Nile Rodgers and Craig David are probably not on many teenagers’ playlists, but the disco king and the R&B singer were the headline performers when the BBC launched its latest attempt to lure young listeners at the Tate Modern in October. The director-general, Lord Hall, took to the stage and hailed the arrival of BBC Sounds, a revamp of the iPlayer radio app that offers live streaming and 80,000 hours of on-demand audio on a customisable platform.

Tony Hall described the project as an “irresistible fusion of creativity and technology that will allow us to experiment with new music, stories and ideas”. The service has had a mixed reception from users so far, though: the 1,500 reviews on the App Store give it an average