Adam Bowie
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Running, cycling, podcasts, radio, photography, technology.
There's new RAJAR today, and over on my blog I dig into a bit including:
- Radio listening down but still > 1b hours
- Hours up for sports stations: 5 Live and talkSport
- Greatest Hits down
- LBC doing well
- 28% of the population listen to podcasts
More over at www.adambowie.com/blog/2026/02...
- Radio listening down but still > 1b hours
- Hours up for sports stations: 5 Live and talkSport
- Greatest Hits down
- LBC doing well
- 28% of the population listen to podcasts
More over at www.adambowie.com/blog/2026/02...
February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
There's new RAJAR today, and over on my blog I dig into a bit including:
- Radio listening down but still > 1b hours
- Hours up for sports stations: 5 Live and talkSport
- Greatest Hits down
- LBC doing well
- 28% of the population listen to podcasts
More over at www.adambowie.com/blog/2026/02...
- Radio listening down but still > 1b hours
- Hours up for sports stations: 5 Live and talkSport
- Greatest Hits down
- LBC doing well
- 28% of the population listen to podcasts
More over at www.adambowie.com/blog/2026/02...
Wasn't this always going to happen?
Music rights owners Universal is part of NBC Universal, who are also the broadcast rights holders to the Olympics in the US. Also, Minions 3 is out this summer, so this all becomes free publicity.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Music rights owners Universal is part of NBC Universal, who are also the broadcast rights holders to the Olympics in the US. Also, Minions 3 is out this summer, so this all becomes free publicity.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
2026 Winter Olympics: Figure skater Sabate hopeful over Minions music dispute
Figure skater Tomas-Llorence Guarino Sabate is optimistic he can perform to music from the Minions films at the Winter Olympics after receiving copyright clearance.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Wasn't this always going to happen?
Music rights owners Universal is part of NBC Universal, who are also the broadcast rights holders to the Olympics in the US. Also, Minions 3 is out this summer, so this all becomes free publicity.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Music rights owners Universal is part of NBC Universal, who are also the broadcast rights holders to the Olympics in the US. Also, Minions 3 is out this summer, so this all becomes free publicity.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
I love #shrinking, but I wish they would lay off the f1.0 lens. There's "shallow depth of field," and then there's "everything else in the scene is a complete blur"
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I love #shrinking, but I wish they would lay off the f1.0 lens. There's "shallow depth of field," and then there's "everything else in the scene is a complete blur"
Netflix launches a reality singing contest show with live voting as an element. Just maybe don't expect many Europeans to participate...
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Netflix launches a reality singing contest show with live voting as an element. Just maybe don't expect many Europeans to participate...
Reposted by Adam Bowie
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Global really is leaning into podcasts heavily. Following their acquisition of The Fellas Studios last year, and the launch of Global Studios, they've followed this up with a majority stake in The Overlap:
global.com/global-acqui...
global.com/global-acqui...
Global acquires majority stake in sports media group The Overlap
Strategic partnership will see The Overlap and Global grow a network of video-led media brands in football and other sports.
global.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Global really is leaning into podcasts heavily. Following their acquisition of The Fellas Studios last year, and the launch of Global Studios, they've followed this up with a majority stake in The Overlap:
global.com/global-acqui...
global.com/global-acqui...
It's Christmas Eve, and as usual, I've put together my picks of the festive fare from the double issue of The Radio Times.
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/12...
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/12...
December 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's Christmas Eve, and as usual, I've put together my picks of the festive fare from the double issue of The Radio Times.
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/12...
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/12...
Astonishing story of a DAB radio service having its IP transmission stream hijacked by its own streaming vendor to broadcast obscenities instead of the radio output for *30* mins!
Seemingly, because of a contract dispute between the vendor & another mux provider!
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
Seemingly, because of a contract dispute between the vendor & another mux provider!
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
www.ofcom.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Astonishing story of a DAB radio service having its IP transmission stream hijacked by its own streaming vendor to broadcast obscenities instead of the radio output for *30* mins!
Seemingly, because of a contract dispute between the vendor & another mux provider!
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
Seemingly, because of a contract dispute between the vendor & another mux provider!
www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...
Very sad to hear that Brian Hayes has died. I grew up listening to him on LBC. RIP.
radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...
radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...
Former LBC and Radio 2 presenter Brian Hayes dies aged 87
Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died
radiotoday.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very sad to hear that Brian Hayes has died. I grew up listening to him on LBC. RIP.
radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...
radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...
Play-offs??? It's early December, not April.
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Play-offs??? It's early December, not April.
Genuinely don't understand Netflix's interface choices. I open it up today, and the show they're giving top billing on my account is an 10 year old BBC crime show that got cancelled after one series called Cuffs.
I'm pretty sure that's not the biggest show they have on right now...
I'm pretty sure that's not the biggest show they have on right now...
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Genuinely don't understand Netflix's interface choices. I open it up today, and the show they're giving top billing on my account is an 10 year old BBC crime show that got cancelled after one series called Cuffs.
I'm pretty sure that's not the biggest show they have on right now...
I'm pretty sure that's not the biggest show they have on right now...
When is too much?
By my count Deadline has published at least *18* stories about Stranger Things in the past week, with 10 of them in the last 24 hours.
By my count Deadline has published at least *18* stories about Stranger Things in the past week, with 10 of them in the last 24 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When is too much?
By my count Deadline has published at least *18* stories about Stranger Things in the past week, with 10 of them in the last 24 hours.
By my count Deadline has published at least *18* stories about Stranger Things in the past week, with 10 of them in the last 24 hours.
Ironically, I couldn't even check Down Detector to see if Cloudflare was down, because it uses Cloudflare! (I think it is)
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ironically, I couldn't even check Down Detector to see if Cloudflare was down, because it uses Cloudflare! (I think it is)
Mutes *ALL* notifications from a major sports app because I couldn't care less about UFC and can see no other way to stop the deluge of spam notifications.
October 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Mutes *ALL* notifications from a major sports app because I couldn't care less about UFC and can see no other way to stop the deluge of spam notifications.
New #RAJAR is out, and I've been number crunching:
- 50m/86% of UK listen to the radio weekly
- Gap widens between Commercial Radio and the BBC
- Overall falls for speech radio
- Global extends lead over Bauer
- 28.3% of the population listen to podcasts each week
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/10...
- 50m/86% of UK listen to the radio weekly
- Gap widens between Commercial Radio and the BBC
- Overall falls for speech radio
- Global extends lead over Bauer
- 28.3% of the population listen to podcasts each week
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/10...
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New #RAJAR is out, and I've been number crunching:
- 50m/86% of UK listen to the radio weekly
- Gap widens between Commercial Radio and the BBC
- Overall falls for speech radio
- Global extends lead over Bauer
- 28.3% of the population listen to podcasts each week
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/10...
- 50m/86% of UK listen to the radio weekly
- Gap widens between Commercial Radio and the BBC
- Overall falls for speech radio
- Global extends lead over Bauer
- 28.3% of the population listen to podcasts each week
www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/10...
An email subject header from Netflix:
"Adam, we've just added a documentary series you might like"
Ooh. A science doc perhaps? Or natural history? Maybe a hard hitting doc on the misuse of technology or the dangers of social media?
<Opens email>
"Victoria Beckham"
Hard pass.
"Adam, we've just added a documentary series you might like"
Ooh. A science doc perhaps? Or natural history? Maybe a hard hitting doc on the misuse of technology or the dangers of social media?
<Opens email>
"Victoria Beckham"
Hard pass.
October 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
An email subject header from Netflix:
"Adam, we've just added a documentary series you might like"
Ooh. A science doc perhaps? Or natural history? Maybe a hard hitting doc on the misuse of technology or the dangers of social media?
<Opens email>
"Victoria Beckham"
Hard pass.
"Adam, we've just added a documentary series you might like"
Ooh. A science doc perhaps? Or natural history? Maybe a hard hitting doc on the misuse of technology or the dangers of social media?
<Opens email>
"Victoria Beckham"
Hard pass.
This Galatasaray crowd is quite something to listen to in Dolby Atmos when Liverpool is on the ball!
September 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This Galatasaray crowd is quite something to listen to in Dolby Atmos when Liverpool is on the ball!
The episode of 3-2-1 that @itvx.com has put up as part of its 70th birthday celebrations is the very first episode, featuring the late radio presenter, Janice Long.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The episode of 3-2-1 that @itvx.com has put up as part of its 70th birthday celebrations is the very first episode, featuring the late radio presenter, Janice Long.
How thoroughly delightful that @boomradio.co.uk had Pete Murray on-air this morning to present the Boom Top 5 this morning on the occasion of his 100th birthday!
It's available to listen again here: www.boomradiouk.com/player/on-de...
It's available to listen again here: www.boomradiouk.com/player/on-de...
Pete Murray - Boom Radio UK
Pete hosts the Boom Top 5 - on his 100th birthday!
www.boomradiouk.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
How thoroughly delightful that @boomradio.co.uk had Pete Murray on-air this morning to present the Boom Top 5 this morning on the occasion of his 100th birthday!
It's available to listen again here: www.boomradiouk.com/player/on-de...
It's available to listen again here: www.boomradiouk.com/player/on-de...
Someone incredibly famous dies, and the live blog kicks into play at lots of media outlets.
They need to fill it quickly with tributes. But it takes a while before those the person worked closely with or was peers with put out a statement or a quote.
1/3
They need to fill it quickly with tributes. But it takes a while before those the person worked closely with or was peers with put out a statement or a quote.
1/3
September 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Someone incredibly famous dies, and the live blog kicks into play at lots of media outlets.
They need to fill it quickly with tributes. But it takes a while before those the person worked closely with or was peers with put out a statement or a quote.
1/3
They need to fill it quickly with tributes. But it takes a while before those the person worked closely with or was peers with put out a statement or a quote.
1/3
Seeing that massive TDK and behind the runners in the #Worldathleticschampionships 100m heats does make me want to rush out and buy a D90...
September 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Seeing that massive TDK and behind the runners in the #Worldathleticschampionships 100m heats does make me want to rush out and buy a D90...
A massive US Army Chinook just passed overhead. I assume it's part of an advance party for next week's State visit.
September 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A massive US Army Chinook just passed overhead. I assume it's part of an advance party for next week's State visit.
Always fun to read a press release with a single quote attributed to three separate people.
(I mean, we all *know* a PR person wrote all the lines for everyone, but still...)
(I mean, we all *know* a PR person wrote all the lines for everyone, but still...)
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Always fun to read a press release with a single quote attributed to three separate people.
(I mean, we all *know* a PR person wrote all the lines for everyone, but still...)
(I mean, we all *know* a PR person wrote all the lines for everyone, but still...)
If Piers Morgan's YouTube show "Uncensored" is going to channel 5 here in the UK, where it will have to adhere to Ofcom guidelines, does that in fact mean that it will be "Censored"?
deadline.com/2025/09/pier...
deadline.com/2025/09/pier...
Piers Morgan’s ‘Uncensored’ YouTube Show Heading To Paramount UK Network 5 In “World-First Collaboration”
Piers Morgan's Uncensored YouTube show is heading to Channel 5 in a highlights package deal with the Paramount network.
deadline.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If Piers Morgan's YouTube show "Uncensored" is going to channel 5 here in the UK, where it will have to adhere to Ofcom guidelines, does that in fact mean that it will be "Censored"?
deadline.com/2025/09/pier...
deadline.com/2025/09/pier...
