Taking Streaming Siriusly
Things aren’t looking so bad for Sirius XM these days. They finished 2010 with more than 20 million subscribers, and renewed their contract with Howard Stern, and managed to report profits for most of last year. And while the crisis isn’t over – they still have plenty of debt to worry about – the skies [...]
Internet Radios Driving Auto Aftermarket Sales Increases
Car stereo aftermarket sales rose in 2010 for the first time in a long time, thanks in part to Internet radio. Twice magazine says that new technologies such as Internet radios are the stimulus behind the more than 11% increase in automotive audio aftermarket sales. There are several new technologies that have consumers excited – [...]
Emmis Launches Innovative iTunes Tagging on All Stations
Emmis has implemented technology on all of its stations that enables visual song ID and tagging on mobile Apple devices. The system, called TagStation, was developed by Emmis Interactive, the innovative online division of Emmis, and Broadcast Electronics. Basically, it enables iPod, iTouch, iPhone and iTunes listeners to Emmis’ FM and HD stations to get [...]
2010 Was An Excellent Year For Internet Radio
2010 was the year that Internet radio finally became a household word – although to many that word may have been “Pandora“. Pandora’s popularity on iPhone and other smartphones really took hold this year, listening became more commonplace and many other stations benefitted as well. Apple‘s introduction of iPad created more excitement for Internet radio [...]
Santa’s Shopping List
If you’re trying to think of a creative gift for someone this Christmas, streaming devices could be the way to go. Everyone’s buzzing about Pandora, and I find that when the topic comes up most people are interested in hearing about other ways to listen as well. Here’s a rundown of some options that are [...]
Digital Audio Listening In Car Is Increasing
Online music streaming services such as Pandora and Spotify appear to be driving interest in online in-car audio, according to new data from Vision Critical. In an online survey among a representative sample of 4000+ online consumers in the United States, Britain and Canada, the survey found that one-in-four drivers in the United States, Britain and [...]
Looking Good: Internet Radio’s Next Challenge
Smartphones and other Internet radio devices have increased Internet radio’s mobility and moved Internet radio into much closer competition with broadcast radio, according to a briefing of the Station Resource Group. Wireless Internet radio will not completely replace broadcast radio, however it will continue to expand. Handheld devices are becoming a popular mobile Internet radio [...]
The Driving Force Behind Pandora’s New Genre Stations
Pandora, the darling of the US online radio marketplace, recently rolled out genre stations – format based listening channels that enable fans to simply choose a channel and listen to a professionally programmed stream of music. The channels have been in the background for a while but have recently been given more prominence online. Apparently, [...]
Pandora: We have 60 Million Users
Yesterday Pandora announced that they have hit another benchmark with 60 million registered users. Wow! Last December they announced that they had hit 40 million and then in April they hit 50 million. Now, not even 3 months later they’ve added another 10 million. Pandora’s ubiquity is no doubt responsible for their amazing growth. Their [...]
Smartphone Users Tune In Online While Driving
About 20 percent of people with smartphones use their device to listen to music in their cars by connecting them to vehicle speakers, according to new info from J.D. Power and Associates. The 2010 U.S. Automotive Emerging Technologies Study also found that more than 40 percent of smartphone owners would like to do so in [...]
