innovation in delivering the personalised radio. Having launched on a single connected Blu-ray player in 2008, Pandora is now available through more than 1,000 partner integrations including more than […]
TuneIn has raised a new $25 million round of funding. TuneIn CEO John Donham says that he intends to spend the new funding on a monetisation strategy that could help radio broadcasters finally make money with their programming online, and in turn transform a $30 billion industry. TuneIn is offering access to live and on-demand […]
Apple’s plans for a radio streaming service have reportedly stalled again, with label bosses at Sony Music pushing for better terms in ongoing negotiations. Apple has has signed a deal with Universal Music, the largest of the three major record labels, and is reportedly close to an agreement with Warner Music. But according to the […]
Liberty Media-controlled pay-radio operator Sirius-XM is sticking to its forecasts that by the end of 2017 there will be around 100 million vehicles potentially able to pick up Sirius-XM’s satellite signals. By 2023 that number will be around 150 million. This is not to say that each of these vehicles will be paying for Sirius-XM, […]
John Malone’s Liberty Media posted improved Q1 after the inclusion of Sirius XM Radio in its financials and the separation of Starz, which was spun off into a separate company. Revenue increased from $35 million to $789 million in the first quarter. Adjusted operating income got into positive territory with an increase of $288 million […]