| Senate Bill Would Alter Rates, Restrict Recording of Web ... | | Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:03:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | Washington - A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would alter royalty rates and add copy-protection requirements to the satellite and Internet radio industries.Sponsors of the "Perform Act" include Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.). The bill addresses record labels' concerns with the differing royalty rates set for various digital radio services, and with new satellite radios that can record and store songs. "New radio services are allowing users to do more than simply listen to music," Feinstein said in a statement. "What was once a passive listening experience has turned into a forum where users can record, manipulate, collect and create personalized music libraries." The bill would require providers of both satellite and Internet radio services to implement copy-protection technology on services and devices, and restrict automatic recording features.... | |
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| | | For authors, marketing is mightier than the pen | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 11:16:41 AM by Blog57 Team | | In today's world we're bombarded with choices and with voices via the Internet, newspapers, television, radio, billboards and word-of-mouth telling us which choices to make. More than 1,000 new books come out weekly, so it's no wonder that authors these days have to make more of an effort to sell their books. Some can count on well-oiled publicity campaigns from their publishers, but others feel the need to take matters into their own hands to make sure their books don't end up on the dreaded remaindered table. In today's cover story, ''Sell this book!'' (page 24), Richard Pachter reports that authors are resorting to everything from blogging to sending out a blizzard of e-mails to connect with potential readers. Authors maintain websites, prepare CDs and DVDs to accompany their latest books, podcast, hit the lecture circuit and come up with creative packaging -- all to promote their books.... | |
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| | | SV Supreme Vodka Partners with AccuRadio to Introduce 'Silk Radio' | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:09:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | As part of its branded online entertainment effort, SV Supreme, the naturally smooth "silk" vodka from Russia, confirms that it has launched its very own internet radio station entitled Silk Radio. A partnership with AccuRadio, the first multi-channel internet radio station reaching over 1,000,000 unique listeners a month, the fully branded internet radio station will serve as an innovative way for the brand to interact with its key audience. The station debuted November 1, 2006. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061109/NYTH036 ) The format of Silk Radio will be centered on "Hiptronica" the same type of music heard in upscale young clubs, with sub-channels for Indie music, Emerging Artists and Dance. "Silk Radio is much more than a media buy or sponsorship," said Kurt Hanson CEO of AccuRadio.... | |
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| | | Toon Radio joins UpSNAP | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 1:11:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | Buffalo, New York - November 08, 2006 - The anime-soundtrack internet radio station Toon Radio (http://www.toonradio.net) has joined the UpSNAP wireless streaming service. The webcast was added to the service on November 8, 2006, and is currently active on the network. UpSNAP, through its proprietary SWInG (Streaming Wireless Internet Gateway) platform, enables mobile access to virtually any type of live and on-demand streaming audio content including NASCAR In-Car Audio, ESPN Radio, and over 150 additional radio channels covering music, news, and entertainment. It will now include Toon Radio among its services. The UpSNAP service can be accessed through virtually every wireless carrier. According to Toon Radio's president, Robert Stukowski, "Webcasting has always been limited by technology.... | |
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| | | Bid4Spots Brings Unique Reverse Auction Model to Internet Radio, Creates New Marketplace for Independent Broadcasters | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:06:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK, BUSINESS WIRE -- In a move that creates a marketplace where none currently exists, Bid4Spots (www.bid4spots.com) today announced that it is adapting its patent-pending reverse auction model to facilitate buying and selling advertising for independent online radio. Bid4Spots made the announcement in conjunction with ad:techNY, here through Nov. 8. After just a year in operation, Bid4Spots' marketplace for terrestrial radio is used by 2,300 radio stations nationwide, 900 advertisers and more than 180 ad agencies -- effectively making it the largest radio advertising network in the country. Applying the same principle -- a reverse auction where stations compete for advertisers' dollars and bid the ad rates down -- Bid4Spots aims to harness what so far has been considered too fragmented to tame: the frontier of independent online-only radio broadcasting.... | |
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| | | 'Yaaw, Yaaw, Yaaw' Song about Orgeron instant Internet classic | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 7:19:10 PM by Blog57 Team | | OXFORD, Miss. ? When Chris Vernon brought his guitar to work one afternoon in September, he hardly planned on becoming part of an Internet phenomenon. But the buzz surrounding his song, "Colonel Reb Is Crying," has grown with each forwarded e-mail and every Ole Miss football highlight broadcast on ESPN. "The Internet makes the world a small place," said Vernon, a 28-year-old Memphis sports talk radio host. .... | |
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| | | Mahavishnu Book Author on Los Angeles Radio/Internet Program- Oct 31 | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:09:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Author Walter Kolosky will discuss Power, Passion and Beauty- The Story of the Legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra with Los Angeles jazz radio host Tony Palkovic on Tuesday Oct 31, at 12 Noon (Pacific). Those in the Los Angeles area can tune in to Tony's show on KSPC 88.7 FM. Tony and Walter will have a wide-ranging conversation about Mahavishnu and related topics. To listen live on the Internet, visit the website URL below and click ?Hear Us OnLine.? The interview will be repeated through streaming audio on Wednesday at 12 P.M. (Pacific).- Abstract Logix Visit website Posted by: Abstract Logix Previous five news items... .... | |
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| | | SIRIUS Launches Internet Radio Service | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 1:07:44 PM by Blog57 Team | | SIRIUS Satellite Radio has unveiled the SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR), a CD-quality, Internet-only version of its satellite radio service. SIR delivers more than 75 channels of SIRIUS programming, without the use of a radio, for the monthly subscription fee of USD 12.95. To mark the availability of SIR, listeners on SIRIUS.com will be able to hear The Howard Stern Show and Stern's two 24/7 channels for free on October 25 and 26th, as well as enjoy SIRIUS' channels of 100% commercial-free music, talk, entertainment, and sports. Scott Greenstein, SIRIUS President, Entertainment and Sports, said, "Howard being available live for the first time to a worldwide audience is an unprecedented event in the history of radio".SIRIUS Internet Radio consists of over 75 channels, including 64 100% commercial free music channels.... | |
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| | | Tactical Radio operates at frequency ranges to 2 GHz. | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:21:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | Providing 20 W of output power, Falcon III combines multiband radio features with commercial L-Band SATCOM and wideband mobile ad-hoc networking. It incorporates Advanced Networking Wideband Waveform to provide secure IP data networking to tactical Internet at on-air rates up to 10 Mbps. Radio includes embedded encryption for voice and data, and embedded military-grade GPS receiver for timing and situational awareness. .... | |
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| | | Howard Stern Announces Specials and Guests as Part of SIRIUS Internet Radio's Two-Day Worldwide Event | | Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 11:00:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | To celebrate the launch of SIRIUS Internet Radio (SIR), its new CD quality, Internet-only version, SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) is offering a free two-day trial on October 25 and 26. For these two days, Howard Stern will deliver his daily uncensored four-hour-plus show along with original programs on Stern's two SIRIUS channels. People around the globe can now easily sign up online to listen to Stern along with more than 75 channels of SIRIUS' premium content, including 100% commercial-free music, unique talk programming hosted by top political, cultural and entertainment figures, and hours of pro sports talk programs for the monthly subscription fee of $12.95. "The two-day free trial of SIRIUS Internet Radio is a global event, featuring compelling, exclusive talk, music, and sports programming that exemplifies the depth and quality our current subscribers enjoy.... | |
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