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The take-up of digital radio in the UK is set to get a boost in the coming months as a number of retailers today announced plans to stock digital audio broadcasting (DAB) receivers in their stores. GWR Group, a champion of the DAB platform, today said that Sainsbury’s will be stocking digital radios in 125… Continue reading UK Supermarkets To Stock Digital Radio Receivers

Analysis of the latest RAJAR listening figures for the second quarter of 2003 reveals a positive performance for All Commercial Radio, which saw its share of listening increase by 0.4% points period on period to just below 45%. Meanwhile, the lead enjoyed by All BBC was narrowed by a 0.5% points decline, which reduced its… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2003: Strong Performance For National Commercial Radio

RAJAR listening figures for the second quarter of 2003 reveal a rather lacklustre period Capital 95.8 FM, which saw its weekly reach decline by 4.9% year on year to just over 2.6 million, despite a high profile ad campaign and a re-vamp of its flagship breakfast show (see Capital Lures New Listeners With Major Ad… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q2 2003: Capital’s Dominance Dips As London Competition Grows

The web is the most popular medium among teenagers and young adults in the US, according to a recent study commissioned by Yahoo! and Carat North America. A survey carried out in June by Harris Interactive and Teenage Research Unlimited found that people aged between 13 and 24 spent an average of 16.7 hours per… Continue reading Young People Spend More Time Online Than Watching TV

Following a less than impressive second quarter, analysts have revised their outlook for US radio advertising and growth in this sector is predicted to be less than originally envisaged. Radio revenues were flat during May (see US Radio Revenue Flat In May, Q3 Growth Predicted) and Merrill Lynch is sticking to its Q2 growth forecast… Continue reading US Radio Update From Merrill Lynch

US radio revenues were flat during May, after returning to a slight growth during April (see US Radio Returns 1% Growth In April), according to the latest figures from the US Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB). Local revenues saw no growth, whilst national spend rose by 4% in May; combined the total radio market was flat.… Continue reading US Radio Revenue Flat In May, Q3 Growth Predicted

Up to half a million digital radio sets could be in use by the end of this year, following 170% growth in sales in 2002, according to new figures from the Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB). Only 175,000 DAB radios had been sold by the end of May this year, but the DRDB predicts that… Continue reading Digital Radio Sales Could Hit 1 Million By 2004, Says DRDB

While Carlton and Granada go to greater and greater lengths to push through their long-awaited merger, analysts have warned that the second half of 2003 is likely to bring only ‘minimal’ growth for UK TV advertising. Further down the line, there are fears that PVRs could lead to greater fragmentation in the TV industry. A… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Broadcasting Chiefs Look To The Future

After slipping back by 2% in March (see US Radio Revenues Dip 2% In March After Strong Start To The Year), the US radio sector has returned to slight growth in April, up by 1% year on year. According to the latest data from the US Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB), local and national revenues both… Continue reading US Radio Returns 1% Growth In April

The UK’s smaller radio operators have shown stronger advertising revenue growth than their larger competitors in the latest round of financial results. Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) and Chrysalis have both reported better trading figures than the major operators of GWR Group, EMAP and Capital Radio. SRH saw its first half advertising revenues rise by 5.3%,… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Smaller Radio Groups Outperform Major Operators