The changing face ofcar radio
Australian Spring 2013
Anthony GherghettaMobile Strategist
RadCommsConference 2013
Who listens to the radio?
Car 34%
Home 48%
Work 16%
Other 2%
Radio listening by placeall people, 10+
Car 45%
Home 25%
Work 28%
Other 2%
Radio listening by placeall people, 18-39
The weekly commuteTime in car
Average time in the car during the five day work commute:
5 ½ hours
The daily commuteAverage commuting time
AverageCommutingTime(car)
Adelaide 29minutes
Brisbane 29minutes
Melbourne 32minutes
Perth 27minutes
Sydney 35minutes
Average 32minutes
The daily commuteMethod of commuting
The daily commutePeak travel periods
The connected car
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Forecast sales of connected vehicles in Australia as a percentage of new car sales
Percentage of Connected Vehicles Sold in Australia
Source: IH Automotive Insights 2012
The connected carCars are getting older
Cars are getting older
Average age of Australian vehicles
1971: 6.8 years2012: 10 years
Source: ABS
The connected carTotal market penetration
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Forecast market penetration of connected vehicles in Australia
Percentage of Connected Vehicles in Australia
Mainstream Saturationaround 2034 (~ 20 years)
Initial adoption period
Source: IH Automotive Insights 2012
The fact of life for radio
While every other content player has everything to gain by accessing the car dashboard, only radio has everything to lose.
Broadcasters should be adding more Internet to radio, not simply more radio to Internet.
Mark Ramsey
Music RadioApps
• Personalised for each listener
• Can skip content
• Learns the listeners preferences over time
BroadcastRadio Apps
• Same content at the same time for every listener
• Can’t skip content, can’t customise
• No feedback loop – does not learn the listeners preferences over time
• Adds very little value over the existing AM/FM/DAB stream
Ask your audience if they’d rather skip a song on their favourite radio station or switch to a different station that isn’t their favourite.
Mark Ramsey
Case Study:ABC Local Radio Melbourne
Case Study:ABC Local Radio Melbourne
6am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am
Red Symonds News AM Jon Faine
My Commute
What I currently listen to:
Case Study:ABC Local Radio Melbourne
Traffic News Red Symonds
38 minute commute
What I would like to listen to:
What is live?
‘Live radio’ is a hallmark of dated analogue technology.
Unless its breaking news or sport, ‘live’ adds no value.
The App Studio
Developing next generation radio platforms
new products to ingest, store, manage and distribute radio content to the car and mobile devices
Mobile network congestion
Mobile network congestionPunt Road - Richmond
Punt Road:40,000 cars per day
Richmond Station: +300,000 passengers each weekday
Thank you
Anthony Gherghetta
Mobile Development StrategistThe App Studio
