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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BridgeCo Inc. (http://www.bridgeco.com/), a leader in consumer electronics connectivity, announced the rapid growth of its business and the expansion of its tier 1 customer base, as analysts report the sales of networked audio devices are quickly climbing. Despite the recession, “Sales of networked audio products increased to 3.7 million units in 2009…

With a $1.75 billion IPO pending, the CFO of The Nielsen Company was restricted in what he could say in the company’s Q2 conference call. But Brian West was upbeat in his comments to bond analysts and reported decent growth for the quarter. The Watch segment, which includes Nielsen’s broadcast ratings businesses, posted a revenue…

On July 21, 2010, SNL Kagan hosted a webinar to discuss "The Future of Online Radio Revenue." Here are some interesting findings from the webinar: Digital radio ad revenue (including internet, mobile, and interactive) is growing quickly, but is still a small percentage of total radio revenues. However, streaming and mobile applications are essential for…

One of our readers, Sheryl Owen, wrote an article entitled "10 Reasons Satellite Radio Rocks" and asked us if we could share with our readers.  If you have an interesting article you'd like to share with us, we will be more than happy to repost your article on our blog... as long as it has to…

There’s still time to submit your nomination for the National Association of Broadcasters HD Radio Multicast Award! The deadline to submit entries is July 30, 2010. The NAB HD Radio Multicast Award was established in 2007 and recognizes stations utilizing HD Radio technology through innovative or groundbreaking programming on a multicast channel. Stations were asked…

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…

As of the latest Arbitron Radio Today 2009 Report . . . (9-2009) Only 48% of all FM stations are streaming Only 32% of all AM stations are streaming Classical stations are the most likely genre to stream their programming – 82% of classical stations are streaming online. Then, Contemporary Christian, CHR, Alternative and AAA…

SX: AMOUNT REFLECTS “EXPLOSION” OF NET RADIO SoundExchange is holding over $200 million in unpaid royalties, according to Digital Music News. “And, given the growth arcs,” Digital Music News writes, “the amount may be quite a lot more.” SoundExchange’s current pile of $200 million is up from $96.7 million it had at the end of…

The radio industry came home from court with a new ASCAP rate that will take effect in June or July and will remain in effect until a new rate is negotiated or imposed. The Radio Music License Committee says it will save the industry about $40M in annual fees. RMLC’s Executive Director, Bill Velez, commented,…

SNL Kagan recently published an updated 2010 analysis of Internet Radio. While the major radio broadcast names such as CBS and Clear Channel Communications are receiving the bulk of Internet radio ad revenues, based on publicly reported data, on the strength of their well-established local audiences, Internet radio pureplay Pandora Media has shown it can…

British digital and internet radio enthusiasts have enjoyed the quality sound and cool styling of PURE products for a good while now. Happily, the company has just announced that three of the range first announced at CES 2010 will shortly be available to U.S. customers. The award-winning EVOKE Flow, the independence-inducing Oasis Flow and the…

According to the latest Jacobs Media Technology Survey, a majority of rock radio listeners surveyed have yet to move to listening to radio on smartphones. Most are still listening to RF-based radio. However, about a third of these rock listeners are using Pandora for streaming music, and enjoy using it regularly. Another interesting finding was…

RadioTime recently published their user listening session stats. Unsurprisingly, RadioTime keeps getting more and more users. In March 2010 RadioTime had over 45 million user listening sessions. That’s a 40% increase from February 2010! “For 100 years, radio has been an important source of news and entertainment because it offers unique live, local and free…

In a just-completed Bridge Ratings study of 3500 consumers ages 12+, our goal was to determined the current status/awareness and use of Internet radio among average Americans and the impact of Internet radio listening on traditional radio (AM/FM) listening.The results of this study suggest that the two sets of Internet radio streaming listeners (Streamies and…