Category Archives: What others are saying

Cliffgate

Leading up to the launch of Absolute Radio 60s, we announced that our playlist would be focusing on the really influential bands of the 60s – the ones who changed music forever and inspired today’s artists. These included the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and Aretha Franklin… But not Sir Cliff [...]

The World’s First Ever Crowd-Sourced Christmas Single

Cult comedy star and voice of Absolute Radio, Matt Berry – best known for playing idiots in award winning comedy shows such as ‘The I.T. Crowd’  – is set to release the world’s first ever crowd-sourced Christmas song in aid of Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity.  Matt has recorded a demo video of the track [...]

Radioplayer – beyond the UK?

  A quick note about a potentially exciting development for UK Radioplayer. There’s been a fair amount of International interest in what’s going on over here in the UK – which isn’t surprising, as in many ways Radioplayer is breaking new ground, with the evolution of radio on connected devices. This has prompted enquiries about how other countries could adopt similar [...]

Absolute Radio Dramatically Cuts Losses

Absolute Radio today reported a dramatic reduction in losses for the group in 2010, reflecting significant progress, despite an exceptionally difficult and uncertain economic climate and a nervous advertising market. Financial statements for 2010, filed today, show the group slashed its losses by more than 58%, to £5.973m as compared to £14.486m in the previous [...]

Absolute Radio Reveals its Radioplayer Search Referrals Traffic

In June, Absolute Radio revealed that listening through Radioplayer accounted for over half (53%) of the Absolute Radio   Network’s 7.2m hours of online UK streaming. In August a ‘snap-shot’ showed Radioplayer with a massive 6.7 million unique browsers over the previous four weekly period. Radioplayer has continued to innovate, becoming connected on Facebook which enabled [...]