Real Growth Predicted For Digital Radio As Receiver Prices Drop
The conversion from analog radio to digital radio is well under way around the world and gaining momentum rapidly according to tech market research firm In-Stat. Worldwide, the market for. Continue reading
Watch Out Sirius & XM! Internet For The Car Is Here.
Seamless wireless internet service is coming for your car. This year for only $49 a month. It won’t matter if you’re a Verizon, Cingular or Sprint customer. This one taps. Continue reading
Radio Giant Entercom Settles Payloa Probe For $4.25 Million
Entercom who own 105 radio stations will pay $4.25 million to end NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s payola investigation. The lawsuit filed in March claimed Entercom solicited payments from record. Continue reading
Who Needs The Pros? Top 40 By and For Real Teenagers
Do we really need expensive consultants and focus groups? What would Top 40 radio sound like if it was programmed by and for real teenagers? Edison Research looks at BabyBoombox.ca . Continue reading
Only Months After Payola Probe Pay For Play Is Back At Radio
Will things ever change? Just months after the major labels settled the NY payola probe, two Universal distributed labels (Blackground and the band Nickleback on Roadrunner) reportedly tried to influence. Continue reading
XM On Your iPod. Sirius On Your Computer And Cell.
The lines between new media and their delivery systems continue to blur as technologies advance and consumers demand multi-function devices. Apple has filed a patent application that allows the user. Continue reading
Teens Turning Away From Radio In Droves
It’s no secret that broadcast radio is in big trouble particularly when it comes to attracting younger listeners. Teens are listening to 20% less radio than they did a decade. Continue reading
Broadjam Delivers Indie Tracks To Radio, But It’s No Bargain.
Broadjam, one of several sites who enable indie musicians sell downloads direct to fans has added "Radio Delivers" to it’s suite of services. Using the same company and technology that. Continue reading
NPR To Launch Music & Download Site
National Public Radio will create a major digital music service in the first half of 2007 to extend the significant role that their 815 public radio stations hold in music. Continue reading
Marketing Guru Seth Godin On The Uncertain Future Of Radio
Author and marketing guru Seth Godin recently gave his opinions on the future of radio which he defines as "audio determined by an external editor". In short, Godin doesn’t see. Continue reading
