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Smooth Radio are asking listeners to take part in their annual charity event, ’Starlight Supper’, that aims to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Listeners are encouraged to host (or attend) a dinner party and listen to Smooth Radio from 8pm on Saturday 9th March for the perfect soundtrack for the UK’s biggest dinner party!

To register simply visit www.smoothradio.co.uk/starlight and Smooth Radio will send you a Starlight Supper pack that includes everything you need for your dinner party – balloons, confetti, place and menu cards, and recipes from some of the UK’s best-loved chefs, including Mary Berry, Brian Turner and The Fabulous Baker Brothers. You can find more details and frequently asked questions on the Startlight Supper web page including dinner party tips, competitions, helpful hints from the celebrity chef of the week and ideas on how to raise more money from your guests!

 On the night Smooth Radio will be playing four hours of non-stop soulful hits from 8pm so you can entertain your guests with great music then once you have finished your food join in for the Smooth Pop Quiz at 10pm. You can also listen to Smooth whilst you’re preparing your feast and send in pictures from your night during the show. We are also donating a Pure Evoke Mio on the night so listen out for that competition for your chance to win!

Smooth Radio has been hosting the Starlight Supper since 2010 and so far the event has raised over 500K for Macmillan. There have been over 7,000 Starlight Supper dinner parties to date – that’s 42,000 people so far and counting. Every penny raised goes towards helping Macmillan provide practical, medical and emotional and financial support to people affected by cancer. You can read more about the work of Macmillan Cancer Support on their website. If you’re unable to host a Starlight Supper, the easiest way to donate is online via Smooth Radio’s JustGiving page.

Don’t forget that you can listen to Smooth Radio on Pure Connect, our online gateway to internet radio stations, listen again content, on-demand programmes as well as millions of tracks from Pure Music, our cloud-based, on-demand music service.

The Jacksons supporting Starlight Supper

Celebrity chef Nadia

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Tonight at The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Children’s Radio Foundation UK will be celebrating World Radio Day by hosting a photographic exhibition of their projects in South Africa along with audio clips from a recent trip to the country by the charity’s Global Ambassador, Colin Greenwood. There will also be a 24 hour ‘pop up’ radio station featuring presenters such as Ed Stourton, Robin Lustig, Hardeep Singh Kohli and Charlie Lee Potter and live performances from the likes of Laura Mvula, Caribou and Fourtet.

Guests will be able to listen to the audio clips on a number of Pure Sensia 200D Connects.

Children’s Radio Foundation (#CRF) is a charity using radio as a tool to empower young people across Africa. The photographs and audio have been recorded especially for the event by Colin Greenwood who has been travelling around South Africa to meet some of the talented people on the projects and make some great radio. You can follow his trip by visiting http://crf.waste.uk.com/. You can also listen to audio clips along with music from Caribou, Fourtet and Laura Mvula who are performing on pop up station, WRD Radio on World Radio Day on Pure Connect.

All proceeds from tonight’s event will go direct to Children’s Radio Foundation UK.

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UNESCO has proclaimed February 13th as World Radio Day to celebrate radio as a medium. To help raise awareness we asked senior management at Pure and our parent company, Imagination Technologies, to tell us what radio means to them:

Paul Smith, general manager for Pure says, “My drive to and from work would not be the same without listening to BBC Radio 5 Live on my in-car digital radio.”

Colin Crawford, who will sadly be leaving Pure in the coming months after 23 years at the company says, “I love radio because, unlike TV, it celebrates the everyday”.

Nick Hucker, Pure’s new director of marketing says, “In the late 19^th century radio was referred to as ‘ the wireless’ in the UK. Back then the invention enabled the sending of short signals – today, radio devices bring communication and joy to people in all walks of life, in every corner of the world.”

Hossein Yassaie, CEO, Imagination Technologies, says “I discovered my love of electronics taking radios apart when I was a child – and of course putting them back together again!”

The aim of UN World Radio Day is to raise awareness for this vital medium which survives bravely in the new digital world and has a lot potential for the future!

Tweet us about what radio means to you @Pure_Insider and we’ll retweet the best ones!

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“You must be winding down for Christmas by now?” is a question I have been asked a lot recently and the answer is a definite “no!” Now we have launched Jongo S340B in the UK, it is time to do the same for our international territories and then there is a small consumer electronics show to plan for in January (CES 2013 – Las Vegas for those who don’t know)!

As Senior PR Executive for Pure I am responsible for international PR in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, the UAE, USA, Switzerland and Australia and I also help Vicky, Jenny and Sarah with UK activities. As part of my role, I’m extremely fortunate to visit a lot of these countries and over the last couple of weeks I have been lucky enough to visit Germany, France, Norway and Switzerland and here is just a sneaky peek in to what I got up to:

My first visit was on Tuesday 6th November when I headed to Frankfurt to meet with our country manager, Ralf Reynolds and his office executive, Pia Fauerbach who I work with on PR for Switzerland and Germany. This gave me the chance to visit their new offices in Stockstadt and spend some time going over our plan for the remainder of the year. We also met with our colleagues at LEWIS PR, at their German office in Frankfurt, where we demonstrated Jongo S340B and went through our PR plan. In the evening we went along to their social media event.

My busiest week was Monday 12th November when I headed to Oslo, which was ever so slightly colder than my trip to Dubai in June! Fagbladet Elektronikkbransjen, a Norwegian consumer electronics trade magazine, were hosting their Christmas gift award event and we, along with our distributor – Selek, were part of the exhibition along with other consumer tech brands and our friends at Digital Radio Norway. We met with journalists and retailers and demonstrated Jongo S340B as well as showcasing our other products such as Evoke Mio, Move 400D, Move 2500 and the One family.

After one night in Oslo I headed to Leipzig, Germany for the World DMB General Assembly with our director of marketing, Colin Crawford, who was well equipped with his Mo in aid of Movember! World DMB are responsible for defining the standards of the Eureka-147 family which includes DAB and DAB for digital radio. Their goal is to promote the awareness, adoption and implementation of these services around the world. They work with sound and data broadcasters, network providers, manufacturers, governments and official bodies to encourage international co-operation and a smooth, coordinated roll-out of services. The WorldDMB General Assembly was the flagship event of the year and brought together the international digital radio industry so it was a great opportunity to catch up on the digital radio situation across the world.

In the evening of the first day we were treated to a networking event by private German broadcaster, Regiocast. This was a great event and included a tour of ’90Elf’ – Germany’s digital radio only football station. Colin and I also had a few minutes to check out our products in ‘Saturn’ at Leipzig station and we were very pleased with the display!

On a personal note Leipzig is a very beautiful place, and whilst I didn’t get much time to see it, the parts I did see were beautifully historical and the train journey from Berlin is very comfortable! It is also worth noting that it was at this event where I beat Colin at pool but don’t worry I let him win once!

After three days in Germany I thought I should spend some time in the office. That didn’t last very long as on Thursday 22nd November I went to one of my very favourite places in Europe – Paris. I met with our Country Manager, Laura Klauck-de Branche and we had a good catch up about our PR plans for the year, which we discussed at great lengths in a meeting with our colleagues in the LEWIS PR Paris office. We demonstrated Jongo S340B to them and starting planning out launch event for next year. After our meeting Laura and I headed to the Champs Elysees to see our products in-store.

Travel tip: If you travel alone to Paris, even if you have a small wheely suitcase, get a MotoCab from Gare du Nord to the city. This is a motorbike taxi and is much quicker and cheaper than a normal taxi! They give you a helmet, gloves, jacket and a blanket and you even get to see some of the sites – a great way to do a bit of site-seeing on a business trip (albeit a little bit scary in the Parisian traffic)!

My last stop was to Geneva on Wednesday 28th November where I visited our PR agency Cohn and Wolfe at their very funky new offices! This was the first time I met with my lovely colleagues Inge and Amelie who work on our account and as you can see they love the Pure brand!

I absolutely love travelling for work and it truly is one of the most valuable parts of my jobs. Meeting with my colleagues at the PR agencies really helps to build relationships beyond the conference call and the millions of emails that are exchanged and it gives you the oppportunity to get creative and bring a new energy to a project.

Now bring on CES!

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Chloe here, Senior PR Executive for Pure. My favourite Pure product of this year that I would recommend for a Christmas gift are the two new additions to the Move range – Move 2500 and Move 400D.

My Dad and I often use the Move 2500 or Move 400D when we’re at the football. Being West Ham fans we are used to avoiding relegation by the skin of our teeth, so we often listen out for the other scores during a game. With the noise isolating headphones that come with Move 2500 I can hear the best coverage from other games on BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT, all through the crystal clear sound of digital radio.

Move 400D is a great portable digital and FM radio that comes in handy during a game. You can use it with headphones or just carry it around with you and at half time everyone can have a listen! The great thing about Move 400D is that it has 60 hours of battery life per charge so during a season we rarely need to charge it up and with 20 presets we never have to search for our favourite stations!

Move 2500 is priced at £79.99 (SRP) and Move 400D is £89.99 (SRP), so great prices for Christmas. I would recommend Move 2500 an ideal gift for people who like jogging to great digital radio or want to listen to radio on the move at football or other sporting events. Move 400D is also great for gardeners, people who work outdoors and for those who love picnics!

Have a great Christmas and look out for more great products from us next year!

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Pure, RSPB and Fun Kids have joined forces once again to launch the RSPB’s 2012 Wildverse poetry competition for children.

The competition is open for entries from young people aged under 19, and poems can be any length, about any aspect of wildlife or nature. The deadline for entries is Friday 23 November, 2012 and entrants can email their poems to wildverse@rspb.org.uk or send them in the post to Wildverse, RSPB Wildlife Explorers, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL.

The head judge of this year’s competition is Julia Donaldson, Children’s Laureate and author of the award-winning book The Gruffalo. Julia’s ten favourite poems will be read out on air on Fun Kids between 21st and 24th December and you will also be able to listen to them via Pure’s online portal – Pure Connect. You can also find the 2011 poetry recordings here as well. The overall winner, as chosen by the judges, will receive a Pure Sensia 200D Connect and the runners up will receive a Pure One Flow so they can listen to their poems being read out on Fun Kids.

Julia Donaldson, head judge of the competition, says; ‘I want children to feel the wind, the rain, the sunshine, listen closely and write about what excites them. I want to hear a story in a poem about something wonderful that they have experienced.’

The RSPB is urging families to connect with nature so that our children can go on to look after it as adults.  Find out how connected you are at www.rspb.org.uk/getoutdoors or for more information on Pure visit www.pure.com

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We have donated a number of Pure Evoke-1s Marshall digital radios to Absolute Radio in support of their Movember campaign as they put music behind the Mo and grow mos across the station to raise awareness and funds for men’s health – specifically prostate and testicular cancer.

Absolute Radio have donated an on-air campaign to Movember, set to be supported by an online hub at www.absoluteradio.co.uk to drive awareness and mobilise Absolute Radio listeners to take part in Movember and raise money by ‘Growing a Mo’. Fundraising incentives to win a number of signed Marshall Pure Evoke-1S digital radios from some of music’s elite including Noel Gallagher, Elbow, Plan B, Muse and Mumford & Sons will also be on offer to listeners participating in Movember.

Absolute Radio DJ’s Andy Bush, Pete Donaldson, Christian Nash, Rock ‘N’ Roll Football lead commentator Jim Proudfoot and Sarah Champion will all be taking part to celebrate Movember. The station’s male DJ participants will become ‘Mo Bros’ and will start the month of November clean shaven before growing and grooming their moustache all month long. Sarah Champion will take on ‘Mo Sista’ status described essentially as a woman who loves a Mo. She will be supporting her male colleagues on their moustache growing journey and sharing her personal family story of her father who had prostate cancer.

All money raised in the UK is directed to programmes run by Movember and their men’s health partners Prostate Cancer UK and The Institute of Cancer Research. In 2011, 854,000 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas raised over £79.3 million globally and over £22 million in the UK and since its humble beginnings in Melbourne Australia in 2003, Movember has grown to become a truly global movement with campaigns in 21 countries in 2012.

You can stream all of the artists shown in this article via Pure Music, our cloud-based, on-demand music service. For more information about this service please vist http://connect.pure.com/.

To follow the campaign visit www.absoluteradio.co.uk.

To learn more about Movember visit http://uk.movember.com/

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Early on Sunday morning – 28th October – the clocks go back one hour, which means you get an extra hour in bed. However, it can mean that when you wake up you are a little unsure of what the actual time is.

With a digital radio you can be sure you wake up to the right time as digital radios automatically sync to the correct time ensuring a smooth transition into the new time zone. This is also the same for our connected products.

Despite the joys of having an extra hour in bed we now have the misery of coming home in the dark and feeling that extra bit tired. But with a Pure Twilight you can brighten up those dark nights with colourful mood lighting with our favourite being ‘party’ mode!

So never fear, digital radio is here, making sure you know what time it is!

For more information please visit our website – www.pure.com. For high res images and review samples, please email sarah.riley@pure.com

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Pure, the world-leading maker of wireless music and radio systems, presents One Mi Series 2, a compact and very portable digital and FM radio, which delivers an affordable and quality digital radio listening experience and now comes with an integrated headphone socket, improved audio and stylish new looks.

The most affordable, quality digital radio available, One Mini Series 2 (SRP: £34.99) comes in a matt black or white finish and is part of our best-selling One family of digital radios.

Small yet powerful, One Mi Series 2 sits perfectly in the kitchen, study, bedroom or bathroom and the new integrated headphone socket allows the user to listen to their favourite station without disturbing others. When fitted with the optional, easy-to-fit, rechargeable A1 battery pack (SRP £17.99), One Mi Series 2 provides up to 20 hours of portable listening and is ideal for carrying around the home and garden or for providing the soundtrack to a summer picnic, festival, camping trip or day at the allotment.

One Mi Series 2 now has larger, higher contrast buttons making it even easier to use and the USB charger socket allows charging on the go from a laptop.

Despite its compact dimensions, One Mi Series 2 has been engineered to provide surprisingly punchy audio quality and volume. Other features include FM; a clear digital display; 16 presets; scrolling text, which can be paused and rewound; multilingual menus and a USB socket for future updates.

Pure One Mi Series 2 is available now from all good stockists. For more information, high res images, or review samples please contact sarah.riley@pure.com.

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If you have been a bit overwhelmed by all our launches this week here is a handy little guide explaining why the new, Pure Jongo multiroom system should be on your radar:

What is Pure Jongo?

Pure ‘Jongo’ is the world’s first mainstream multiroom audio product family. The Jongo wireless system allows you to distribute synchronised music and audio to multiple devices from a single source, including the new Pure Connect App for iPad, iPhone and Android, as well as an increasing number of our connected products.

What are the stand out features?

Expand wirelessly: Pure’s Jongo family allows you to purchase a single product and stream audio content within a single room, or expand wirelessly at your leisure across multiple speakers and/or multiple rooms with additional Jongo or Jongo compatible products. The first product to launch from the Jongo range is the Jongo S340B portable, wireless speaker (SRP £149.99), which can either be used on its own or grouped together with other Jongo speakers to deliver the most affordable multiroom audio system on the market today. Jongo products use Wi-Fi to stream perfectly synchronised audio within a single or multiroom environment. Bluetooth is included in Jongo S340B  for more informal, one-to-one streaming which is ideal for use in the garden or for sharing the fun with friends.

Convenience and control: Controlling Pure’s multiroom ecosystem couldn’t be easier thanks to the new Pure Connect iOS and Android apps, which have been designed with content at their heart to deliver a truly immersive and engaging user-experience.

Flexibility: An increasing number of Pure’s music streaming products including Sensia 200D Connect, Contour 200i Air, and One Flow can be seamlessly integrated into Pure’s Jongo multiroom ecosystem. Selected products such as Sensia 200D Connect and One Flow can even be used to control the multiroom audio. All Jongo products also incorporate Bluetooth as standard which allows streaming of any content from any Bluetooth compatible device for the casual user without the need to register the device onto the Wi-Fi network.

Limitless content: The Pure Connect apps allow you to stream music stored on your personal device, unlimited music via the Pure Music on-demand music service, music stored on your home network system or connected PCs and Macs, and a world of audio (internet radio, podcasts, listen again programmes and ambient sounds).

Sound quality: All Jongo products naturally benefit from Pure’s heritage in affordable quality audio and dedicated audio engineering team to deliver a full and rich, room-filling sound. Additionally, drawing on the expertise at all levels across Pure in Wi-Fi and streaming technologies, Jongo delivers incredibly precise audio synchronisation, producing unparalleled accuracy in a multiroom environment.

To access the press releases and images for ‘Jongo’ please visit imagebank.pure.com and insert the following username and password:

Username – purejongo
Password – Pure2012

For high res images and details about review samples for Jongo S340B, please contact sarah.riley@pure.com.

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