UK Radio and the UK Radioplayer James Cridland Radioplayer Worldwide UK radio industry overview
BBC ● 53.4% share of listening ● Entirely funded by TV licence fee of €175 per year ● Carries no advertising (on radio or TV)
Private Radio - “Commercial Radio” ● 43.9% share of listening Stations
BBC ● 10 national radio stations (5 on analogue) ● 40 local or regional radio stations
Private radio ● ~15 national radio stations (3 on analogue) ● growing national brands and programming on 300 local or regional radio stations Two main private radio companies
Global Radio ● 47% of all commercial radio listening ● ...forced to sell some radio stations they have recently bought Bauer Media Group ● 27% of all commercial radio listening ● ...recently bought Absolute Radio and Planet Rock Advertising market in 2012
Local sales £153.1m €183.6m
National sales £285.2m €341.6m
Brand integration £114.3m €137.2m
Total: £552.7m €662.7m Public and private radio work together
RAJAR - radio audience research Digital Radio UK Radio Academy Radioplayer
+ RadioCentre and RAB (commercial only) UK radio is going multi-platform
AM/FM 59.6%
DAB 23%
DTV 5.2%
Online 5.7%
What is Radioplayer?
On the desktop ● a simple, consistent, player ● find it by hitting “listen live” from a radio station’s website ● or use an app for Windows, Mac or Chrome browser ● entire experience controlled and hosted by the radio station What is Radioplayer?
On mobile phones ● one player for all UK radio ● designed to help listeners discover new radio stations ● designed to promote own station apps if required ● listening experience controlled by the radio station ● on iPhone and Android What is Radioplayer?
On tablets ● designed to help listeners discover new radio stations ● listening experience controlled by the radio station ● on iPad and Android Why we need Radioplayer
● Radio stations can compete on content, and collaborate on technology: ensuring that radio stations and their digital teams focus on content for their website, not re-inventing an inconsistent player
● On average, listeners choose more than one radio station per week. Radioplayer helps make their online experience consistent and simple, whatever station, so they listen longer
● Online is an increasingly important part of radio listening. Radioplayer is owned and run by the radio industry, so we remain in control of our future: unlike TuneIn, radio.de and others Why we need Radioplayer (2)
● Radioplayer keeps listeners coming to your radio station website. You are in control of the main plugin area within the player: and you host your own player, too, for maximum flexibility and accountability
● With one contact point to add radio, the radio industry benefits from simple and straightforward integration into other devices like cars, tablets and laptops. Radioplayer has already been pre-installed in laptops available from some of the UK's biggest retailers
● One contact point and one player technology opens opportunities for simple and enhanced advertising across all commercial radio stations. Who is in Radioplayer?
● In the UK, we have decided to only list radio stations with an offical Ofcom licence. This gives us a quality guarantee as well as keeps the choice of stations within a clear editorial boundary.
● There are around 350 stations in Radioplayer on desktop, including BBC, Global Radio, Bauer Media, and more How does Radioplayer work?
● Radioplayer is a not-for-profit organisation, joint- owned by the radio industry: including the BBC, Global Radio, Absolute Radio and RadioCentre
● Radio stations are charged for carriage within Radioplayer, based on their size and structure
● Radioplayer uses revenues to run the service and work on R&D opportunities for the industry DE Radioplayer?
● The technology behind Radioplayer is proven and robust and available for licence on a territorial basis. Licencees include Norway, and advanced discussions are going on with four other territories. James Cridland Radioplayer Worldwide [email protected]