The Global Media and Entertainment Talent Manifesto has announced the launch of On Air, a global student-led broadcast taking place on 16 October 2025. Spanning 26 hours and produced by teams from Auckland to Los Angeles, On Air will be the world’s largest student broadcast, delivering a continuous stream of original and pre-recorded content managed […]
Ofcom has published research looking at how people in the UK listen to different content and platforms. The findings are based on the media regulator’s 2025 annual Audio and Podcast Surveys, in which it ask people about their use of and attitudes towards different types of audio. The research highlights a range of findings: Podcasts […]
Disney’s Lilo & Stitch and Capital, the UK music station, have joined forces to bring some mischief and chaos to listeners in a fun-filled campaign to celebrate the in cinemas release of the live-action Lilo & Stitch movie. This week, Stitch – one of the only Disney characters who breaks the fourth wall – is taking […]
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 […]