Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 14/08/2026I'm not sure Gen Z is checking it's emails as much as you or I. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 06/08/2026There'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... 011 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 30/07/2026@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. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 14/07/2026Nice 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 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 06/07/2026He goes up in my estimation simply for picking His Girl Friday which is comfortably in my top ten *films* of all time! 210 0
Reposted by Adam Bowie Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/06/2026how can my AirPods filter out ambient noise but tv still can’t get Steve Bray out of the audio mix 511910 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 09/06/2026When 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??? 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 14/05/2026New #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... 030 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 07/05/2026One 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..." 010 0
Reposted by Adam Bowie Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINALISTS ❤️ 16958234 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 13/04/2026I 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. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 31/03/2026Except I see that earlier today reports suggested they won't... www.sportspro.com/broadcast-ot...sportspro.comITV won’t air in-game advertising during 2026 Fifa World Cup drinks breaks - SportsProThe broadcaster successfully launched picture-in-picture advertising during the Six Nations earlier this year. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 31/03/2026Lee 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. 100 0
Reposted by Adam Bowie Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/02/2026London’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-...londoncentric.mediaWho'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? 561026812 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 22/02/2026It's 2026. The #BAFTAS will *still* not be live on TV, meaning social media will have the results before TV viewers. 010 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 05/02/2026There'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... 040 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 04/02/2026Wasn'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...bbc.co.uk2026 Winter Olympics: Figure skater Sabate hopeful over Minions music disputeFigure skater Tomas-Llorence Guarino Sabate is optimistic he can perform to music from the Minions films at the Winter Olympics after receiving copyright clearance. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 29/01/2026I 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" 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 21/01/2026Netflix launches a reality singing contest show with live voting as an element. Just maybe don't expect many Europeans to participate... 000 0
Reposted by Adam Bowie nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Sometimes you just have to let @lopatto.bsky.social say it out loud www.theverge.com/policy/85990...theverge.comTim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowardsOnce you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company? 32994281 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 06/01/2026I find it interesting that in the sports media sector, nobody seems to have deep enough pockets to get talent exclusively. The Overlap has a lot of Sky personalities, The Rest Is Football was built on then BBC personalities. Meanwhile Sky Sports/BBC Sport now has a massive crossover of presenters. 010 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 06/01/2026Global 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.comGlobal acquires majority stake in sports media group The OverlapStrategic partnership will see The Overlap and Global grow a network of video-led media brands in football and other sports. 120 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 24/12/2025It'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... 050 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 15/12/2025Astonishing 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 025 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 02/12/2025Very sad to hear that Brian Hayes has died. I grew up listening to him on LBC. RIP. radiotoday.co.uk/2025/11/form...radiotoday.co.ukFormer LBC and Radio 2 presenter Brian Hayes dies aged 87Brian Hayes, the broadcaster known for shaping early phone-in radio at LBC and later hosting shows on BBC Radio 2, has died 020 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 28/11/2025So would I! That said, I've not watched Stranger Things since I bailed on it in the second season. So perhaps that's why they're not really bothering me with that? 100 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 28/11/2025Genuinely 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... 100 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 27/11/2025When 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. 010 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 18/11/2025Ironically, I couldn't even check Down Detector to see if Cloudflare was down, because it uses Cloudflare! (I think it is) 030 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 25/10/2025Mutes *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. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 23/10/2025New #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... 031 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 12/10/2025Lime's biggest problem is that so many are unfit to be on the road. And you can't properly report them as damaged. Santander does at least allow that. But completely agree on payment for that. Painful even with a UK card in the app. It feels like C London is completely overrun by Lime right now. 010 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 09/10/2025An 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. 030 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 30/09/2025This Galatasaray crowd is quite something to listen to in Dolby Atmos when Liverpool is on the ball! 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 23/09/2025The episode of 3-2-1 that @itvx.com has put up as part of its 70th birthday celebrations is the very first episode, featuring the late radio presenter, Janice Long. 030 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 19/09/2025Murray did so much across British radio and sometimes television. From Radio Luxembourg, Top of the Pops, Juke Box Jury, one of the original Radio 1 presenters, then Radio 2, right through to LBC where I used to listen to him as a kid in the 80s. Happy birthday! 020 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 19/09/2025How thoroughly delightful that @boomradio.co.uk had Pete Murray on-air this morning to present the Boom Top 5 this morning on the occasion of his 100th birthday! It's available to listen again here: www.boomradiouk.com/player/on-de...boomradiouk.comPete Murray - Boom Radio UKPete hosts the Boom Top 5 - on his 100th birthday! 140 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 16/09/2025I understand why. The news rolls on. Martin Scorsese & Dustin Hoffman will take their own time to respond. But finding random comic actors on X is just meaningless. You may as well ask someone waiting at the bus stop who quite liked Butch and Sundance what they think. It's just as relevant. 3/3 100 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 16/09/2025So, the media outlet becomes slightly less discerning. A reality star who was unconnected with the famous person says something nice and it's reported. A newspaper columnist who also has no connection puts out something because they're extremely online. It's hoovered up and republished. Why? 2/3 100 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 16/09/2025Someone incredibly famous dies, and the live blog kicks into play at lots of media outlets. They need to fill it quickly with tributes. But it takes a while before those the person worked closely with or was peers with put out a statement or a quote. 1/3 100 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 13/09/2025Seeing that massive TDK and behind the runners in the #Worldathleticschampionships 100m heats does make me want to rush out and buy a D90... 210 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 12/09/2025A massive US Army Chinook just passed overhead. I assume it's part of an advance party for next week's State visit. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 09/09/2025Always fun to read a press release with a single quote attributed to three separate people. (I mean, we all *know* a PR person wrote all the lines for everyone, but still...) 110 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 05/09/2025If Piers Morgan's YouTube show "Uncensored" is going to channel 5 here in the UK, where it will have to adhere to Ofcom guidelines, does that in fact mean that it will be "Censored"? deadline.com/2025/09/pier...deadline.comPiers Morgan’s ‘Uncensored’ YouTube Show Heading To Paramount UK Network 5 In “World-First Collaboration”Piers Morgan's Uncensored YouTube show is heading to Channel 5 in a highlights package deal with the Paramount network. 010 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 05/09/2025You just know that Netflix is working on this right now. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...bbc.co.ukAryna Sabalenka keen to play Nick Kyrgios in 'Battle of the Sexes' eventWorld number one Aryna Sabalenka says 'I'll try my best to kick his ass' if a proposed 'Battle of the Sexes'-style match with Nick Kyrgios goes ahead. 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 01/09/2025I've got around to examining the latest @edisonresearch.bsky.social podcast rankings for the UK, and in particular, tracking them over time. Over on my blog there's a handy interactive chart showing how the Top 25 titles have performed over time. www.adambowie.com/blog/2025/09... 000 0
Adam Bowie @adambowie.com · 30/08/2025At this point betting adverts are going completely over my head. I literally have no idea what they're talking about and I have no intention of Googling to find out. 110 0
