Radio across the world remains a strong and powerful medium, but to succeed in future it will need to tackle some significant shared challenges. World Radio Day is a great opportunity to reflect on this and think about the future. Radio in Europe remains in a strong position. On average 85% of the EU population […]
LEADING THE AUDIO REVOLUTION: AER PRIORITIES The Association of European Radios (AER) is the Europe-wide trade body for commercial radio, representing the interests of companies operating over 5,000 commercial radio stations to the EU Institutions. AER promotes the development of commercially funded radio broadcasting in Europe, by ensuring a fair and sustainable economic framework for […]
BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 3 2019. In a joint conference organised today and opened by Vice President Jourová, representatives of European media sectors called on the Commission to adopt a comprehensive and ambitious approach to EU media policy, to support the sector’s competitiveness and cultural diversity. With the new Commission taking office, the news media, commercial and […]
AER is co-organising an all-day media policy event, together with the Association of Commercial Televisions in Europe (ACT) , the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and News Media Europe (NME). The event, endorsed by the European Commission, will take place on December 3rd in Brussels at BIP – Rue Royale 2-4, 1000 Brussels, from 9.00 – 16.30, and […]
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 […]
AER held its annual conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 9th of October to gather relevant stakeholders from the European institutions, the media and tech ecosystem, to discuss radio’s adaptability to the digital world and some of the critical issues facing radio and audio across Europe. The audio landscape has been changing […]
Corinna Drumm, Managing Director of the Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Austria (VÖP), was unanimously elected Vice-President at AER’s General Assembly on Wednesday 9th of October. Corinna Drumm has been a member of the AER Executive Committee since 2012. Stefan Möller, President of AER and CEO of Radiomedia Finland welcomed AER Members’ decision and said: […]
The Musik Promotion Network (MPN) is a free research platform for music editors from the areas of radio, print, TV and internet. The platform MPN is the easiest way for finding latest releases listening and downloading tracks in full length and high quality sharing tracks with staff members. The standard sampling by the major and […]
