Yearly Archives: 2009

Last week we posted some interesting facts and figures from The Infinite Dial 2009 report, but after reviewing Arbitron's whole study, here are some more statistics. An Estimated 69 Million Americans Listened to Online Radio in the Last Month Weekly Online Radio Audience Up by Nearly One-Third in Last Year Online Radio Reaches One in…

The worldwide digital radio market has been growing, as most of you know. But most of you probably don’t know which markets are growing at the fastest rates. Between 2007 and 2008 digital radio experienced growth of 85%, as reported by http://www.in-stat.com/, which is a tremendous increase in just one year. Asia/Pacific was the main…

Last week Arbitron Inc. and Edison Research released their latest study “The Infinite Dial 2009.” This study showed that the usage rate of digital audio platforms, suck as online radio, iPods, podcasting, etc., has significantly increased since 2008. Interestingly enough, weekly online radio audience has grown to roughly 42 million Americans, up from 33 million…

According to the latest reports, online revenue nearly quadrupled last year, growing from $67 million to $247 million. It doesn’t stop there - on average, online revenue is expected to increase an average of $132 million through 2013. Most experts agree that the increasing popularity of online radio - driven by expanding wifi and mobile…

Securenet Systems has just finished implementing a brand new feature for station managers which allow station managers to earn commission on music purchased from Amazon.com. There is now a “Buy Now” Amazon button on all players running DCS which automatically updates to the song currently playing. Clicking on the button takes the listener directly to…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Diego Baeza dbaeza@securenetsystems.net Director of New Business Development Securenet Systems 356 SW 12th Avenue Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 (866) 568-9402 Deerfield Beach – March 25, 2009 - Securenet Systems, Inc., http://www.securenetsystems.net/, a radio streaming services company in South Florida, has introduced new “Stream to Mobile” capabilities for mobile listeners. Radio stations…

For perhaps the first time anywhere - and almost certainly the first time for a major market commercial radio station - more in-market, key-demo listeners listened to a radio station via its online stream than to its over-the-air broadcast. According to Arbitron PPM results, in the third week of February, CBS-owned WWFS-FM’s (“Fresh 102.7”) online…

Radio continues to attract large group of listeners.By Allan J. VestalAlthough the effects of the economic downturn have left their mark on the radio industry, several veterans of the mid-Missouri airwaves said they are enduring the recession. Nearly three-fourths of Americans older than age 12 listen to the radio each week, according to a 2008…

U.S. Local Media Annual Forecast indicates current economic conditions may accelerate the shift from traditional to digital platforms. CHANTILLY, Va., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Current and foreseeable economic conditions will reduce overall local advertising spending through 2013, according to the U.S. Local Media Annual Forecast (2008-2013) by BIA Advisory Services, LLC (http://www.bia.com/) and its Kelsey…