Radio Industry Technology News
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
After two years of uncertainty, Pandora’s future has finally been secured. [MORE]
Tags: online, pandora, radio, rates, royalties, streaming
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
he House Judiciary Committee has, as expected, passed HR 848, the Performance Rights Act, which would impose performance royalties on radio. The NAB applauded the nine committee members who voted against the bill, saying that shows there is “considerable bipartisan opposition to a performance tax.”
Tags: hr 848, NAB, performance rights act, radio, rates, royalties
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Google Inc.’s foray into selling radio ads was supposed to show how its online-advertising brainpower could revolutionize an old-fashioned people business. [MORE]
Tags: ad insertion, advertising, google, online, radio, sales, technology
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
The world of radio station streaming just became more competitive. Pandora, the largest internet radio provider, signs a deal with Ando Media that will put its ratings side-by-side with station webcasts. Ando EVP Paul Krasinski says advertisers will get a “truer picture” of how large the internet radio audience is.
Tags: ando, online, pandora, radio, ratings, streaming, web
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
…the most desired feature was the ability to connect an iPod or other MP3 player to the vehicle… [MORE]
Tags: car, iphone, ipod, lease, mobile, radio, streaming
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Industry experts say that radio can embrace technology and sustain its popularity. Growing sales of digital sets worldwide certainly lend strength to that theory. [MORE]
Tags: digital, iphone, mobile, radio, sales, streaming, technology
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
…Radio Paradise, Slacker Radio, College Radio Tuner, and Tuner Internet Radio are four applications that, in principle, do exactly the same thing: stream Internet radio to your iPhone or iPod touch. But, while they’re designed to perform the same task, each of these apps has a completely different focus. [MORE]
Tags: iphone, ipod, listen, mobile, radio, streaming
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Cadillac has announced the availability of an in-car wireless Internet option on its CTS sport sedan beginning in April. The new option will be called Cadillac WiFi (sic) by Autonet and be dealer-installed. [MORE]
Tags: cadillac, internet, mobile, radio, streaming, wifi
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
…young people are not turning on their radio to discover new music; they’re certainly not sticking around through the commercials to listen to new music on a radio station. No, sir, that’s what the Internet is for, and that’s why your business has no future. [MORE]
Tags: cbs, internet, k-rock, new, radio, streaming
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
…Webcasters blew a golden opportunity to reach an accord that would have given them much of what they asked for. [MORE]
Tags: fees, last.fm, pandora, radio, riaa, soundexchange, webcasters
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