We’re very proud to announce that we’ve been nominated for three awards at the second annual Radio Ink Digital Awards, which will be presented in Santa Clara, California, next month. The Awards come at the end of the 2012 Convergence Conference, which is described not as a radio conference, but as “an internet conference for radio”.
Our Instream Targeted Advertising is up for ‘Best Client-Focused Digital Solution’, the 80s Remixer App is in the running for ‘Best Radio App’, and Live Scores Football Data is nominated for Most Original Database/Digital Marketing Campaign. Congratulations to everyone involved in the entries!
The judges had this to say about Absolute Radio’s work in the last year:
“Your innovative approach in the use of digital platforms demonstrate the vision and creativity radio needs to continue to grow, and we applaud your efforts.”
See the full list of nominees and find out more about the awards here.
It just got a lot easier to listen to one of Absolute Radio’s digital services in London.
Today saw Olympic gold medal winner Dame Kelly Holmes scale the BT Tower to switch on one of four new digital radio transmitters. Together they will give a stronger digital signal to over 9 million listeners meaning that Absolute Radio’s digital services are now available to an additional one million Londoners for the first time.
Almost half (48.3%) of Londoners own a DAB digital radio and over 55% of London listeners listen on a digital platform every week – and there’s good news if you want to listen to Absolute Radio in your car too: the boost in signal strength means that 99% of the London road network within the M25 now enjoys a robust digital radio signal. The latest figures show that listening to digital radio in-car is now more popular than ever and the number of cars fitted with digital radio as standard more than doubled over the past year to nearly a quarter (23%).
This comes just ahead of the Olympics and means even more Londoners will be able to enjoy Absolute Radio’s latest signing Johnny Vaughan. Johnny is hosting a daily show throughout The Games featuring interviews with comedians, presenters and Olympians with laugh out loud features on all the big events, the obscure sports, plus all of the day’s talking points on and off the track. All accompanied by exclusive live music performances to celebrate the arrival of the ‘greatest show on earth’.
To read about what others are saying about this announcement read here.
This week’s RadioTalk is a look back at our Redefining Radio event. The podcast is presented by Matt Deegan and is a round table discussion on how the internet is transforming radio, especially relating to partnerships, social media, targeted advertising, new platforms and devices and digital strategies.
The podcast has some audio from the Redefining Radio event itself including:
Ed Vaizey MP’s opening
comments, relating to the UK’s digital strategy and the importance of
radio within that
James Wigley’s
presentation of Absolute Radio’s Instream model
Tim Davie’s comments on
the importance of growth and innovation in the radio industry and what new
opportunities are on the horizon
We promised you video content from yesterday’s Redefining Radio event at the Houses of Parliament – and here it is. For more information on the event itself, please see the posts below this one on the blog, and follow @onegoldensquare on Twitter. It’s the official account from the Absolute Radio team at One Golden Square, keeping you up to date with our latest news and innovations.
Search for #redefiningradio on Twitter to see the live Tweets from the event itself, and use it to join in the debate!
Ed Vaizey MP – the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
Ed Vaizey was the ‘most met minister’ in 2010, and he once called for ‘speed dating’ sessions with his fellow ministers, due to the limited amount of time he gets to spend with them. As well as his career in Westminster, he has also been a freelance political commentator who’s written regularly for The Guardian, and appeared on TV shows including Despatch Box and The Wright Stuff.
Clive Dickens – Chief Operating Officer, Absolute Radio
Clive is at the forefront of digital innovation and thought leadership, and has helped to significantly grow the business over the last twelve months, making Absolute Radio the most awarded commercial radio station in 2011. Clive oversees all of the station’s major digital initiatives, developed and designed as part of One Golden Square Labs – a digital working group led by Dickens, set up at Absolute Radio to develop applications for the web and new and emerging platforms, including mobile, wi-fi radio, and next-generations DAB.
Here is the slideshow to accompany Clive’s presentation:
One of the most influential opinion-formers in European radio, Tim is also the founding director of UK Radio Player. He has overall responsibility for BBC Radios 1, 2, 3, 4 and the BBC digital-only stations 6 Music, 1Xtra, Radio 4 Extra and the Asian Network. He’s also a trustee of BBC Children in Need, a board member of Rajar, Radioplayer and DRUK.
Karla Geci – Director of Strategic Partner Development, Facebook
Originally from the USA, Karla has lived and worked in the UK since 2001. She works with broadcasters, media companies and content owners who want to leverage the Facebook platform to build social applications and experiences across their web properties and Facebook pages.
James Wigley – Head of Digital Sales, Absolute Radio
Before joining the team at Absolute Radio, James worked in digital at Mediacom, News International, and Channel 4 – and here he speaks about the new Absolute Radio InStream product, involving targeting advertising, which is set to launch in February 2012.
Here is the slideshow to accompany James’s presentation:
Rohan Oommen – General Manager of Xbox LIVE in EMEA, Microsoft
Rohan has been at Microsoft for 9 years, and before that worked as a brand manager at Nestle. He’s responsible for driving the business strategy to expand the hugely succesful Xbox LIVE entertainment service to the PC and internet. He joined the Xbox team when LIVE was just a concept – until last year he managed the subscriptions on the service, with over 20 million members. Xbox has pioneered the ‘logged-in’ business model, directly relating to the Absolute Radio’s Instream product.
Dave Gorman – comedian and presenter, Absolute Radio
Dave is a pioneer of ‘documentary comedy’, and his shows have been massively popular in the USA and in the UK. He’s seen huge success on TV, as well as with shows including Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure, and he has also written three Sunday Times bestselling books. He is a presenter on Sunday mornings from 10-12 on Absolute Radio.
Videos of each speaker will be available tomorrow morning – so don’t forget to check back then.
Redefining Radio was a huge success this morning at the Houses of Parliament in London. Speakers at the prestigious invite-only event included Ed Vaizey – Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Karla Geci – Strategic Partner Development – Facebook, Tim Davie – Director of BBC Audio & Music & Founding Director at UK Radioplayer Ltd, Clive Dickens – COO Absolute Radio & Non-Exec Director at UK Radioplayer Ltd, Comedian, Writer and Broadcaster Dave Gorman and Rohan Oommen, General Manager of the Xbox LIVE business in EMEA.
Topics under scrutiny included the future of radio in a digital world, specifically instream advertising, the importance of ‘logged in listening’, radio within social media, partnerships, and the thought that there is a huge potential in the radio industry in 2012 and beyond, as long as radio pushes towards ‘creative renewal’.
Videos of all of the speakers from today’s event will be available right here tomorrow morning.
Don’t forget to follow @onegoldensquare on Twitter for all our latest updates, and to look back at the live Tweeting from the event itself search for #redefiningradio
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