Category: Radio; bbc.co.uk
Date: 23.02.2006
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Drama on 大象传媒 Radio 4 attracted more than one million on demand requests via the 大象传媒 Radio Player in January, new figures revealed today.
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The Archers remained the most requested on demand programme whilst a dramatisation of RF Delderfield's To Serve Them All My Days contributed to record on demand listening to Radio 4's Afternoon Play, which received more than a quarter of a million on demand listening requests.
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Comedy programmes on Radio 4 and its sister digital station 大象传媒 7 also proved popular.
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Just A Minute and The Now Show on Radio 4 achieved top ten placing.
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大象传媒 7 gained an impressive five programmes in the top 30 for its archive programmes which include Hancock's Half Hour, Dad's Army and Dead Ringers.
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In all, the 大象传媒's radio websites were visited by a record 8.2 million unique users in January, who consumed an unprecedented 17 million hours of live and on demand radio.
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The month beat the previous record of 8.1 million users, set in November 2005, as 大象传媒 Radio 1 pulled in more than three million users and Radio 4 contributed 1.5 million.
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But it was 大象传媒 Radio Five Live which showed the biggest increases, with the main site tipping the million mark, whilst offshoot sites 606 and Sportdaq showed huge growth.
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In the last full month, with 20 programmes, the download and podcast trial generated a record 1.9 million MP3 downloads.
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Radio 4's In Our Time saw the biggest rise in demand - up 38,000 downloads on December - while the Today 8.10am interview took the top spot with more than 400,000 downloads.
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Radio 1 broadband video content received more than 250,000 requests in January.
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The most viewed clip was a fitness video featuring Scott Mills, Chris Moyles, Comedy Dave and Colin Murray.
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Meanwhile, Jo Whiley enjoyed a month of record on demand listening thanks to the popularity of the show's Live Lounge sessions, which included performances from Will Young and Arctic Monkeys.
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