Adam Bowie
@adambowie.com
Running, cycling, podcasts, radio, photography, technology.
There's new #RAJAR is out and I've had a look at what's happening: * All Radio is up, although so is the population * BBC R1 & R3 Brands do well * Excellent results for Kiss * LBC has excellent results * 27% of population listen to podcasts weekly Read more at: www.adambowie.com/blog/2026/08...
@jim.londoncentric.media Fun to see an actual *official* Harry Potter shop is opening soon on Oxford Street. I strongly suspect that they will be paying their taxes.
Nice to get a look at the settings of the Sony mirrorless cameras they're using for some of the crowd shots in this World Cup. F2 .5 1/250 ISP 2000. #WorldCup
how can my AirPods filter out ambient noise but tv still can’t get Steve Bray out of the audio mix
When you click on the profile of an author you didn't previously know and discover they have blocked you on Bluesky? 🤷 At least when I discovered once that a comedian blocked me on Twitter, it was because of something I'd said about their Graham Norton appearance. This time???
New #RAJAR data is out today! Lots of stories including: - Good quarter for the BBC as Commercial Radio dips - BBC starts to measure brands - Great quarter for 6 Music & LBC - Disappointing for Global and Bauer - Record digital listening Read about it on my blog: www.adambowie.com/blog/2026/05...
One of the things about bringing photo-ID to a polling station is that you might accidentally leave it there. I found a passport in the booth in my polling station. Handed it in to the staff and hopefully it will get back to the owner. As they said, "We literally have his name and address..."
I feel that I would get halfway decent at wrapping bar tape on my handlebars if I didn't just do it once every six months or so.
Lee Dixon wondering on ITV how commentators are going to fill three minute drinks breaks. He's on ITV. Has he not been watching the 6 Nations? They'll show ads.
London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...
Who's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction?
He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks?
londoncentric.media
It's 2026. The #BAFTAS will *still* not be live on TV, meaning social media will have the results before TV viewers.
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...
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...
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.
bbc.co.uk
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...
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 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
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...
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...
ofcom.org.uk
Very sad to hear that Brian Hayes has died. I grew up listening to him on LBC. RIP. 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
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
This Galatasaray crowd is quite something to listen to in Dolby Atmos when Liverpool is on the ball!
