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
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 conference focusses on radio’s adaptability in the digital world
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 is the new Vice-President of AER
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: […]
AUDIO REVOLUTION starts TODAY: full programme and line-up
MPN is sponsoring AER 2019 Conference
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 […]
AER 2019 CONFERENCE – AUDIO REVOLUTION: RADIO’S FUTURE IN AN AGE OF TECH GIANTS – 09.10.19
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 […]
Matt Payton is the new Secretary General of AER – London, 12 June 2019
The Association of European Radios (AER) today elected at its extraordinary General Assembly, Matt Payton (Radiocentre, UK) as new AER Secretary General, and Daniela Beaujean (VAUNET, Germany) as new Executive Board Member. Matt Payton takes over from Julia Maier-Hauff (VAUNET, Germany) who is leaving VAUNET to head for new challenges. As Secretary General, he will […]
AER Position on Consumer Credit Directive (CCD)
8 April 2019 – AER’S COMMENTS ON THE REVIEW OF THE CONSUMER CREDIT DIRECTIVE (CCD) ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Advertising is already regulated by strict rules set at EU and national level, usefully complemented by self-regulation. Commercially funded radio depends almost 100% on advertising: adding advertising restrictions equates to fewer and poorer free-to-air programmes. Warning messages in radio […]