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We've just launched our new streaming stats and metrics section, tracking all listener habits by day-parts, giving you valuable demographic information. In the past, you may have noticed the ability to see listener stats, but we've revamped this to display in-depth metrics... another feature that makes your job easier! Our stats program allows you to…

The weekly online radio audience jumps more than 30 percent in the past year says new Arbitron Edison research study, "The Infinite Dial 2012." The report, just released on Tuesday, shows an extremely positive outlook for today's online radio broadcaster. "The weekly audience of all forms of online radio is now at an estimated 76 million…

 "Is internet radio dead?" was the header on several news and blog sites this week. DO NOT BE ALARMED! They (bloggers and pundits who many times are vaguely aware of the real facts) were talking about the Pureplay-for-pay stations like Pandora and Spotify. Pandora's stock has slid from $16.50 a share and is most likely…

Myth: “Online streaming is not a critical need for my station.” Fact: Online streaming should be a mission-critical part of any radio station’s arsenal of marketing tools. Listeners have come to expect their favorite station to be streaming online on their desktop, and their mobile phones. If you are not streaming, your competition is already…

With TuneIn, people can listen to live local and global stations from anywhere, even if they are on the other side of the world. TuneIn is a radio stream aggregator that pulls in over 50,000 stations from all over the world, and is one of the biggest providers of radio streams to internet devices, desktops,…

Now You Knew This All Along, Right? According to BIA/Kelsey, local radio stations saw a 15.1 percent increase to $439 million for total industry online revenues for 2011. With the 1st qtr of '12 coming to a close, they expect similar growth to continue for the rest of the year with a compounded annual growth…

The Latest Growth Area In Online Streaming? Advertising! If you haven't been living in a cave or under a rock, then you are probably aware of the latest buzz about online music, radio streaming, listener sites, etc. Sites like Pandora, Spotify and Rhapsody have become popular names for the pure-play subscription model. Terrestrial stations and…

Are You on Version 4 with AAC+? Our latest Version 4 player system encodes in AAC+, which is twice the quality of an MP3 or Windows Media stream. If you are not streaming with our latest version player, it's a cinch to upgrade. Although we stream in Windows Media and MP3, AAC+ is far superior…

Stream Monitoring Have you seen our newest feature? It is already being widely used by many station owners and managers. It's our new "Stream Down" notification feature and it's located at the top-right section of your main Control Panel page above the tab marked "Stream Notifications." Check it out....it's a very useful feature and one that…

Free iPhone and Android Apps Sign up for your free Android and iPhone mobile apps to provide to your listeners. You can really brand your name, create credibility and build loyalty with these listener-interactive apps that stream your station and broadcast in a high-quality AAC+ stream. Our Ad-delivery Network also gives you the option to…

Special Promotion For The Month of February Do you have a friend, associate or industry partner that needs our streaming services? If you do know of anyone, and you send us a referral, you will RECEIVE A 2-MONTH CREDIT TO YOUR ACCOUNT equal in value to the plan that is signed up for, not exceeding…

Are you using social media to extend your reach and cater to today's listener? If you aren't, then you aren't keeping up with your competition either, because many stations today have learned to embrace the new media (not so 'new' anymore), and integrate it into everything they do, on-air and online. You may be using some…

If you are a radio professional these days, you are no doubt not only aware of the growth of online streaming, but also aware of the growth of online advertising, including mobile. Our system not only allows you to take advantage of this growth, but allows you to smartly target specific areas of listeners using…

The great thing about streaming your broadcast online is, anyone, anywhere can listen. With the tremendous number of listener sites, Pandora, competing stations, etc., you can't expect your listeners to always remember they can listen to your broadcast online or on-the-go, so you have to constantly remind them. It's just like anything else; you have…

As we tear into 2012, we have a lot of great things on the drawing board of our clients' future. We have a diverse team of developers and programmers hard at work to continue to make improvements, enhancements, and innovations in our online streaming services for our clients around the globe. There are so many…

A major growth area in 2011 was the increase in mobile streaming and the expansion of the radio beyond the traditional dial and desktops, to cars, devices and the increasing demand of streaming smartphone apps loaded with listener-interactive features. The demand for mobile streaming correlated with the increase in smartphone usage, and there will be an even…

According to Alexa Traffic Rankings, Securenet Systems has been the fastest-growing radio streaming provider in the world for the last 2 years. Our growth has continually mirrored the growth of online streaming in general, making us the #1 favorite of terrestrial and internet radio stations around the world! Thanks to all of our clients far…

The latest report from BIA/Kelsey 'Revises Radio Industry Revenue' shows their estimates for 2012, expecting increases of 3.5% for Over-the-Air and 15.1% for Online in 2012. According to S&P Equity Research, overall online ad revenue will increase by about 10% this year, that should push ad revenue to just over $28 billion in 2011. So…

Check out our latest listener-interactive feature, the "Search Wizard". There is a newly labeled button in your Control Panel labeled "Embeddable Widgets" as shown below (formerly Site Playlist Embedding). When you click on the button, you will get a secondary page with links to the Song Wizard playlist widget and the new Search Wizard widget.  …

Growth of Smartphone Usage It is projected that smartphone users will exceed 53% of the market by the end of this year. If you have seen the latest statistics, iPhone and Android account for 76% of all smartphones in the market today. If you haven't already taken advantage of streaming mobile apps for iPhone and Android,…