Facebook‘s news that it will integrate a bunch of third party streaming services into its platform has a lot of people buzzing in anticipation. Billboard said the f8 conference last week where it was announced “should be remembered as streaming services’ coming out party.” The exposure that streaming music will gain through Facebook’s 800 million [...]

Pandora launched its new website today, and as you might imagine, it is well done. It’s easier to create stations, merge stations and share them with friends. You can also combine any stations that you want into a shuffle, which is much nicer than shuffling all your stations into one stream. You can also adjust [...]

The proliferation of radio streaming to cars, devices, desktops and mobile phones has certainly added to the overwhelming global demand for IP numbers. That and the huge growth of mobile streaming apps, ad delivery networks, hosting platforms and social media sites and blogs, have helped to use up all the IPv4 numbers at a far [...]

Last thursday during an earnings call Pandora reported $67 million in revenues, a 117% increase over a year ago. They also reported impressive increases in listening – 1.8 billion listening hours, an increase of 125% over a year earlier. The report was the new public company’s first quarterly earnings report and it reported on earnings [...]

As the world of online radio streaming continues to grow, more and more broadcasters are keeping a keen eye on the shift to other means and methods of listening to their traditional AM/FM programming. I have recently written about the fact that most traditional terrestrial listeners are still listening, just at different times of day, [...]

Sirius XM has been streaming its programming and offering it as an add-on of $2.99 for subscribers to the satellite music service. Apparently that has been going well because now Sirius XM will enhance that service by adding programming that is not available via satellite to their streaming platform, including BBC Radio 1, programming that [...]

I’ve got my eye on Dar.fm because I think it’s a service that could really have an impact on the way that people listen to Internet radio. Dar.fm is a service that enables subscribers to record any Internet radio program. It’s one of the latest creations by Michael Robertson, one of the space’s most entrepreneurial [...]

    With the latest and greatest gadgets, you can easily transform your car radio into an internet radio. So many cars are latching onto the idea of streaming radio devices. Ford, BMW, and other major car manufacturers are making cars that have internet streaming already integrated to the radio consoles. And for older cars, [...]

    With Pandora moving to release radio-like ratings in top ten markets, there’s a lot of focus on Internet radio ratings these days. Some broadcast radio traditionalists are trying to argue against the validity of those ratings, but the reality is that Pandora has large amounts of listeners in the top ten markets and [...]

Ford Motor is making some substantial changes in its in-dash entertainment systems for vehicles offered throughout Europe. For example: This month, Ford is increasing the availability of DAB-capable receivers to customers across Europe, as it becomes standard in some models, with widespread availability in selected markets. via Ford Emphasizes New Audio Technology in Europe.

Six percent of automotive aftermarket car radios sold this year will be Internet radio capable, according to the Consumer Electronic Association. That number will increase to 14% by 2015 based on projections from the CEA. In sync with that trend, Ford will no longer put cd players in the dash of their cars, opting instead [...]

Archos has introduced the Archos 35 Home Connect — a portable, battery-powered Wi-fi radio that uses the Android operating system. According to Archos, the device light, has an extra-long battery-life and fits in ones hand. The company touts two high-definition speakers specifically designed for improved bass. via Archos Introduces Android-based Wi-fi Radio.

Did you know that by 2015, 70% of all mobile ads will be locally geo-targeted? This is just how radio operates today; by targeting the local market. The days of ‘play-based’ tracking are over as the entire online streaming world moves to ‘impression-based’ advertising with the ability to target specific listeners in specific DMAs via [...]

Attention Internet Radio Stations!  InternetRadioWeather.com is announcing two new options to their weather forecasting services. Starting immediately, they are now providing both Generic and Custom National Weather Forecasts.  Check their website for all the details. InternetRadioWeather.com

Triton Digital has released its ranker of the top 20 stations or networks measured within its Webcast Metrics audience measurement platform for May. At the top of the ranker, Pandora picked up another 30,000 or so Average Active Sessions, some of this a result of missing data from the last several months, which had been [...]

    AARP, with the help of Concord Music Group and Slacker, has launched a compliment of streaming music channels designed to  help adults find the music they love in the digital age.  AARP Internet Radio, a free music player provided by Slacker, features 18 free streaming channels of handpicked music catering to the musical tastes of [...]

    Pepsi’s SoBe brand has launched a summer campaign that takes full advantage of the visual and audio opportunities available to advertisers on Internet radio. The first day of the campaign, running on Pandora, featured the iconic SoBe lizard in a first ever in-tuner animated video ad that slithered across the player when listeners interacted [...]

    News this week makes it clear once again that Slacker has turned its attention to becoming a content aggregator. Slacker has been building its network for a while now. In March of this year they announced a deal that added ESPN Radio in the form of an interactive channel. Last summer they added [...]

    In an interesting twist, AOL has joined partners with Slacker to offer a more interactive service to listeners. This appears to involve the departure of AOL from an agreement with CBSRadio which assigned AOL’s audience to CBSRadio for revenue purposes. CBSRadio has been including AOL’s audience as part of its network in Webcast [...]