Category Archives: Technology

The New Internet?

While the true birth of the internet is often contested, it is widely held that the internet we have come to love only really came about when some very clever people around 1978 developed a standard for computer networks to talk to one another easily and reliably called “TCP/IP”. This new interNETWORK (hence “internet”) was [...]

Absolute Radio Hires New Head of Digital Sales from Channel 4

Absolute Radio has hired James Wigley as new Head of Digital Sales from Channel 4 to recruit & lead an expanded  digital team with an objective to double revenue growth by the end of the year and prove even better engagement, improved accountability and effectiveness for commercial partners on the Absolute Radio Online & Mobile [...]

Absolute 80s now available in the Apple Mac App store

Following the success of our Absolute Radio Mac App, we’re please to say that we have now launched the Mac App for Absolute 80s and it’s available to download now from the Mac App Store. Mac users can now download the Absolute 80s Mac App from the Apple Mac App store and enjoy the best [...]

Radioplayer Live on Radio 4 PM Programme

Last Thursday, Michael Hill of Radioplayer gave Eddie Mair of PM a live demo on Radio 4. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Feel free to listen to the full five minutes, but you could just jump to 4 mins and hear Absolute 80s get a nice mention! (1.2m people hear PM at 17:45 [...]

Vote Ronnie!…….and other Sony Nominations by Paul Sylvester

It’s been a brilliant day at Absolute Radio after a great night at the Sony Award Nominations. To get 15 nods was beyond our wildest dreams and is testament to the great teams which produce our shows, develop our technology and deliver our branded content. Last year we were overwhelmed by 11 nominations and so [...]