RAIN Summit Orlando Session 4: KEYNOTE by David Field
Keynote address presented by David Field, CEO of Entercom.
Author: Brad Hill
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 5: Building a Top Digital Sales Team
Learn from top digital sales executives how to staff and train your digital sales department. What to look for when hiring, best practices for digital sales training, how to arm them with the best sales tools and optimize inventory. Moderator:… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 6: The Internet Radio Marketplace
This presentation by GroupM Next addresses the future of streaming radio, looking at consumer behavior and implications for brands from the advertising agency perspective. It includes recommendations on ways that streaming content providers can optimize the opportunity for advertisers. Presentors:… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 7: The Race to the Dashboard
Presented by Triton Digital, this discussion will range from best ways for integration to happen (in dash, versus receiver) to identifying aggregators, to discussing best options for both listeners and streaming services during the interim stages. Moderator: Brad Hill (RAIN:… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 8: Kurt Hanson’s “State of the Industry” keynote
AccuRadio/RAIN founder Kurt Hanson delivers his annual address about the state of Internet radio.
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 9: Streaming Music Trends
Presented by Securenet Systems, this panel features a discussion of online listener habits and behavior, including genres that are popular, music recommendation technology, best strategies for sharing, listening patterns, and more, by a roundup of key execs at top streaming… Continue Reading
Pureplay of the Day: East Village Radio
Operating in a street-level studio on First Avenue in New York, East Village Radio (www.eastvillageradio.com) is an FM-to-Internet conversion story. Kicked off the air by the FCC for broadcasting on an unlicensed frequency, EVR took its act(s) into IP delivery.… Continue Reading
Survey and Interview: iTunes Radio little threat to Pandora
Investment firm Canaccord Genuity surveyed Pandora users who have tried iTunes Radio, to get a picture of its existential threat to Pandora. The survey’s headline indicates a limited downside to Pandora: “92% of iTunes Radio Listeners Still Use Pandora.” RAIN… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando videos
RAIN Summits are popular, world-class Internet radio conferences, the preeminent resource for learning and networking in the field of online audio. RAIN Summit Orlando took place in September, 2013. This page links to conference session videos. RAIN Summit West will… Continue Reading
Swedish musicians threatening to sue their labels over Spotify distribution
It might seem ironic that Swedish musicians are unhappy with their participation in Swedish-born Spotify. But it makes sense that if any national group of artists would take action related to Spotify payouts, it would be in Sweden, where streaming… Continue Reading
Pureplay of the Day: Musicovery
Get ready for musical adventure. Musicovery (www.musicovery.com) is more interactive than most pureplay stations. On the website, there is not a Play button to be seen. Instead, a colorful mood map responds to mouseovers as you roll across it from… Continue Reading
New Edison Research videos show a “barrage of new” in connected cars
Seeking insight to how new-car owners are coping with modern infotainment systems built into digital dashboards, Edison Research has produced video interviews with recent buyers. (Watch the videos here.) Unlike the eye-opening videos of prospective buyers trying to turn on… Continue Reading