Happy 2013 everyone, and welcome to a new year! 2013 promises to be an interesting year for digital TV and radio in the UK, and as it’s the first day of a new year, it’s always good to take stock and see what’s happened in the last twelve months. Rather than present you with a [...]

If you have one or more DAB Digital Radios, you’ll need to retune them today, March the 1st 2012. Users of the Freeview TV system will be familiar with the concept of occasionally re-tuning to ensure that the full range of channels is stored correctly, and today’s Digital Radio Retune is no different – it’s [...]

Ho, Ho, Ho!  To help you get in the festive mood, Smooth Radio will be launching a national Christmas radio station, Smooth Xmas. The station will be going live on Tuesday the 1st of November on the national DAB multiplex. The station will be running nationwide until the 27th of December 2011, alongside the existing [...]

The audience figures for the first three months of the year are out, and radio listening has hit an all-time high. According to research from RAJAR, 47.3 million people now listen to radio each week – that’s 91.6% of the population over the age of 14. Another way to look at the numbers – 1,058 [...]

Today sees the launch of the long-awaited RadioPlayer. This is a web-based player that provides online listeners with access to around 150 radio stations – mixing local and national stations, and more importantly, BBC and commercial radio stations. It’s free. The RadioPlayer also provides access to a selection of on-demand content, mostly from the BBC iPlayer. The [...]

It looks like the future of the BBC Asian Network may have been secured. In March 2010, the BBC announced plans to kill 6 Music and the Asian Network. After massive campaigns, 6 Music got a reprieve. It looks like the Asian Network will also be surviving according to today’s announcement, but on a slashed [...]

Digital Radio service Traffic Radio is to be scrapped from August 2011 as part of the Government funding cuts. The service launched in 2007 providing 24 hour traffic and travel news on DAB, but will cease in August 2011 when the current contract with information provider GTN comes to an end. More on this story: [...]

Digital Radio was meant to change the way we listen to radio, offer superior quality and wider choice. As we’ve reported here in previous years, the transition to DAB has not been a smooth one, leading to many being concerned for the future of DAB. DAB’s past, present and future is the subject of a [...]

NME’s music channel is now available on Freesat. NME TV can be found on Freesat channel 503. The channel can also be found on Sky channel 382. This news comes days after the decision to close the NME Radio service, which has been broadcasting on Sky, DAB, Virgin and on Freesat channel 727.

Music station NME Radio is set to cease broadcasting within the next couple of weeks. The station, a spin-off from NME Magazine launched in June 2008, and was operated by DX Media. NME Radio will shortly cease to broadcast the music service DAB digital radio, Sky Digital, Virgin Media and Freesat.

One of the national DAB stations is to fall silent today. The Asian service Panjab Radio is to leave the Digital One national multiplex on 31st May 2010. The service will continue on Sky Digital’s radio service. A few days ago, London saw the departure of one of their stations, Q Radio, which was an [...]

The BBC has announced that it will start to broadcast BBC One in HD. This will be in addition to the existing BBC HD channel. Expected to start from Autumn 2010, the new BBC One HD service will be a simulcast of the main BBC One output, bringing HD content including EastEnders, Holby City, The [...]

We all know that DAB radio is having a tough time at the moment, even though the recent RAJAR audience research shows an increase in digital radio listening. The Government is keen to push ahead with the plans to scrap FM radio and get us all onto digital radio as early as 2015, and the [...]

A new national DAB has launched on the Digital One multiplex. Kids of the 80′s can now listen to the likes of Human League, U2, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Simple Minds, Duran Duran, Prince, ABC, Depeche Mode, Blondie Bon Jovi, Bananarama, Culture Club and Madonna on Absolute 80s, which until now, as only been available [...]

Hot off the press, a brand new show from our Podcast team. Our presenters Pete and Carl talk about the future of TV, radio and the Internet, as we look at how the Government’s new, and controversial, Digital Economy Act affects you. As well as looking at what the digital future has in store, we [...]

Following the recent speculation about the future of the Beeb’s music station 6 Music, it has today be confirmed by BBC Director General Mark Thompson that the proposed closure of 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network is indeed on the cards. Additionally, there will be a significant reduction in the BBC’s online presence, cutbacks [...]

The BBC is rumoured to be considering axing two digital radio services, 6 Music and the BBC Asian Network, as part of a cost-cutting drive. The Beeb is apparently also planning to scale back its online web presence with a reported 25% of its online content under threat. 6 Music pulls in 695,000 listeners a [...]

Good news for DAB radio listeners – another DAB station has joined the national commercial channel – NME Radio. According to Sammy Jacob, NME Radio’s Managing and Programming Director, “NME Radio is extremely passionate about the music it plays, especially the promotion of great new acts. Being able to share that passion with a wider [...]

Digital station ourkindofmusic has been removed from the digital radio platform. The station was available until today on the local DAB multiplexes for Bristol and Bath, Swindon, Reading and Basingstoke, and Southend and Chelmsford. The station started in 2005 and featured jazz and easy-listening music from the likes of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin and Gershwin. [...]

Fun Kids, the 2009 Sony Radio Digital Station of the year, will be broadcasting on the national DAB network throughout the summer. Fun Kids starts broadcasting from 27th June and will be on-air until 3 October.