Jacobs Media: Pandora’s A Threat To Broadcasters
In the Internet radio game, Pandora’s the one to beat. So says Jacobs Media’s new Tech Survey of 26,000 rock radio listeners in the US. According to Fred Jacobs, President of Jacobs Media, Pandora is “a threat to terrestrial radio.” The study finds that within the pool of surveyed people who listen to Internet radio, [...]
RadioTime: Internet Radio’s Portal
As demonstration of the growing popularity of Internet radio on mobile and other connected devices, RadioTime’s online portal to Internet radio stations saw a jump of 40% in the number of times listeners tuned in during the month of March. The number jumped to 45 million – up from around 27 million sessions the month before. [...]
Pandora Gets Social With Facebook
Last week Facebook implemented a new phase of integrations with other sites that allow people to share things they like on their favorite sites throughout their Facebook network. The “Open Graph” is Facebook’s new game, and Internet radio darling Pandora is a big winner in it. “Pandora is mapping out the part of the graph [...]
Jetcast’s New Platform Rewards Listeners For Streaming
Streaming solutions provider Jetcast has partnered with Lenco Mobile and announced a listener loyalty program for Internet radio stations. RadioLoyalty will reward Internet radio audiences for using their favorite stations’ Internet broadcasts. Jetcast provides streaming solutions to television and radio broadcasters, including streaming, ad insertion and network ad sales. Clients include Buckley Radio, Grupo Radio, [...]
Study: The Future Looks Good For Internet Radio
There were many highlights in the full day of programming presented at RAIN Summit West last monday during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. Two research studies were presented that provided excellent data on Internet radio and digital audio’s growing audience. Radio Futures 2010 is an independantly funded study on audio platforms and usage in [...]
Last.fm To Google Music: Not So Fast
Last week CBS owned Last.fm announced that they would stop streaming songs on demand. They’ll also stop hosting videos for on demand streaming. Instead, according to the Last.fm blog, they’ll focus on connecting listeners to services that provide “jukebox-in-the-sky” on demand services, such as Spotify, MOG, and Hype Machine for songs, and VEVO for video. [...]
2010 Infinite Dial Study Offers Clear Direction for Streaming Broadcasters
According to the newly released Infinite Dial study, listening to Internet radio didn’t increase much from 2009 to 2010. Last year’s study pegged the audience at 69 million, this year it’s 70 million, both netting a 27 share of the population. That’s because broadband is nearly ubiquitous, says the study. As organic growth of broadband [...]
Arbitron Updates Benchmark Infinite Dial Study
Last week, Arbitron and Edison Research released their updated yearly survey of radio and associated digital platforms, The Infinite Dial. It’s an extremely comprehensive study that has over the years become the benchmark of the continued redistribution of radio’s audience onto alternative digital audio platforms. For the first time, this year’s study finds the Internet [...]
