TeamRock
Seagull259
Posts: 1,519
Forum Member
✭✭✭
From Radio Today
John Myers, former CEO of The Radio Academy and head of GMG Radio has teamed up with his former GMG radio Executive Billy Anderson to launch a new world wide business venture under the name TeamRock.
The new company will deliver rock music services via multi-media platforms, based in Glasgow and London.
http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/07/myers-and-anderson-team-up-for-teamrock/
John Myers, former CEO of The Radio Academy and head of GMG Radio has teamed up with his former GMG radio Executive Billy Anderson to launch a new world wide business venture under the name TeamRock.
The new company will deliver rock music services via multi-media platforms, based in Glasgow and London.
http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/07/myers-and-anderson-team-up-for-teamrock/
0
Comments
Guitar tuning? Tattoos? Various powdery substances?
We launch Tuesday.... fantastic
http://weareteamrock.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/02/ex-gmg-radio-chief-buys-future-publishing-titles
Hope so.
According to Mediaweek the mags are making two million gross profit so a £10 million price tag is not that far away. It must be the start of something much bigger for VC's to get involved and Myers says as much in his blog this morning. He also points to another announcement tomorrow. The press says they are taking mags and moving them into digital and other platforms. Never really sure what that term means.
If radio is an option they can't be buying Real XS as Global are barred from selling them until the commission results are in and that could be as late as June or July.
I agree with Cassaboy22. Good to see someone having a bash at it. Whatever that is.
As I understand it Wednesday 22 May is the deadline for publishing the report (extended from the original 27 March deadline) so the results won't be any later than this:
http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/assets/competitioncommission/docs/2012/global-radio-gmg/notice_of_extension.pdf
Real xs(meh) has been a station in limbo for a good part of 18 months now and was only kept going by the great work put in by 3 of the presenters/producers, it really needs enhancing and that can only be achieved by someone who totally believes in the product.
http://weareteamrock.com/D1launch.pdf
http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/04/teamrock-to-launch-commercial-free-on-d1/
Does the platform really need two classic rock stations and two religious stations? I would much prefer to have LBC on there.
There is more than one pop station on D1 playing different types of pop music, I would expect the same is true of this rock music genre although I admit to guessing.
John Myers has been batting that one around for a while - Smooth Radio in the East Midlands would have launched under the same model if they had won the licence (which was awarded to Saga).
BFBS re-launched in April 2009 - wonder if that is where the capacity is coming from?
Turning in a 2 mil profit when you are part of a sprawling and established publisher is probably a darn sight easier to do than making any kind of profit as a standalone publication.
VCs do demand security and a feasible plan. Given this latest development though, I think they are banking on Myers previous history making this work.
Bad move if you ask me. Publishing is in trouble, as has been said already, there are plenty of rock stations out there.
I think Myers has snake charmed the cash on the promise of performance. I sincerely hope he does well but somehow, I have some niggling doubts.
BFBS is about to start promoting itself at MOD sites,so if if it's DAB outlet is closing could promote alternative platforms?
http://radiotoday.co.uk/2013/03/operation-ice-cream-makes-a-return-to-bfbs/ other D1 stations now seem settled on D1 with funding, otherwise might be Jazz FM, Abs 90's or Smooth 70's going
Indeed. I do wonder if the jam is being spread too thin here. The nightmare scenario for rock fans would be if Team Rock took Planet Rock down, but then couldn't survive itself, leaving rock fans with nothing. I suppose Absolute Classic Rock could fill the void.
I believe there is a market for a classic rock station in the UK, There is not a market for 3 or 4 of them.
I wasn't aware there was any capacity at all, apart from by reducing Classic FM's bit rate. Frankly I'm amazed Classic has stayed at 160k as long as it has.
do we know it will be classic rock, could be mainstream rock.
I think it will between these and bauer to get real xs.
There is nothing up on the OFCOM website yet about the format of the station.