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ESPN Radio: The Most Listened-to Online Stream

ESPNRadio.com is the most listened-to online stream of any terrestrial station in the world. They reach more than 420,000 unique listeners per month and pull in a total of 1.9 million sessions per month, an increase of 25 percent compared to last year. ESPNRadio.com’s audio stream averages about 2.5 hours per session. Even their website…
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President Obama to Appear Live on BlogTalkRadio

Tonight at 5:00PM Eastern, President Obama will be joining faith leaders from across the country for a nationwide call to action on health care. The show, "40 Minutes for Health Reform," can be heard here. President Obama, and others, will be communicating live through streaming audio. BlogTalkRadio is the social radio network that allows users…
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Portable Internet Radios

http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/ There are plenty of Internet radio applications for web-connected mobile phones that let you tune in to your favorite webcasts on the go, but what about other devices that lack cellular connections? A new series of portable routers take an Internet connection from cellular providers like Sprint and make it available on a Wi-Fi…
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BlogTalkRadio

If you haven’t heard of BlogTalkRadio, chances are, you soon will. BlogTalkRadio is a provider of thousands of internet talk radio shows and has been becoming quite popular. Their live and archived shows are produced by anyone that wants to be an internet radio host. You don’t need your own radio station, website, or studio.…
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Online Listener Habits

Do you know what the daily online listener peak hours are vs. traditional morning/afternoon drive? Did you realize that online listeners have a much higher ‘dwell time’? That’s right. The online listener spends far more time listening than the traditional listener, as we spend much more time at the workplace than we do in the…
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How to Price Your Online Replacement Ads and Banners

The prices that you can charge for online, Internet-only replacement ads and banners for your players is going to vary widely, depending on the reach and scope of your market coverage and terrestrial spot pricing. This overview is intended to provide you some pricing examples and ideas and insights that you can use in your…
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Securenet Systems Announces New Skins for Streaming Radio Players

6/17/2009 - PRESS RELEASE Securenet Systems Announces New Skins for Streaming Radio Players Contact: Diego Baeza Director of New Business Development Securenet Systems 356 SW 12th Avenue Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 (866) 568-9402 Deerfield Beach – June 26, 2009 - Securenet Systems, Inc., http://www.securenetsystems.net/ a streaming services company in South Florida, continues to roll out…
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Music Sales to Fall 12% by 2013 as Online Passes CDs, PwC Says

By Adam Satariano at Bloomberg June 16 (Bloomberg) -- Global music sales, squeezed by Internet piracy and tumbling demand for compact discs, will fall at a 2.5 percent annual rate over the next five years as non- physical formats overtake CDs, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said. Spending on recorded music will drop 12 percent to $26.1 billion…
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Arbitron Radio Market Rankings

Here is Aribtron's list of the top 50 radio markets. It's not surprising that New York has the largest radio market. Rank Type DST Qual Type Market Name Metro 12+ Population 1 PPM BH S/PPM New York 15,393,700 2 PPM BH S/PPM Los Angeles 10,877,600 3 PPM BH S/PPM Chicago 7,813,900 4 PPM BH S/PPM…
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More and More Stations Streaming Online

Clear Channel, the largest radio group owning over a thousand AM/FM stations, reported revenue of $1.2 billion in the first quarter of 2009...compared to $1.6 billion in the first quarter of 2008. That’s about a 23% decrease in one year. According CC Media Holdings CEO, Mark Mays, "Our companies performed well on a relative basis…
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More Infinite Dial 2009 Statistics

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…
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Worldwide Digital Radio Growth

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…
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Online radio audience grows to 42 million!

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…
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Online streaming revenue nearly quadrupled last year

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…
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"Buy Now" Amazon Button on all DCS Players

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…
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Securenet Systems Launches “Stream to Mobile” Capabilities for Radio Streaming Clients

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…
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According to Arbitron…

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…
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Radio Strong in Rough Economy

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…
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BIA and The Kelsey Group Forecast U.S. Local Ad Market to Contract Through 2013, Despite Gains in Digital Segments

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…
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