Global’s Heart has become the UK’s most popular radio brand, reaching 13.4 million listeners every week, overtaking Radio 2 for the first time, according to RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Limited). Global delivered a strong set of Q1 2025 figures, with a record 27.3 per cent of all radio listening, and more than 29 million people […]
SiriusXM shed around 303,000 self-pay subscribers in Q1 2025 on lower overall subscriber and advertising revenue. The US satellite audio giant ended the first quarter with 33 million total subscribers. In September 2024, the company completed its spin-off from controlling stockholder Liberty Media. Overall revenue fell 5 per cent to $2.06 billion (€1.82bn) down from […]
Ofcom has published the provisional conclusions of its assessments of the BBC’s plans to launch four new DAB+ stations and extend the hours of Radio 5 Sports Extra. In November 2024, the BBC published proposals to launch four new DAB+ stations: Radio 1 Dance, Radio 1 Anthems, a Radio 2 extension, and Radio 3 Unwind. […]
US pay-radio operator SiriusXM has laid off more staff. This follows on from around 100 jobs in January. The broadcaster is said to be at something of a crossroads as it refocuses its efforts on in-vehicle users and advertising-supported listening believed to be the company’s ‘free access’ plan. SiriusXM was spun off from its Liberty […]
Sky News has agreed a deal with IRN (Independent Radio News) to continue providing national and international news, sport, business and showbusiness content to commercial radio stations across the UK. Effective immediately, the renewal features an expanded agreement allowing IRN radio stations – including LBC, Absolute Radio, talkSPORT, Smooth Radio, Heart, Magic and Times Radio […]
Global has seen another consecutive quarter of growth, its sixth in a row, outperforming the commercial radio market and delivering another strong set of RAJAR figures (Q4 2024, 16th September 2024 – 15th December 2024), with 29.24 million people tuning in each week to Global’s brands with gains in reach and share in both the last quarter […]
According to a forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, market conditions are improving but remain underwhelming for the broader Radio Access Network (RAN) ecosystem as regional 5G coverage imbalances, slower data traffic growth, and monetisation challenges are weighing on the market. Following […]
Global, the Media & Entertainment group, has created and launched a new marketing campaign to promote the UK’s most popular classical music station, Classic FM. The campaign, “You May Not Know The Name, But You Will Know The Music,” has been produced in-house at Global and it showcases how ingrained classical music is in popular culture. […]
LG Electronics has launched LG Radio+, the company’s ad-supported audio streaming service, now available on LG smart TVs running webOS 6.0 and above. This new service allows users to access a selection of podcasts and radio programmes. For a streamlined user experience, LG Radio+ will work with the LG ThinQ app, providing users with a […]
SiriusXM has appointed a new chief operating officer and laid out a new strategic vision with a greater focus on cost cuts and on its car subscription business. The company will target an initial saving of $200 million (€190.2m) a year, according to a press release, after delivering about $350 million of run rate savings […]