New Radio Player incoming

MEDIA NEWS BITE: In the new year a new website will launch called RadioPlayer which will offer streaming services from loads of UK radio stations.

A collaboration between both the BBC and most major commercial radio companies, the site will offer a one-stop shop for British radio, as well as offering commercial stations a BBC iPlayer style streaming platform that will almost certainly be better than their own existing online set ups. What is particularly exciting is that student and community radio stations will also be able to add their streaming output to the platform for as little as £90 a year, potentially giving those smaller services access to a whole new audience.

The service’s MD Michael Hill told Radio Today this week: “One of RadioPlayer’s founding principles is fairness – we want to create a level playing field where the UK radio industry can agree on technology, and compete on content. That’s why we’ve published this simple, egalitarian funding model”.

Posted Tuesday December 14 2010 by Chris Cooke