Vevo has rolled out a new app for the Apple TV, with more television support to roll out in the future. The new features for Vevo’s Apple TV presence include a pop-up navigation bar for browsing while viewing videos and curated video and playlist recommendations. Continue Reading
The Department of Justice is appealing a September decision by federal judge Louis Stanton which contradicted the DOJ on the issue of fractional licensing. The DoJ filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, an action it had been planning to take for months. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: A video experiment from Spotify; Troy Carter on music’s value chain; UK streaming data; FCC votes to start dismantling net neutrality. Continue Reading
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has released a dense, highly-informed and descriptive whitepaper about programmatic advertising — which also suggests abandoning the term “programmatic” and replacing it with “automation.” There is also a great infographic. Continue Reading
Spotify has embarked on yet another acquisition. The streaming service has bought Niland, a Paris-based machine learning startup offering music analysis technology. Niland’s work has improved how AI can optimize search and recommendation features for music. Continue Reading
RAJAR has released its first-quarter results for radio listening in the UK. The data showed that 48.2 million adults or 89% of the UK’s adult population listen to radio stations each week. The first quarter weekly listening rate has consistently hovered between 89% and 91% since 2012. Continue Reading
Claire Atkinson, the NY Post writer who is at the head of many anonymously-sourced rumors about streaming media businesses, says that SiriusXM and parent company Liberty Media are again discussing an acquisition with Pandora. Continue Reading
Iconic webcasting platform Live365, which went out of business in January, 2016, and reemerged under new ownership in August, has announced that the platform is now open to webcaster sign-ups following a limited roll-out that began in January. Continue Reading
Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web: Apple Music shifts focus on exclusive music releases; Amazon building up multiple music strategies; Gimlet Media podcast getting a TV season. Continue Reading
One day after Cumulus-owned Westwood One announced it was bringing Cumulus radio station commercial inventory into the programmatic era via Katz Expressway, Katz unleashed another press announcement outlining the scope of its programmatic radio market. Continue Reading
Nobex Partners announced that its apps are now compatible with the Android Auto and Apple CarPlay vehicle entertainment systems. The company specializes in building mobile apps for radio stations. This connected car support means that Nobex partner apps are now optimized for those displays. Continue Reading
Triton Digital has entered a partnership to become the exclusive reseller of Omny Studio for the U.S. and Canada. This arrangement will offer a plug-and-play audio management solution for creating, monetizing, and analyzing podcast content. Continue Reading