UK Archives

Consumers spend 4.5 hours a day on digital entertainment

03/11/2019

Consumers spend 4.5 hours per day on digital entertainment with a total of 30.73 hours in a full week according to media and technology analysts, MIDiA Research. Their research published in a recent blog posting allocated eight hours of work and seven hours of sleep leaving consumers about 4.5 hours per day left to do things like eat, commute, socialise, run errands, and conduct general life admin. Watching TV/streaming was found to be the most […]

BBC launches interactive voice news service

02/11/2019

BBC launches interactive voice news service in the UK for users with smart speakers according to a recent blog by the corporation. The BBC is reinventing the way it delivers news on voice devices giving listeners who use smart speakers the ability to skip ahead to the stories they have time for and find out more about the stories that grab their attention by saying ‘Give me BBC News’ to an Alexa-enabled device. BBC Voice […]

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album

12/10/2019

15% of under 25s have never listened to a full album was one of the surprise findings of a survey into the UK’s music listening habits conducted by Deezer. The survey timed to coincide with the run up to National Album Day found that despite Brits listening to fewer full albums than 3-5 years ago (49%), nostalgia and fandom are increasing the nation’s desire to enjoy more albums. Over a quarter of people (28%) say […]

BBC iPlayer Radio app will start to close on 16th September

BBC iPlayer Radio app to close

15/09/2019

BBC iPlayer Radio app to close with a staggered shutdown starting Monday 16th September according to a recent BBC blog. Over a two week period or so, users will get a message when they open the old app to say that it is being closed, and depending on their device, they will be guided to the right place to find BBC Sounds to continue listening to BBC Radio. James Purnell, Director, Radio & Education at […]

Ofcom publishes Media Nations: UK 2019

31/08/2019

UK’s broadcasting media regulator Ofcom publishes Media Nations: UK 2019 report containing statistics and trends in the television and online video sectors as well as the radio and other audio sectors. The 107-page report is Ofcom’s second annual Media Nations report and in addition to the UK has separate reports for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Media Nations: UK 2019 is a reference publication for industry, policy makers, academics and consumers and is broken down […]

BBC pulls live radio from TuneIn

28/08/2019

BBC pulls live radio from TuneIn with the changes being brought in on 30th August 2019 according to a recent blog posting from the Corporation. Not every TuneIn stream will be affected and some older devices and Sonos speakers will continue to get the feed. The reasons given for this are that TuneIn cannot provide data on its users and the BBC’s policy is not to give online access to ‘anonymous users’ wherever it can. […]

Physical entertainment market continues to decline in UK

17/08/2019

The physical entertainment market continues to decline in UK declining 19% in the 12 weeks to 30th June 2019 according to the retail analyst, Kantar, in a blog posting. This was put down to ‘falling shopper numbers and a lack of big-name release in the music, film and gaming sections. With Amazon Prime Day sales still to be accounted for and new consoles due later this year, the market continues to depend on gift-hunting shoppers […]