ftm Radio Page - December 2, 2016

So much audio content calls for another mobile app
“situational collections”

Packaging audio content for online and mobile distribution is very much the rage for broadcasters. It follows the video-on-demand services model and, even, the news agency model; produce once, publish many times. Music-based content is tied up in rights contracts but many radio broadcasters produce vast quantities of speech-based content ready for extended distribution.

German public broadcasting network ARD is preparing an audio-app set for mobile users “personalizable, curated and… combined in a unique way,” said ARD radio committee chairman Nathalie Wappler, quoted by German media portal dwdl.de (November 23). The audio-app will offer “situational collections” for, well, joggers and the like. All 60 regional public radio channels and the national Deutschlandradio channels will participate. Lift-off is expected in mid-2017.

Private broadcasters association VPRT swiftly called the new service “incomprehensible,” in a statement (See here - in German). “The ARD has shown again that it is difficult to achieve fair competition in a dual (public-private) system.”

The ARD announcement coincides with a similar, less specific plan brought forward by BBC general director Tony Hall.

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• France - Greater Paris Radio Audience (November 2016)
  national and local channels, market share, trend
• France - National Radio Audience (November 2016)
  national channels, sectors, market share, reach/TSL
• Czech Republic - Radio Audience (November 2016)
  Top stations, national survey, reach trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (October 2016)
  market share, trend, sectors
• UK - London Radio Audience (October 2016)
  market share, trend
• UK - National Radio Audience (October 2016)
  BBC/commercial 'gap'
• France - National Radio Summer Audience (September 2016)
  national channels, summer period 2011-2016 trend
• Germany - Radio Audience (July 2016)
  leading stations, audience trend, daily reach
• Switzerland - Radio listening by region (July 2016)
  public and private sectors, penetration, time spent listening
• Switzerland - French region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Swiss-German region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Switzerland - Italian region Radio Audience (July 2016)
  share, trend
• Italy - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (July 2016)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, audience reach/share, management
• Spain - National Radio Audience (April 2016)
  national channels, reach share, trend
• Sweden - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (February 2016)
  public and private radio channels, owners, management, national market share trend
• Poland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (January 2016)
  public and private radio channels, owners, management, platforms, market share
• Estonia - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Spain - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (December 2015)
  public and private broadcasting companies, channels, management, platforms, audience estimates
• Ireland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (November 2015)
  national public and commercial radio channels, major local/regional stations, management, listening share
• Finland - Major Media - Radio Broadcasting (September 2015)
  public and private radio channels, management, market share, platforms
• Ireland - National Radio Audience (August 2015)
  market share, 07h00-19h00, trend
• Ireland - Dublin Radio Audience (August 2015)
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