As competition for listeners’ attention intensifies and time spent listening to radio continues to decline, how to stand out amid the many choices available? A panel of media research expertsat the Arbitron Consultants Fly-In held Thursday in Columbia, Md. insist that content is still king — but that broadcasters need to continue creating compelling content, [...]

Singapore-based radio network MediaCorp Radio has launched a new site to showcase its podcast content, and to feature user-submitted podcasts, Podcast.sg. Current podcasts include offerings from MediaCorp stations 987 FM, Malay “infotainment” station Warna 92.4 FM, RSI Chinese-language movie reviews (I had fun trying to make sense of the review of the new “Casino Royale” [...]

A recent study by Edison Media Research shows sharp declines in the amount of time teenagers listen to radio, and even sharper declines among people 12-to-24. The company’s research shows sharp declines in Time Spent Listening (TSL), Persons Using Radio (PUR) and attitudes about radio among the 12-to-24-age group, the listeners who represent both terrestrial [...]

Dalet Digital Media Systems, a provider of media management tools, today announced enhanced support for HD Radio and simplified Podcast distribution.DaletPlus Radio Suite users can now “click and cast” any audio asset from their digital audio library. Format conversion and associated metadata insertion are automated and the resulting MP3 file is pushed to a predefined [...]

Bridge Ratings, a research firm specializing in radio, has updated its growth projections for radio an various alternatives as part of on-going study of audience attrition of traditional radio and subscriber and user growth of alternative digital media. The company positions podcasting as less of an immediate threat to radio than previously projected: “Podcasting is [...]

A new Bridge Ratings consumer study of current terrestrial radio listeners finds that radio stations that aggressively embrace, utilize and market new digital technologies enhance their competitive position against other terrestrial radio stations as well as against the stand-along digital technologies. “Its is clear to us that this sample of radio listeners gravitated more positively [...]

Memorex has introduced a news line of iPod accessories, including a portable widescreen display, a speaker system, a clock radio and an iPod boombox. The iFlip, right, gives video iPods an 8.4 inch widescreen LCD display. It is designed for non-stop use during long travel stretches, providing users with up to five hours of video [...]

NETIA, a company that provides software for media industries, has released a new podcasting module for the company’s Radio Assist digital audio content management software. An extension for Radio-Assist’s Dispatcher automatic converter software, the new podcasting module permits broadcasters to publish podcasts from media assets within the Radio-Assist content database. “Radio broadcasters need a reliable [...]

Canada’s CBC Radio One has announced that it will now be offering a number of its programs as podcasts and as free online downloads.Programming will include the ‚Äúbest of‚Äù editions from The Current, Dispatches, Definitely Not the Opera, Ideas, Outfront, and As It Happens, plus highlight packages of regionally-based radio programs. CBC recently conducted an [...]