Category: Audio
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Classic FM Download Service
Classic FM has launched a download service, and guess what? It’s offering mp3s using eMusic as their partner. This is a smart move, and I might even give the service a bit of a go. But a couple of things: 1) They really should be shouting a bit more about the fact that they’re offering…
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TV and Radio on Phones
Lots of news today all built around DAB radios built into phones. First up is Virgin Mobile who have finally launched their Lobster 700 – well to the press at least. This is the phone that’s a Windows Smartphone with a DAB radio built in that lets you listen to the radio and also, via…
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Ad Funded Free Downloads?
So how is SprialFrog going to make money exactly? According to a piece in today’s FT (read it quick before it costs you), Universal Music is backing the service which will offer free downloads based on users experiencing ads. Unless we’re going to have to watch a whole series of ads, I can’t see how…
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Galloway in Beirut
“Gorgeous” George Galloway is presenting a couple of shows for Talksport live from Beirut this weekend in what his station has described (according to Mediaguardian) as “the first live radio phone-in broadcast from a war zone”. They are kidding aren’t they? Will he be hosting his show from southern Beirut? And did I not read…
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Hard Rock Cafe Party
A busy afternoon of not winning any Arqiva Radio Awards and then heading on to a party at the Hard Rock Café where a few bands were playing. I got to see Bonnie Tyler and the Fun Loivin’ Criminals. Somewhere around I have a copy of Holding Out For Hero on 7″ – I remember…
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MyCokeMusic is Closed
Two years after MyCokeMusic launched, and it closes down. I can’t say I’m really surprised since the OD2 service they had working for them was relatively poor if you wanted music from outside the mainstream. But it just goes to show that even the might of Coca Cola doesn’t guarantee online music sales success. And…
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Depressing
Seen on the tube this evening: a kid in his generic Orson/Feeder type t-shirt with a Download Festival wristband. That is to say, he hasn’t removed his plastic wristband from a concert that was over a week ago. Oh dear… Incidentally, I discover that it only takes 10,000 single sales to make the Top 10…
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Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler
I recently bought a copy of the new album recorded by Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler, really out of shear curiorisity. Of course I’m familiar with Knopfler, Brothers in Arms having been one of the first albums I ever bought (and curiously one of the few albums I’ve ever owned in three formats – vinyl,…
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Channel 4 Radio
Channel 4 Radio has launched today. Channel 4 has not made a secret of wanting to get into radio, and with a new national DAB multiplex forthcoming, everyone expects Channel 4 to want to have some part of it. They’ve obviously got a lot of programmes that they can use for radio. That includes spin-offs…
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Ed Reardon on BBC 7
With just 10 months to go until it gets an audiobook release (!!!) those who’ve so far missed out have an opportunity to hear the first series on BBC Radio 7 from next Thursday – at 2.00pm, and again at 6.00am on Friday mornings. Yes I know that’s slightly strange scheduling, but BBC Radio 7…
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Drama on 3 This Week
So, the question is, what’s being broadcast in the Drama on 3 slot next weekend on Radio 3? After this week’s play, the announcer trailed something that made me very happy indeed – an adaptation of Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov. I’m a big Kurkov fan. But all the listings, including the BBC’s…
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Genius
I went to see a recording for the new series of Genius this week. It was at the Cochrane Theatre and it was raining outside. Very soon, it was raining inside too. I’m reliably informed that producing such an effect on demand would have been very expensive. The Cochrane Theatre’s roof made it very cheap…
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Pet Shop Boys – Fundamentalism
I know just about every magazine or newspaper has already given the new Pet Shop Boys album, Fundamentalism, 4 or 5 stars (out of five), but it really is that good. I am a bit of a long time Pet Shop Boys fan and this album really is the best since Behaviour with some great…