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Internet radio ’
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.
Tags: Flytunes, Internet radio, iPhone, ipod touch, streaming audio
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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 [...]
Tags: free services, Internet radio, Radionomy, social media, social network, Web radio
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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 [...]
Tags: DMCA, Internet radio, Pandora, streaming music, UK
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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 [...]
Tags: CES, Flytunes, Internet radio, iPhone, ipod touch
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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 [...]
Tags: Creative Commons, Internet radio, legal issues, SoundExchange, webcasting
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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 [...]
Tags: Internet radio, Internet television, research, statistics, the future of radio, the future of television, trends
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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) [...]
Tags: controversy, Internet radio, RIAA, royalty rates, SoundExchange, the future of radio
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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 [...]
Tags: controversy, Day of Silence, Internet radio, netcasters, SoundExchange, the future of radio
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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 [...]
Tags: bad music, controversy, copyright, Day of Freedom, free mp3s, free music, Internet radio, music downloads, Podcasting Law
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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 [...]
Tags: controversy, Internet radio, Podcasting, podcasts, radio, satellite radio, SaveNetRadio, the future of radio
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