Award ceremonies these days are common place but none are so steeped in tradition, pomp and circumstance as the Absolute Radio Star. Nominated and judged by Absolute Radio peers, the fiercely competitive Absolute Radio Star celebrates the achievements and enduring hard work of One Golden Square staff members.
This time round the (massive) trophy was graciously passed on by previous winner Duncan Amey and awarded to the station’s well deserving Head of Legal Andrew Ryan!
Andrew has been at One Golden Square for about a year and has settled in extremely well, building up excellent relationships right across the company. He established himself as the first point of contact on legal matters., Andrew has handled numerous important legal matters in house rather than having to refer to external lawyers, most notably the sale of Golden Square Networks and (currently ongoing) negotiation of EPL rights –he was an integral part of our successful EPL bid team.
Andrew contributed significantly to our defence against the claim by Absolut Vodka of ‘trademark infringement’ and was heavily involved in negotiations for settlement of the Absolut Vodka case. And on top of all that Andrew was celebrated for the work he did on the festival contracts at exactly the same time as everything else.
Chris Goldson who headed up the judging panel for the Absolute Radio Star this time round had this to say: “I couldn’t be happier than to award Mr Ryan this enormous silver trophy. With his unending good humour and his winning, can-do attitude he really is a deserved winner!”
The playlist is out now.
Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds – Three Lions 2010 (17th May)
Re-recorded by ‘The Squad’ – David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, Ian Broudie of The Lightning Seeds and producer Trevor Horn. Three Lions 2010 also features Russell Brand, John Motson, Robbie Williams, opera singer Olivia Safe and The Official England Band and Supporters Club. A nation awaits glorious defeat in the semi-final on penalties, again. “It’s Coming Home!”
Muse – Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) (17th May)
New track which was made available digitally yesterday (17th of May). It features on the soundtrack (June 8th) to the latest film in the hugely popular ‘Twilight’ vampire series: ‘Eclipse’, which hits UK cinemas on July the 9th. Muse have appeared on both the two previous Twilight soundtracks, which have sold 6 million copies worldwide. The band are currently on a world tour supporting their latest album ‘Resistance’ and return to the UK to headline Glastonbury in June, plus stadium shows (including 2 dates at Wembley) in September.
Lissie – When I’m Alone (21st June)
Lissie Maurus hails from Rock Island, on the banks of the Mississippi, in Illinois USA. Her album ‘Catch A Tiger’ (21st June) was recorded in Nashville with one of Kings of Leon’s producers and has echoes of both Stevie Nicks and Janis Joplin. After her recent run of UK tour dates with Joshua Radin, Lissie plays 3 shows at Glastonbury as well as Latitude festival.
Feeder – Call Out (14th June)
Great new track which sees the Welsh band return to their rock roots. ‘Renegades’, their 7th album, is due for release in July and Feeder play the V Festival in August.
BADDIEL & SKINNER are to reunite on Absolute Radio this summer, resuming their position as the unofficial voice of football, supported by Sony Ericsson, Official Mobile Handset of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™. The duo, who launched the tournament’s first-ever podcasts in 2006 with their Sony Radio Academy Award-nominated series, are partnering up to record a brand new series of 20 free-of-charge podcasts. The first podcast will launch at 6am on Monday 24th May and listeners will then be able to subscribe to receive all of the subsequent episodes.
Baddiel & Skinner’s Absolute Radio Podcasts, with Sony Ericsson, Official Mobile Handset of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, will cover every single step of our team’s journey, giving listeners DAVID and FRANK’S take on the tournament. Each new podcast will be available at 6am each morning and packed with their familiar mix of, off-the-cuff banter and football fanaticism.
The duo will also be presenting weekly, hour-long specials for Absolute Radio live from South Africa and they’ll also be calling in to the Christian O’Connell breakfast show.
Subscribe for the free-of-charge series at absoluteradio.co.uk.
Today we are extremely excited to announce a new addition to our mobile family, Baddiel & Skinner’s Football Kit.
As the name suggests, the app is all the kit you’ll need to enjoy the football with your mates this summer, and features…
- A handy pub locator to find somewhere nearby to watch the football and let your friends know where to go to meet up.
- Score predictor game for you to record all of your pre-match predictions and find out which one of you has the best football knowledge.
- A Pub Fun area that includes illustrated goal celebrations, soundboards for your own match commentary, an authentic football rattle and red and yellow cards to help you referee your friends!
- A bespoke podcast player so that you can listen to and subscribe to Baddiel & Skinner’s Absolute Radio Podcasts this summer, and to warm up for that, you can already access the Absolute Radio Rock and Roll Sport Podcasts from the app.
Baddiel & Skinner’s Football Kit is available on two platforms at present, Android and iPhone.
It will retail at £2.99 for iPhone users from the iTunes app store. But thanks to Sony Ericsson, the Official Mobile Handset of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, and sponsor of Baddiel & Skinner’s Absolute Radio Podcasts, if you’re a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 or other compatible Android handset user you’ll be able to get the app for free from the Android Market.
Dave
Content discovery via search is extremely valuable to any business, but particularly a new brand such as Absolute Radio, where a web user can be exposed to a brand for the first time via a quick search for something on Google. On Thursday we rolled out a significant update to the absoluteradio.co.uk website following an in-depth look at how we optimise our websites for natural search.
As part of this work, we have re-launched our Absolute Radio music artist pages, which are now a nicer place to be, as well as being more Google-friendly :-)
Much of what has changed – such as HTML template structure and meta data – is for Google & Co.’s eyes only, but all of the changes will result in more people discovering what’s on offer from Absolute Radio. So, here what you will notice:
• A Music dropdown menu, providing you with one-click access to our featured artists such as The Beatles, Coldplay, and Florence and The Machine.
• An all-new artists section, featuring our favourite bands, and loads more of yours. These pages include a datastream of the latest news, videos, pictures, and tour information, as well as being a useful source of biographical and discography information.
• An easy share widget added to all pages on absoluteradio.co.uk. One click to share stuff with your friends on your favourite social network, including Facebook, Google Buzz and Twitter.
• A new, simplified website footer, with a link to our site map if you want to delve deeper.
Anthony
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Posted by adam on May 17, 2010
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