The company, which plans to launch its system later this year, hopes to provide a single online player for more than 400 UK radio stations and is currently under development by the BBC, Global Radio, GMG Radio, RadioCentre and Absolute Radio.

Prior to joining UK Radioplayer as project leader in May 2009, Hill was a strategy consultant at the BBC. He was also general manager of Channel 4's ill-fated digital radio project between July and December 2008.

He has 20 ...