I’ve written about these satellite radio micro-channels before here and here and I hate to sound like a broken record, but I will.
Investing in creative, compelling programming pays off.
Sirius just announced that Coldplay will take over one of their channels (Alt Nation) for ten days beginning Friday, June 13th. The launch of the channel, Coldplay [...]
Categories: Commercial, Digital, Internet, Localism, Music, Podcasting, Production, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Alt Nation, Coldplay Nation, Programming, radio, Sirius
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- June 12, 2008 – 1:35 pm
- Author:
- By Billy Sabatini
Andrew Dubber’s post was right on.
As he pointed out, now that social engagement is moving from being a destination to a feature, it’s a big opportunity for radio.
Indeed.
Terrestrial radio has done a lot of things wrong in recent years but a way for them to get back in the game and re-establish their relevance is [...]
Categories: Digital, Internet, Localism, Management, Music, Podcasting, Production, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Collective Experience, Connection, Engagement, radio, Social Media
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- May 16, 2008 – 12:34 pm
- Author:
- By Billy Sabatini
The quarterly Rajar figures came out this week. Yet more records beaten at the BBC; yet more muted success at best (and disasters at worst) at the Independents. I don’t know of anywhere else where the state sector trashes the private sector quite so emphatically, do you?
But…. it really doesn’t have to be this way. [...]
Categories: Commercial, Localism, Management, Podcasting, Strategy
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- May 2, 2008 – 2:08 pm
- Author:
- By Robin Valk
Following on from Billy Sabbatini’s excellent post on the death or otherwise of Radio, I thought I’d post on something that’s been bothering me for a while.
What, exactly, do we mean by ‘Radio’?
Categories: Audience, Development, Digital, Internet, Podcasting, Programming
- Published:
- April 6, 2008 – 11:43 am
- Author:
- By Robin Valk