From the press release: "Savos,
Inc. announced the launch of its wireless Internet audio
technology showcase.
The showcase is the first example of a wireless platform dedicated
solely to delivering personalized, streaming audio content to any
phone over any network...
"The core technology (called MediaCrossbar) delivers
virtually any streaming audio format and manages bandwidth usage
to provide the end-user with the highest possible quality listening
experience...
Through Savos’ Web or WAP interface, users select and customize
their audio menu using virtually any audio content available on
the Internet..."
From the company press release: "Mobilee,
Inc. announced a pioneering phonecasting initiative based
on
its proprietary streaming media delivery network. The Mobilee initiative
offers anyone the ability to browse and retrieve the very best of
broadcast audio using any phone, including wireless devices. Mobilee
can stream high-quality live broadcast digital audio – MP3 files,
music, news, radio stations, sports events, rock shows – to any
phone, in real-time, from any source, including Internet- and non-Internet-based
broadcast media.
"'Experience in Japan with wireless Internet delivery
indicates the key driver of explosive growth is in entertainment
programming. We believe the new Mobilee phonecasting program, which
is bringing streaming digital audio to the phone, in real-time,
will cause a similar explosion among wireless users worldwide,'
said Mobilee.com President and CEO Jacob Guedalia.
"With the Mobilee program, radio stations, even those
without a Web presence, can expand their reach and brand by entering
into the fast-growing wireless Internet market, allowing users to
access their audio content all of the time, anywhere around the
globe..."
From InternetNews.com: "XStreamVoice
Inc. has developed an audio streaming technology solution
that allows Internet users to receive streaming audio directly to
cell phones or other WAP-enabled devices. The XStreamVoice product
is voice activated and allows customers to personalize a menu of
streaming audio content directly to their wireless device. Using
an integrated voice recognition technology, it allows for hands-free,
mobile Internet access..."
Read this story here.
From the press release: "
Susquehanna
Radio Corp.’s
Merge
93.3, Dallas, Texas has agreed to be the
first
test radio station to deploy
Binary
Broadcasting’s new interactive Internet radio service.
"According to Binary Broadcasting CEO Virginia Westphal,
'Merge 93.3, Dallas is an ideal beta station as they, and their
parent company, have eagerly embraced the Internet and have already
taken part in the successful beta tests of other web based products...'
"Binary Broadcasting’s groundbreaking product allows
each listener to create a
custom radio
experience within a favorite station’s site. The music
library, which is determined by the stations,
can
easily be 'tweaked' with the help of a user friendly interface,
designed to be fully integrated with each station’s website.
"Stations will be able to generate non-traditional revenue
streams with online advertising and e-commerce while preventing
audience erosion as listeners move online. Binary Broadcasting covers
the cost of streaming and music licenses."
See RAIN's story Binary's launch (and their hiring of programming
vet Denise Oliver)
here.
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Radio Ink's "Streaming Magazine" (
here)
is reporting that EMusic.com and several of its independent record
label
partners have filed suit against MP3.com for copyright infringement.
The online magazine quotes EMusic CEO Gene Hoffman as saying
"Although MP3.com has entered into settlement agreements with
the five major record labels,
they have chosen to ignore their infringing actions with respect
to independent record labels."
Though EMusic at this time doesn't know how many or which
of their copyrights have been infringed by MP3.com, they have exclusive
digital rights to approximately 13,000 albums from over 600 record
labels.
Read the Streaming Magazine story
here.
England's The Register has a story
here.
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"Mel
and Dan may be the smartest guys in the class..."
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Streaming is not necessarily the silver bullet needed
to improve your web site, in fact, streaming creates a very real
exposure for broadcasters. Given the excellent traffic performances
of KROQ and WNEW, two Infinity/CBS stations who do not stream, and
at the same time are both highly popular radio station web sites,
at the end of the day Mel and Dan may be the smartest guys in the
class again.
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are paying a competitor money..."
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As I stated in a posting on the
RAIN
MESSAGE BOARD back in August. "If you are paying Real,
RBN or for the
priviledge of using their so-so systems you are paying a competitor
money - money that goes back into their company and comes out
in the form of competeting with you (in one way or another). Let
me ask you this. Why would you extend loyalty to a company that
takes your hammer and hits you in the head with it? Come on folks,
econ 101 here. Don't be a customer of your competitor - HELLO!
Anyone who pays REAL is a customer of REAL. REAL knows
all the stations, all the channels, everything. They also know
all the channels you (if an aggregator/broadcaster) are paying
REAL to stream. It appears that REAL is now in your territory.
Have you been lining the pockets of REAL only to have that lining
come back and bite you in the butt now?
A RAIN article in the past stated that RBN will be offering
"a comprehensive Internet broadcasting solution for
traditional radio broadcasters." Is this being offered directly
to radio stations or to it's clients who stream radio stations?
If it's directly to it's clients who stream these radio stations
then fine but if not... aren't aggregators/broadcasters doing
this already? If so, or if they intend to, does RBN not become
a competitor? If they are a competitor why in God's name would
anyone pay a company for a product [G2 Server] when that company
will be using the revenue to battle all those in the same field
[RBN and it's Real Guide]
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