RAIN Summit Orlando Session 10: Internet Radio Awards
Kurt Hanson bestows the RAIN Internet Radio Awards in several categories.
Pureplay of the Day: SpacesFM
If you need some space wedged into the middle of your week, SpacesFM (www.spacesfm.com) provides sonic vistas. Defined as “Redefining Classical radio,” the stream is more about electronica than formal classical music. That said, we have heard a couple of orchestral… Continue Reading
TuneIn reaches milestone: 100,000 radio stations
Aggregation platform TuneIn announced today that its portfolio of streaming radio stations has reached 100,000 — “the most radio stations ever in one place,” according to the press release. TuneIn is taking the long-tail approach to radio stations, adding broadcasts… Continue Reading
Tech disruption of music documented in two videos
The music business has been pivoting around new digital realities for about 15 years. All layers of production are affected — composing, performing, recording, manufacturing, distributing, and ownership of copyright. Streaming music, RAIN’s core focus, is the just the most… Continue Reading
The Echo Nest partners with Getty Images
We can hope to see more pictures of artists and bands in music services that use music intelligence data from The Echo Nest. (See part 1 and part 2 of RAIN’s interview with CEO Jim Lucchese.) The music data company… Continue Reading
SoundCloud reaches 250-million listeners
While Pandora’s “active listener” metric hovers around 73-million (72.7M reported in September), and iTunes Radio brags of attracting 20-million unique users in its first month, SoundCloud is quietly rolling up an impressive user base. TechCrunch reports from its Disrupt Europe… Continue Reading
REVIEW: New Rhapsody features in Android
It is a busy month for Rhapsody, the godparent of music services. During October the Internet jukebox launched new “radio” features that enabled artist-centric listening (trailing some other services by a few years, but still), closed an important partnership with… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 1: Alternate Revenue Strategies
This RSO panel explored platforms and strategies that drive incremental revenue for streaming audio companies, including performance-based and direct-response campaigns, ad exchanges, daily deals, and more. Moderator: Paul Heine (Inside Radio) Panelists: Dan Weiner (Pandora), Ted Gurley (Univision), Matt Cutair… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 2: Connected Vehicle Conundrum (Pecha Kucha format)
From RAIN Summit Orlando, September 2013 Session 2: Pecha Kucha – Aha by Harman “Connected Vehicle Conundrum” Presenter: Toby Trevarthen
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 3: Ad Insertion Panel
There has been a lot of discussion as to whether broadcasters should use ad insertion as part of their streaming and online strategy. This panel considered both sides, taking into consideration measurement implications, revenue opportunities, programming issues and available resources.… Continue Reading
RAIN Summit Orlando Session 4: KEYNOTE by David Field
Keynote address presented by David Field, CEO of Entercom.
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