Radioplayer, the online radio platform offering all the BBC and major commercial stations, is celebrating its one year anniversary by launching iOS and Android mobile apps. The platform went live in March 2011 with 157 radio stations, including all the BBC’s national and local stations, as well as commercial networks such as Global’s Capital and […]
Pay-radio operator Sirius-XM, which operates in North America, added 1.7 million net new subscribers last year, according to the company. Sirius-XM finished the year with almost 21.9 million subs, up 540,000 net new subs in the pre-Christmas quarter, taking the overall gain for the full year to 1.7 million. Actual end-of-year numbers will emerge in […]
David Frear, CFO at US satellite radio broadcaster Sirius-XM predicts that its pay-radio service will be on the road to more than 100 million cars, vans and trucks by the end of the decade. Frear, speaking at the recent UBC Global Media conference, told analysts that while predicting the number of new car sales in […]
Spotify, the digital music service, is seeking to emulate the success of Apple and Facebook by opening its platform to outside developers. Daniel Ek, Spotify founder and chief executive, said that new applications from Rolling Stone, Last.fm and others would run inside Spotify, offering users a richer experience. The Rolling Stone app, for example, will […]
Virgin Media has confirmed that the Spotify TiVo app will be rolling out for all Virgin Media: TiVo customers. The new and exclusive app will enable all Spotify Premium customers to access tracks and playlists through Virgin Media TiVo on their TV or home cinema system, and will automatically appear in the Apps and Games […]
Spotify has added about half a million new subscribers in the two months since plugging into Facebook’s new entertainment platform. The announcement that the digital music service had reached 2.5 million paying subscribers comes after a rocky period, with launches in four new European countries offset against a renewed debate about artists’ earnings from streaming […]
Liberty Media is considering increasing its ownership share of SiriusXM Satellite Radio, according to the New York Post. In March of 2009, Liberty Media bought a 40 per cent share of the sat radio company as it was facing potential bankruptcy. The Post states that talks are currently ongoing between both sides. Liberty is currently […]
Sharpstream are rolling out the Adswizz intelligent advertising system onto their content delivery network. Adswizz – not available before via a UK distributor – offers ad replacement services and detailed analysis of listener figures for its clients. The technology allows stations to gather lots of information on who is listening and target ads accordingly. It […]
Germany launched digital radio format DAB+ in August at IFA and market research company GfK says DAB+ “is set to significantly impact on sales of portable audio devices (e.g. portable radios, clock radios, radio recorders and other product categories) in Germany.” Indeed, GfK data shows there was a “considerable” increase in radio sales in August […]
Profits at Sirius XM Radio grew by more than 50 per cent in the third quarter, and its subscription numbers hit a record of 21.3 million but analyst were disappointment with Sirius’s subscription growth rate saw the stock fall over three per cent. For the three months ended September 30th, Sirius had $763 million in […]