James Cridland’s Future of Radio: How silicon valley sees radio, Ed Miliband talks toilets, Denmark’s kids channel after hours

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James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Silicon Valley’s views on radio. A charming move by a kids’ channel in Denmark. Lots of shows from Ed Miliband. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: How to do Facebook Live, playing dirty against the opposition, and Infinite Dial Australia

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: NPR advises on using Facebook Live tool. Tales from the trenches of radio promotion. Infinite Dial data for Australia. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Voice control – is it radio’s future? Plus ABC’s reorg, and Canadians listen to lots of radio

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: A look at voice controls and the role they might play for radio and broadcasters. Much more from around the radio and audio businesses. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Get your radio tech right for an emergency; podcast listening parties; does AM lead any market?

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Preparing radio technology for emergency situations. Data around AM/FM in Australia. More about the global radio and audio industries. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: The biggest streaming radio event in the world; studio rules in the US; new RAJAR figures in the UK

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: A look at one of radio’s biggest events. RAJAR results for Q1. United States radio rules. Much more. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: FM-only radio sets to be made illegal; streaming music use increases in Canada, and is Pandora in trouble?

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James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Germany moves to make sale of FM-only radios illegal. More on Pandora’s latest results and industry role. Much more. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Global’s new TV ad for Heart, a radio station for fishermen, Google markup for podcasts

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: A radio station for fisherman launches in India. Global’s advertisement for UK Hot AC Heart. Google markup for podcasts. Much more. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Upload Radio launches, Apple renames podcasts (kind of), UK calls election

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Apple rebrands its podcast platform. The UK’s upcoming election. The launch of Upload Radio. Much more from around the world of radio and audio. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: S-Town is 8x bigger than Serial, kind of. Plus the UK’s golden age of radio

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Early successes for Serial Productions’ sophomore act. Ink spilled about UK and its golden age of radio. Much more. Continue Reading

James Cridland’s Future of Radio: Smart speakers. Radioplayer Car. A snooty podcast article.

by James Cridland

James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. A podcast app accepts advertising, how Radioplayer Car works, smart speakers are the interactive radio for everybody, a snooty podcast piece, and much more. Continue Reading