We received a couple of phone calls indicating that our event page showed that tickets to RAIN Summit West were sold out. There ARE available tickets. the error has been fixed, but if you encounter any difficulty, please call 773-701-0821. Continue Reading
Radio.com, the website portal to CBS-owned radio and pureplay content, has significantly upgraded the design of its website, adding some new functions as well. RAIN spoke to Ezra Kucharz, President of Local Digital Media at CBS, for his perspective on the changes. Continue Reading
Gracenote announced that Deezer is adding its music identification tags (called track metadata) to Gracenote’s immense repository of music data. The result will be a connection to Deezer’s music catalog for developers, who can “hack” new user interactions with Deezer songs. an interesting deal for both companies. Continue Reading
Market-leading Internet radio service Pandora released its monthly audience metrics for March today, promoting year-over-year growth in its key metrics. the most controversial statistic is “Share of total U.S. radio listening,” which jumped to more than 9%. Listening hours grew also, while audience size remained the same. Continue Reading
Bryan Moffett is VP, Digital Strategy & Sponsorship Operations at National Public Media (NPM). We spoke with him in a pre-RAIN Summit phone conversation about NPR’s approach to its audiences via archived content, and the potential of its recently-announced launch partnership with XAPPmedia for voice-activated mobile ads. Continue Reading
This week, Rhapsody and its subsidiary Napster, and Rdio, have implemented Chromecast support in their apps. Now we can look forward to a series of similar announcements of music services leaping aboard Amazon’s brand new Fire TV device, launched yesterday. what does it mean for consumers? Continue Reading
European music service Deezer has partnered with ad-technology provider AdsWizz to help monetize local ad inventory in many of its global markets. RAIN spoke to Tristan Rachline, Deezer’s head of global sales, about the value of using AdsWizz, how it approaches local markets, and the much-awaited U.S. launch. Continue Reading
Internet listening gained five percent in February over January, according to data released by Triton Digital in its Webcast Metrics Top 20 Ranker. The five-percent gain from the previous month lifted total stream listening into new-high territory. Click through for long-term trending charts. Continue Reading
James Cridland, a “radio futurologist” in the U.K., will give a special presentation at RAIN Summit West on Sunday, April 6, in Las Vegas.His speech and accompanying slide show are called The World’s Best Radio Apps. In a phone conversation, Cridland explains why radio apps are important. Continue Reading
Marketron and Jelli announced this morning an agreement to combine Marketron’s system for tracking radio spot inventory with Jelli’s programmatic ad-buying software. Both parties emphasize that the alignment is the first instance of a broadcast radio buying system connected to a leading radio traffic system. Continue Reading
The Radio League listening app continues to be one of the most interesting developments in the broadcdast/Internet platform relationship. Today we learn that Radionomy powers the Radio League app. Radionomy VP Thierry Ascarez endorses the app. Continue Reading
Spotify announced significant updates to its various computer and mobile apps today, affecting the look-and-feel of the user experience, and adding important music-collection features. On the feature side, users can now add albums and artists to personal collections. Continue Reading