Radio merited relatively few mentions around Edinburgh over the weekend – reasonable enough as it is a TV conference – but the BBC director general Mark Thompson’s radio comments – not reported much – were significant on two fronts.
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Absolute Radio has announced that its interactive digital radio station dabbl will be taken down, less than a year after it was launched.
According to the new Ofcom Communications Market Report, media multi-tasking – for example, when a phone call is made while using the internet – accounts for 35% of all media consumption throughout the day.
According to a new forecast from ABI Research, HD digital radio is predicted to rapidly increase over the next few years, to a global “installed base” of 200 million by 2015.
Smooth Radio launched on Freesat today. This news follows a week after it joined Digital One, a national digital audio broadcasting platform (DAB).
RAJAR figures for Q2 2010 saw a stellar performance from commercial radio, which posted it’s highest share and reach since 2007.
Digital Radio put in a strong performance this quarter, posting substantial increases in share, reach and DAB ownership.
Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show is still number one in London, despite a good effort from its main rivals Heart 106.2 FM and Kiss 100.
Heart 106.2 FM is officially the Capital’s number one station, after shooting ahead of the old favourite Magic 105.4 to claim the highest weekly reach.
Commercial radio thrived in Q2 2010; increasing both its weekly reach and share of listening.