Posts Tagged ‘ Internet radio ’

Use Flytunes To Get Streaming Internet Radio On Your iPhone

May 11th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

This is a demo video of the new FlyTunes Internet radio tuner service. FlyTunes delivers music, talk, weather, and traffic to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
The video shows the installation process and demos a few stations.



Radionomy Lets You Create Free Web Radio Station

May 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Services

Radionomy, a Belgian startup, is a site that lets you create a free, ad-supported Web radio station
The site, now in beta testing, is designed to make creating a Web radio station trivial, letting you browse through vast music, jingle and content libraries made available by Radionomy. You can also integrate your own musical creations or [...]



Pandora Shuts Lid on UK Music Service

Jan 11th, 2008 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Digital Music, General

Pandora, the internet radio service of the “Music Genome Project,” has announced that it is discontinuing its service in the UK, effective January 15. Pandora lets users design their own streaming radio stations based on their musical preferences.
Pandora’s continued operations have been uncertain since mid-2007, when licensing body protests in North America and UK increased [...]



CES: Flytunes Intros Digital Music Service For iPhones

Jan 7th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPhone, iPods & Portable Media Players

At the 2008 CES Show, FlyTunes introduced a new digital music service for the Apple iPhone,
iPod Touch and other portable media players and cell phones:

FlyTunes offers a personalized radio-like experience, with thousands of channels of digital music.
Features:

FlyTunes does not require a receiver or additional hardware purchase - it works with your cell phone or personal [...]



Webcasters Face 12% Tax For Using Traditionally-Licensed Music

Aug 23rd, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Law

Music industry group SoundExchange said Tuesday that small Internet radio broadcasters could pay royalty rates from 10-12% to stream traditionally-licensed music online through 2010.
Qualified Webcasters ‚Äî those earning $1.25 million or less in annual revenue ‚Äî have until Sept. 14 to accept SoundExchange’s offer. The agreement covers streaming recordings of SoundExchange members.
SoundExchange represents more than [...]



Internet Media Is The Way To Reach College Students

Jul 26th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Streaming Video, Video

Burst Media has released the results of a survey on media consumption of 18-24 year old college students, reporting that students spend more time with the Internet than with other media. Burst also reports that Internet audio and video were two of the students’ top reasons for using the Internet.
According to Burst, many students spend [...]



Internet Radio Still Not Dead

Jul 13th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Podcasting Law

It looks like the high-profile negotiations between the music industry and commercial Internet broadcasters over royalty rates for netcasting traditionally licensed music is moving from the court system to the backroom.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has denied motions to stay any aspect of the ruling by the Copyright Royalty Judges (CRJs) [...]



What If Internet Radio Held A Day Of Silence, And Nobody Listened?

Jun 29th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, General

Thousands of U.S. commercial webcasters went silent this Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten the viability of stations that broadcast mainstream music. Unfortunately for the broadcasters, it looks like the day of silence fell on deaf ears.
Tuesday’s Day of Silence was observed by Yahoo!, Live365, Rhapsody [...]



Celebrate The Internet Radio Day of Freedom From Phil Collins Day!

Jun 26th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Digital Music, General

Hundreds of U.S. commercial webcasters are going silent today, June 26, to protest to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten their ability to make money broadcasting mainstream music.
Yahoo! is one of the Internet radio broadcasters that has announced that it is going silent: “Apologies to anyone who was hoping to listen to free [...]



Does Internet Radio Deserve To Die?

Jun 21st, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Commentary, Digital Music, Podcasting Law

Thousands of U.S. commercial webcasters plan to go silent Tuesday, June 26, to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that could threaten the viability of stations that broadcast mainstream music.
Earlier in the year, the United States Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for webcasting traditionally licensed music, to be effective from [...]