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Now Even Radio Feels Threatened By BBC Local Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:45 AM PST

It’s one thing local newspapers grumbling about the BBC’s proposal to add 20 minutes of daily news video for its 65 existing local sites - but radio… ? RadioCentre, commercial…

Rajar Desperate To Show Internet Helps, Not Hinders Radio - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 02 Jul 2008 06:33 AM PST

UK online radio grew from 8.1 million weekly listeners in November to 9.4 million through April and May, according to Rajar‘s latest questionable poll (pdf). The number who have ever…

EMI Unlocks All Its Artists’ Performances On BBC; Extensive Marketing Collaboration In The Works - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 11 Jun 2008 12:17 PM PST

EMI Music has agreed to allow the BBC to release its artists’ TV and radio performances that are currently in the broadcaster’s archives. The deal that will let both entities…

UPDATE: Cliq Fails To Click, Mobile/Radio Music Service Closes With £2 Million Loss - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 11 Jun 2008 01:39 AM PST

Well, that was embarrassing. UBC Media’s Cliq mobile/radio music download service is shutting down today, a year after the radio outfit invested £1.6 million in the project, UBC said, confirming…

Radio News Supplier IRN Signs Online Video Deal - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 02 Jun 2008 05:07 AM PST

Commercial radio news supplier IRN has signed a deal with the UK’s largest radio groups—Gcap, GMG, Tindle, Lincs and TLRC stations—to provide them with a breaking news video service on…

Virgin Radio Sold To Times of India Publisher For $106 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 01 Jun 2008 12:14 AM PST

Indian media company Bennett, Coleman & Co, owner of Times of India newspaper, has made its biggest international buy: it has bought out UK’s Virgin Radio for about $106 million.…

4Radio Seeks Branded DAB Radio Tuner For iPods, Mobiles - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 27 May 2008 12:10 AM PST

Channel 4 Radio is talking to DAB radio makers about launching a £20 branded mini tuner for iPods and mobile phones, as it looks to build a head of steam…

Broadband Content Bits: MySpace ‘Radio’; WiiWare; BBC Vlog/iPlayer - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 20 May 2008 06:14 AM PST

-- MySpace: MySpace UK is doing it first branded “radio show” - the weekly, hour-long Mars Planets Radio (the clue’s in the name), hosted by Alex Zane. Not just Zane…

Orange Unveils LiveRadio For WiFi Net Radio In UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 19 May 2008 01:14 AM PST

After home broadband and TV, add another service to Orange’s growing arsenal - radio. The telco is unveiling LiveRadio, a WiFi-enabled radio device that comes with access to more than…

UK Bits: PlayerX/Paramount, Holy Moly TV, TalkSport Mag, MySpace Games, CNET Mobile - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 07 May 2008 12:23 PM PST

-- Player X/Paramount: Mobile media producer Player X has been enlisted by Paramount Mobile Entertainment to produce games and short video series based on its formts, C21 reports, calling the…

AOL Radio Launches - Last.fm By Another Name - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 07 May 2008 11:26 AM PST

AOL (NYSE: TWX) has started replicating its recently launched Last.fm-powered AOL Radio in its European markets, starting with France, Germany and the UK. Despite living at radio.aol.co.uk, the site is…

Earnings: Lagardere Q1 Revenue Flat Overall, Digital Rises Sharply - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 07 May 2008 03:28 AM PST

French media giant Lagardere reported earnings for the three months ending 31 March 2008 on Tuesday. Consolidated revenues for the entire group were down 4 percent to 1.8 billion euros…

Broadband Content Bits: C4 Catch Up; Gurgle Books; Cheapflights; Virgin Radio TV; ITV Social Support - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 02 May 2008 02:42 AM PST

— Online Catch Up For Channel 4: Channel 4 has rolled out a free seven-day catch-up service on channel4.com, reports NMA.co.uk. The click-and-play streaming service is in addition to its…

Radio Bits: 4Radio Strife, Networked Programming, Rajar Online Survey - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 28 Apr 2008 08:48 AM PST

Uncertainty around DAB and the costs involved in launching digital radio operations persist… -- 4Radio: Channel 4 assures the multi-channel radio operation it planned to launch on the second DAB…

CBS Radio Getting Closer To Last.fm; Partnership For Streaming - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 01 Apr 2008 08:32 AM PST

CBS (NYSE: CBS) Radio is to begin adding its streams to Last.fm, in the first real integration of the social music site with its new owner since the $280 million…

GCap Board Agrees Global Takeover; Where Now For Online Radio? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 31 Mar 2008 10:53 AM PST

After weeks of negotiation, Charles Allen’s Global Radio has finally sealed the deal to buy UK commercial radio leader GCap Media, throwing the latter’s recent turnaround strategy in to question.…

BBC And ITV Seek Legal Advice Against Listings Aggregator TVguide.co.uk - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Thu 27 Mar 2008 06:23 AM PST

The BBC and ITV (LSE: ITV) have sought the advice of lawyers to determine whether the deep-linking that online TV listings site TVguide.co.uk does to their online video streaming is…

GCap Retreats From DAB, Regional Xfm To Focus On Broadband, FM - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 11 Feb 2008 01:21 AM PST

In a sign of crisis for digital radio, UK commercial radio leader GCap will, as expected, sell its 67 percent stake in the DigitalOne DAB multiplex as part of cost-cutting…

Last.fm Agrees To Pay Musicians For Web Radio Streams - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 06 Feb 2008 08:07 AM PST

Last.fm tells us it has agreed to pay performance royalties to the PPL collection society for songs it streams over its web radio service in the UK. It’s a somewhat…

Online Radio: 23.7 Percent Listen, Podcast Users Fickle: Research - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 01 Feb 2008 03:20 AM PST

The fall in radio audiences has long been blamed on the growth of online and iPods amongst younger listeners. In the week the latest Rajar figures showed further declines in…

GCap’s Hazlitt: A Radio Head With Online Tenure - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 21 Dec 2007 01:50 AM PST

Fru Hazlitt, who, we revealed yesterday, has been named CEO of commercial radio group GCap, was hired in part thanks to her online experience. Hazlitt was with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO)…

Bebo, GCap Pick iTunes Store For Legal Music Downloads - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 20 Dec 2007 02:10 AM PST

There’s still life in the old dog yet. Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL) biz dev guys have been busy bees - both Bebo and UK commercial radio leader GCap have decided to…

BBC Integrates Online Radio With iPlayer - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 12 Dec 2007 08:28 AM PST

The BBC has rebadged its web radio player “iPlayer Radio” ahead of radio being fully integrated in to the online catch-up TV offering in 2008. The player lets listeners hear…

UK Digital Penetration Driven By Cheapest Bundles: Ofcom - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 12 Dec 2007 07:48 AM PST

British consumers are getting some of the best deals for broadband, mobile and television services in Europe, thanks to cheap bundled services, according to an exhaustive report from Ofcom, looking…

France’s Multimedia Radio Choice Ruffles Feathers - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 11 Dec 2007 02:29 AM PST

France has decided to eschew the DAB+ standard for its digital radio rollout and use the DMB format more commonly associated with mobile TV delivery, despite criticism the move will…