Archive for the 'Streaming' Category

Reports are on the web about Social.fm - the word is that it has closed shop.
I’ve heard of Mercora before, of course, but have not actually used it. It was supposed to be one of those music discovery services. Recently Mercora re-branded as Social.fm, going into the me-too game of trying to be a social [...]

Kurt Hanson of RAIN (Radio and Internet Newsletter) was nice enough to interview me recently.
Here’s Part 1 with my thoughts on some of his questions. Parts 2 and 3 coming later.

When you get a business to a certain size, you are able to get resources cheaper and grow faster. In my experience that has certainly been the case with Internet Radio.
Building DI.fm and SKY.fm as a network of many channels we own eventually brought certain benefits to the table.
We get more exposure and recognition in [...]

Here’s a neat list of some popular dance radio stations on the Internet. Call it an experiment of sorts to see if its sticky that way.
I have to say that the look and feel was not unique, I’ve seen it done by someone else like this first.

Sometimes you get lucky, and a great domain name actually expires vs being on the domain after market. With Digitally Imported already having a premiere Electro House channel, this is a no brainer to get into some day.
 Thanks Tom, your channel rocks!

Last week we got a new Premium service landing page out.
Here’s hoping it converts better, I do think it looks and performs much better. We’ll be testing things like the title and the main image there over time to see if it makes any impact.
Here’s what it used to look like before:

And here’s what it [...]

I am glad to see Webcast Metrics is back with publishing stats again. They just released their March 2008 Webcast Metrics Ratings.
As you can see from the snapshot below, our very own Digitally Imported network made it quite high as usual. Being somewhere between ClearChannel and CBS Radio is not a bad place to be for [...]

Noticed RAIN quoting this bit today, talk about being quite obvious:

Those who get satellite radio subscriptions as a promotion
with a car lease or purchase are far less likely to
remain subscribers than those who seek out satellite
radio…