Monthly Archives: June 2010

BMI and the Radio Music License Committee have agreed on new interim rates, which will be taking effect August 1, 2010. These rates are lower than the temporary rates which took effect on January 1, 2010. “The Radio Music License Committee and BMI have reached an interim fee agreement in the radio industry's rate making…

Within the next several months, Google will be rolling out their music store aiming to take some market share from Apple’s iTunes Store. Google’s music service will be tied to its search engine, and a subscription-based service will be available. Last year, as a first step, Google started linking to partner sites like iLike and…

According to AccuStream Research, online and mobile music listening are forecast to rise 15% this year to 8.3 billion hours, compared to only a 9% increase in 2009. Total listening hours are forecast to expand 22% in 2011. AccuStream’s report, Online and Mobile Music Spins and Media Spend: 2010 – 2012 provides comprehensive music listening…

DALLAS - (Business Wire) RadioTime, Inc., a developer of technology for finding and listening to radio online, today announced it provides its Internet radio guide to the Dension Webradio, a small USB dongle that can bring the world’s radio stations and programs to any USB-capable home entertainment system or car radio. Developed by Dension Audio Systems,…

This morning during The Wall Street Journal’s D: All Things Digital conference, National Public Radio’s CEO, Vivian Schiller, had some positive outlooks on internet radio. Here are some of the things she mentions: NPR’s ratings continue to grow -- just hitting 34 million listeners, averaging 6 hours a week. It’s important that listeners are on…