iHeartRadio announced that it has surpassed 85 million registered users. At a rate of 5 million users in three months, the company boasted that, “This growth means that iHeartRadio is still gaining users at a faster rate than Facebook and any other streaming music service!” Continue Reading
RAIN News has learned that Radionomy has pulled its stations from TuneIn’s U.S. listening audience, over the cost of music licensing under the new Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) royalty rates. Radionomy told RAIN News that the company asked TuneIn to geo-block the U.S. from Radionomy streams. It is the latest disruption in the webcast industry coming from CRB rates implemented on January 1. Continue Reading
The LG Stylus 2, the first smartphone with built-in DAB+ technology, has launched in the UK and Australia. It retails for £219.99 in the UK and A$499 in Australia. The digital radio smartphone debuted at Radiodays Europe. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Missives from the launch of the first digital radio smartphone in the UK and Australia. Great video from Broadcast Bionics. Also pieces about Serial, NPR One, NTS, and much more. Continue Reading
Triton Digital has secured another partner for its a2x programmatic audio advertising platform. Radioline, a European radio and podcast aggregator, will use Triton’s platform to enable programmatic digital audio inventory on its website. Continue Reading
Drake dropped his latest album, Views, as a windowed Apple exclusive on Friday. So far, the move seems to be a lucrative one. Views will be exclusive to the Apple music ecosystem for one week before it goes to any other services. In that time, it won’t even be available for physical retail. Continue Reading
RAIN is pleased to announce that The Streaming Audio Advertising Summit, June 2 in New York, is now open for registration. The event, which will focus on exploring the advantages of the marketing opportunities of online audio, will take place from 9:00AM to 1:00PM at the beautiful Metropolitan Pavilion. Click for details. Continue Reading