Radioplayer launches new brand and new apps

Radioplayer has launched a re-designed app and a new brand, with a consumer advertising campaign across radio and outdoor. The app design, based on months of user-testing and prototyping, features a cleaner interface with the new Radioplayer branding, faster start-up and streaming, plus a new ‘high quality’ mode. There’s also a new expandable playbar, housing all the […]

Digital radio listening continues to grow in the UK

RAJAR Q3 results have been released and show steady growth for digital listening in the UK. With an increased weekly reach of 61% and 33 million adults tuning into digital radio every week, the share of digital radio still continues to rise. The most common avenue for digital listening is through DAB which has a 35.9% share […]

Pandora plans on-demand music and global expansion in dramatic strategic growth plan

(17.11.15) Yesterday’s announcement that Pandora intends to acquire Rdio assets in a bankruptcy auction focused attention on Rdio’s unpredicted demise. An examination of Pandora’s remarks during a conference call flesh out how the acquisition fits in to Pandora larger plan. CEO Brian McAndrews used the Rdio acquisition as a pivot point to sketch a dramatically enlarged […]