Radio Industry Technology News
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
…word is going around that the RIAA asked social music service Last.fm for data about its user’s listening habits to find people with unreleased tracks on their computers. [MORE]
Tags: last.fm, on-demand, privacy, radio, riaa, streaming
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
February 16, 2009: The NAB and SoundExchange have come to an agreement on Internet streaming rates for local radio stations that simulcast their programming online or create new Internet-only stations. [MORE]
Tags: fees, internet, radio, rates, soundexchange, streaming
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
Troubled satellite radio company Sirius XM announced Tuesday, following reports, that it will accept an investment from cable giant Liberty Media. [MORE]
Tags: bailout, bankrupt, liberty media, radio, satellite, sirius, xm
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Google is pulling the plug on its Google Audio Ads and Adsense for Audio products, and is looking to sell off its Google Radio Automation software business. [MORE]
Tags: ads, adsense, audio, automation, google, radio, streaming
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
The update, which will be submitted to the Android Market this Saturday, will give streaming songs TuneWiki’s lyrical capabilities, as well as its social networking enhancements. [MORE]
Tags: android, lyrics, mobile, pandora, radio, streaming, tunewiki
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
The Sirius and XM satellite radio companies may have succeeded in merging, but their combined company could declare bankruptcy within the year. [MORE]
Tags: bankruptcy, radio, satellite, sirius, xm
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Pandora founder Tim Westergren thinks being broad isn’t necessarily the best strategy for development in the smartphone industry and that betting on a single (what he calls a “hero”) platform could be the way to go. Hint: it’s not a Blackberry or Google’s Android. [MORE]
Tags: iphone, mobile, palm, pandora, pre, radio, streaming
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
This sweet new app, which debuted just three weeks ago (and was previewed back in November), is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. It lets me easily pick whatever public radio station that I want and stream it live. [MORE]
Tags: iphone, mobile, public, radio, streaming
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Music recommendation engine / social network Last.fm has launched an official, feature-rich application for the Android platform that enables users to stream radio stations (including personalized streaming radio), consult up-to-date concert information and also offers the ability to track users’ listening habits based on their Last.fm profile. [MORE]
Tags: android, imeem, last.fm, mobile, music, social, streaming
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
With its shares of stock worth little more than a dime, Sirius XM will reportedly impose a rate increase on March 11th. [MORE]
Tags: radio, rate increase, satellite, sirius, stocks, xm
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