BIA/Kelsey recently released their most recent forecast that projects spending on O.S. mobile advertising. As mobile device usage continues to increase, businesses will carve out more of their advertising budget for advertiseing n mobile devices.   We thought our readers would find the results interesting so we are posting part of the ...

Great article regarding the economics of online streaming I read. The original post was on the SecureNet Radio News Blog, and the the full article can be accessed here.   There has been a lot of talk in the radio industry about how the growth of mobile device streaming is going to ...

I am continually amazed at the mis-information that prevails regarding radio history. I realize that many Broadcasting instructors are merely telling the history that is recorded in the approved textbooks, but one would think an industry that is so important would attempt to keep a more accurate record. Maybe I am ...

(We came across this article on the Radio-info.com website and thought our readers would find it interesting) Music service Limewire was just hit a 105 million dollar judgement to be paid to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). Last October the music-sharing platform had an injunction entered against it in federal court, ...

As the digital world continues to impact the way content is delivered, broadcast radio station are making last ditch efforts to maintain it's share of listeners.   I have noticed many of these stations adding webstreams to their websites, as if that solves the Program Director's lack of fresh content on the ...

Thanks to the Broadcast Law Blog for the update. What impact will this have on the world of Internet Radio? Time will tell. Just as webcasters thought that they had their royalty obligations figured out, there comes news that the already complicated world of digital media royalties may well become more complicated. ...

We saw this article on the Radio-info website and though our readers would find it interesting. EMI, one of the big four record labels, has opted to not give ASCAP, digital licensing for its April Music catalog. The deal reported by PaidContent affects the digital licensing situation of about ...

Another point of interest our readers may enjoy from Radio Streaming News If you haven’t seen the latest Arbitron / Edison Research Report called the Infinite Dial 2011, then you want to download a copy from Arbitron’s website. It is easy to see with all the eye-candy charts exactly what is ...

With the increase in smartphone sales, Internet Broadcasters should realize the tremendous reach they possess and the great opportunity to capture their market share. Thanks to MediaPost.com for this report which we trust will e of interest to our readers. For the first time, a majority of all new mobile phones bought ...

Broadcat Law Blog reports recent request from Soundexchange to use proxy information to disperse nearly 28 million dollars it is holding. Soundexchange collected these funds from webcasting stations and services from 2004-2009. We thought our readers would find this interesting. What should SoundExchange do with money that it collects for the performance ...