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Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Subject: [uk-radio-listeners] One in three listen to radio online: Rajar
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Daily Telegraph
By Billy Kenber
11 December 2009
The number who have taken advantage of the internet to follow their
favourite programmes has climbed by around 3 million in the past 18 months
to 17.4 million, a survey commissioned by Rajar, the industry's audience
monitoring body, found that some 13.9 million have used listen-again
services like BBC iPlayer, while 8.1 million have downloaded a podcast.
Spotify, Last.fm, and other personalised online radio services which allow
users to choose their own music are also growing in popularity - more than
4.5 million have used such services, up from under 3 million a year ago.
Rajar said that traditional radio sets weren't being abandoned altogether,
but people are listening to internet radio alongside FM and digital
broadcasts.
Christel Lacaze, Rajar's research manager, said: "People are online more and
they have access to faster and better broadband. Listening to the radio
online is easy."
The internet also allows people to listen to specialist music and
international stations which would not otherwise be available on traditional
sets.
Next year, the BBC will launch an internet radio player with more than 300
commercial and BBC stations including Classic FM, Capital, and Heart.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6789132/One-in-three-listen-to-radio-online-Rajar.html
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