Radio Days Sweden

Absolute Radio Radiodays 2009 y Adam Bowie Head of Strategy & Planning September 2009

Absolute R di B k Ab l t Radio Background d • 15 years old • 36 year old brand • Largest under 45 commercial station

Absolute R di B k Ab l t Radio Background d Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd • Purchased by Times of India in June 2008

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Find the Virgin

Marketing The Brand

Onegoldensquare.com • 3,000 visitors per i it month • 160,000 page views • Relaunching this month

Open Playlist Meetings • Weekly • Listeners can apply • Clients also invited

Open and Honest About Rotations • Published online li • Compare plays with rival stations • Debate

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Listeners’ Passion LIVE STORIES TO GO HERE

Song of the Decade

59% think Absolute s Absolute’s music is better A Lot Better A Little Better The Same A Little Worse A Lot Worse Don't Know 21 38 29 8 22 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Source: Harris Interactive. Do you think that the music Absolute Radio plays is better or worse than the music Virgin Radio used to play?

Check Your Progress Frequently Better Same Worse Don't Know 30 43 7 20 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Source: Edison Research Base: Listened to Absolute Radio or Virgin Radio in the last week

Google Search Terms Source: Google Insights

Name Confusion Spontaneous Awareness of Virgin Radio Three Month Moving Average P1s P2s 50 49 41 33 25 27 20 22 22 20 18 16 15 15 17 14 14 9 8 1 Source: Harris Interactive 16+ UK Online Omnibus

Podcasting 8.8m adults listen to podcasts, up 36% year on year 8,831 8,419 , 7,765 7,909 6,501 5,733 , 2008 Q1 2008 Q2 2008 Q3 2008 Q4 2009 Q1 2009 Q2 Source: RAJAR

Podcasting 600,000 553,718 • Record 500,000 550,000 400,000 podcasts 300,000 300 000 downloaded in August 200,000 2009 100,000 • 3.7m since 0 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug launch 08 08 08 08 08 09 09 09 09 09 09 09 09

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Digital future – mobile mobile, online & DAB

Radio via Mobile 7.1m adults listen to the radio via their mobile 7.1 6.2 4.5 3.5 2.8 2.3 Q2 04 Q2 05 Q2 06 Q2 07 Q2 08 Q2 09 Source: RAJAR

Applications: iAmp

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Listening Windows Media iTunes Flash iPhone IceCast Android OGG AAC+

Applications: LiveAmp

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Radio Days Sweden

by Adam Bowie on Oct 05, 2009

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