How is the UK Radio Industry Set to Perform Over the Next Five Years?

Business Wire, Jan 5, 2006

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c30246) has announced the addition of UK Radio Industry Market Research Report to their offering.

The combined BBC spend and commercial radio revenue of the UK radio industry is believed to have increased during much of the five year review period of this report up to 2005, except for a moderate 2% decline in 2001. Although the commercial radio industry has been one of the fastest growing advertising media during the past decade, the industry revenues are largely influenced by developments in the overall advertising sector, which was hit by a recession at the beginning of the review period, resulting in a moderate nominal decline in industry revenue in 2001. Nonetheless, this was followed by nominal growth in the following four years. In 2004, UK radio revenues increased by 5% which is expected to be followed by further growth of 3% in the current year, taking the value to GBP 1218 million. The slight slowdown in growth projected for the current year, is a reflection of the more uncertain economic conditions, which in turn affect levels of advertising spending.

The UK Radio Industry report analyses the historic and forecast performance of the UK radio sector in terms of BBC programming spend and revenues derived from commercial radio through advertising and sponsorship. The report covers analogue and digital radio and includes data on programming and market trends. The report analyses trends over a five year historical and a detailed five year forecast period. The report includes an analysis of the market size, market drivers, market trends and an overview of the industry structure and profiles of the leading BBC and commercial radio operators.

The report is updated quarterly to combine the up-to-date development and trends with the latest data available on the radio sector in the UK.

Companies mentioned in the report:

--BBC

--Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast)

--GCap Media (formerly Capital Radio)

--Chrysalis Radio

--Emap

--GWR Group

--Saga Radio

--SMG (Scottish Media Group)

--Scottish Radio Holdings

--UTV Radio (GB) (formerly The Wireless Group)

--UBC - Classic Gold Digital

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c30246