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DCMS publishes policy paper on digital radio and audio review

Published on: 21 October 2021
Published by LNB News

LNB News 21/10/2021

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Issue Date: 21 October 2021

Published Date: 21 October 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Article summary

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has published a policy paper on the digital radio and audio review assessing the robust and sustainable future for UK radio and audio. The report acknowledges the British success story of the radio that has evolved to embrace novel digital opportunities to maintain its universal appeal to audiences, as well as noting new online audio formats such as streaming having grown rapidly. With radio identified as an integral and valuable part of the UK’s creative economy, this report details radio remaining a strong and trusted medium within the UK that delivers public value reaching a consistent 89% of the population that tune in weekly. The report further reveals that listening behaviour is changing along with the widespread availability of connected devices providing varied choice, and if the UK audio sector is to remain strong, innovation and evolution are emphasised as critical within the...

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