Category Archives: labs

Dabbl is going back into the lab for further experimentation.

24Aug

Dabbl is Absolute Radio’s experimental radio station platform, dreamt up by the One Golden Square Labs team. Its aim is to enable a radio station’s audience to power its playlist.  Since December 2009 the dabbl technology has been powering a radio station of the same name 24 hours a day, allowing listeners to browse or search [...]

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Posted by cat on August 24, 2010

Absolute Radio host the BBC’s Audio & Music interactive team

06Aug

On Wednesday, Absolute Radio played host to The BBC’s Audio & Music interactive department, the team that look after all web activity, red button and social networks for the BBC radio stations, music programmes on the TV and all the big annual events including The Proms, Glastonbury and so on.
This team meets four times a [...]

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Posted by paul on August 6, 2010

Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Football iPhone app now available by David Kenny

04Aug

We recently launched Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Football with Sky Sports, giving you the chance to pick your ultimate team for this season’s Barclays Premier League. There’s £20,000 for the overall winner and thanks to Sky Sports there are also Manager of the Month prizes of a year’s Sky+HD.
With so much at stake it’s no [...]

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Posted by David Kenny on August 4, 2010

Absolute Radio background streaming on the iPhone

25Jun

In case you missed it, Apple launched it’s latest iPhone yesterday. Like all new Apple device launches of late, the iPhone 4 saw queues of customers outside O2 and Apple stores across the country.
The iPhone4 is powered by the latest Apple OS, iOS4, which is also available for the 3G and 3GS. iOS4 launched last [...]

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Posted by paul on June 25, 2010

Free Access to 10,000 Episodes Through Our New Podcast Directory – By Anthony Abbott

17Jun

On the back of the huge success we’ve had with audio and video on-demand content, Absolute Radio has launched an all-new podcast directory at www.absoluteradio.co.uk/podcasts.
The directory now features free downloads from the station’s presenters including Breakfast Show DJ Christian O’Connell, Hometime DJ Geoff Lloyd, Frank Skinner, Dave Gorman and Iain Lee, as well as one-off [...]

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Posted by rhiannon on June 17, 2010