Category Archives: Technology

Dabbl is going back into the lab for further experimentation.

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 [...]

Absolute Radio 90s UK – by Tony Moorey

The UK’s Only 90s Radio Station is just two months old, but in that time has already built up a loyal and often vocal fan-base. The two most frequently asked questions are:  

‘Can more songs be added to the playlist?’
‘Will I be able to listen on DAB where I live?’

The answer to question 1 is yes! [...]

Zune, the Entertainment Platform and Portable Media Player from Microsoft

While looking through our podcast download stats, we noticed an increase in downloads to the ‘Zune’, what’s a Zune I hear you say…..well, let us tell you a bit more about this neat little entertainment platform and portable media player from Microsoft.
Launched last year, the first thing that you notice about the Zune HD is [...]

Brand New Iain Lee Show Mobile App Launches! And It’s Free! by Iain Lee

Hello you.
Iain Lee here. Hope you’re well and stuff. If you’re not, I may be able to help. And if you are well, I think I can make you even wellerer.
I can’t count the number of times I have been sat at home and wished that I had some of the mentals who called my [...]

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

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 [...]