AERO, the Spanish Online Radio Association, has announced that it will develop a comprehensive certification of Spanish internet radio stations and podcasts. The work will culminate in a “Certified Directory of Online Radio,” to be published in December.Internet radio stations and podcasts which can demonstrate Spanish listenership may request participation. Continue Reading
The Music Managers Forum has released a new call for transparency in the streaming music space. In the second part of its Dissecting the Digital Dollar report, the organization said that more openness is needed about deals between streaming services and labels/publishers. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Finding radio and audio in fall previews; consumer data in the music industry; finding potential breakouts in Pandora data. Continue Reading
Spanish-language specialist SBS has added video to its streaming app LaMusica. The bilingual and bicultural app, which previously focused only on music, has now added short video vignettes to its content offerings. Continue Reading
Nielsen released its Total Audience Report for the second quarter of 2016 and got into the nitty gritty of choice in the media space. It acknowledges that consumers now expect options in content, but noted that they don’t engage with all those choices all the time. Continue Reading
Google is moving forward with its own voice-activated personal assistant, which is being positioned as a rival to the Amazon Echo. Google Home will interact with several types of smart home technology, including playing music from streaming services. Continue Reading
Panoply, the podcasting network owned by publisher Slate, is planning to launch an office in London. This new base will focus on increasing collaborations with audio talent in the UK market. Continue Reading
Deezer is back in the headlines, this time for a deal with Feature.fm. The streaming service’s new partner bills itself as a native music advertisement platform. With this arrangement, artists can promote their work as sponsored content in Deezer’s free tier. Continue Reading
Sony Music Entertainment has renewed its deal with Tencent Music for distribution in China. The conglomerate operates QQ Music, a very popular streaming service for the Asian market. Continue Reading
AudioBoom has inked another partnership, this time focused on the Australian market. It will now host, distribute, and monetize on-demand versions of the radio programs from Grant Broadcasters. Continue Reading
Streaming is projected as the source of nearly all mobile music by 2022, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The latest report pegged streaming as 76% of the mobile music market in 2015, and estimated that the share would grow to 95% by 2022. Continue Reading
With its announcement of on-demand subscription services, iHeartMedia is stepping into a music-service pool swimming with sharks like Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Soundcloud, and others. Stiff and more or less established competition, but none of those existing services has the gigantic promotional leverage of iHeart’s radio network, which has been activated already. Continue Reading