5G Broadcast for Radio: Securing future-proof, diverse and free-of-charge radio access on all platforms and all mobile devices

———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Radio’s experience today is hybrid, with radio programs being accessible terrestrially via FM and DAB/DAB+ or via fixed or mobile broadband networks using IP streaming. 5G broadcast could enable unprecedented radio and TV consumption on mobile devices: high quality access to the full range of radio programs, anywhere, on any mobile device, at no […]

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AER joins EDRA and EBU in calling the co-legislators to include Voice Assistants in the Digital Markets Act

AER, the European Digital Radio Alliance (EDRA) and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) came together to co-sign a letter highlighting and addressing the growing dominance of digital voice assistant platforms: they are gatekeepers for radio services and they are going to have more prominent role in the future. The three organisations urge the co-legislators to clarify the […]

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European media call on policymakers to further strengthen the Digital Services Act proposal and to ensure that citizens can continue to engage online with the media they most trust and value

Download the PDF here   Brussels, 22 June 2021 Europe’s media sector welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the Digital Services Act (DSA) and supports its aim of creating a safer, fairer, and more transparent online environment, based on European values and the protection of fundamental rights.   Global online platforms have become an important gateway […]

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AER position on the Digital Markets Act

Download the PDF here Background Radio content reaches 85% of European citizens each week with a mix of music, news, entertainment and talk that brings great economic, societal and cultural value to a wide variety of Europeans on a local and national level     To remain relevant to its listeners, commercial radio has innovated, developed its […]

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AER joins European media and journalists, civil society groups, professional organisations and technology companies letter on decision makers to protect fundamental rights

Trilogue negotiations on the e-evidence proposal European media and journalists, civil society groups, professional organisations and technologycompanies call on decision makers to protect fundamental rights   Dear European Parliament’s Rapporteur and Shadow Rapporteurs, Dear Members of the Working Party on Cooperation in Criminal Matters (COPEN), We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to you to underline […]

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AER Statement on Radioplayer

AER Statement on Radioplayer ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— A small but growing proportion of radio listening is now on internet connected devices. Radio needs to provide the best possible experience for listeners on these devices to help secure its future. Radioplayer provides an important way of achieving this. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1.     Radio’s online presence is vital for its future […]

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The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform: Radios need access to 5G for Broadcasting

The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform: Radios need access to 5G for Broadcasting ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— AER continues to support a multi-platform future for radio: ensuring reception of terrestrial free to air analogue and digital broadcasting, complemented by IP, is crucial to maintain a healthy radio market in Europe. Multi-standard solutions – which allows the listener to […]

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Digital Single Market – Radio’s Access to Infrastructure – The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform – 2017

Digital Single Market – Radio’s Access to Infrastructure – The Future of Radio is Multi-Platform AER continues to support a multi-platform future for radio. As well as analogue broadcast streams and digital broadcast signals the inclusion of other digital means of transmission in radio receivers, such as internet reception, will help to ensure a continuing […]

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