Novos operadores oferecem produtos concorrentes

Uma das tendencias de futuro é a banalização de operadores que, entre outros serviços, oferecem canais áudio - em concorrência com a rádio (que assiste, impávida mas não serena...). Agora é a National Gegraphic...

«LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - National Geographic Ventures, the media wing of the venerable science and exploration society, is launching a music and radio division to accompany its existing TV, film, magazine and digital units.The new enterprise comprises a record label, a music publishing house, a live-concert branch and a radio unit that will produce syndicated shows for over-the-air radio stations and Internet outlets, David Beal, the division's president, said on Friday. The radio venture is launching with several distribution partners, including commercial radio giant Clear Channel Communications, National Public Radio and leading Christian broadcaster Salem Communications Corp. Beal said specifics of those deals would be unveiled in the fall. "We'll be making an announcement very soon, which you'll see makes us very hungry for programming," he said. "It's more than a few hours, or a hundred hours -- it's a lot of programming." (...)»

fonte: «National Geographic launches new music, radio unit», Reuters, Aug 3, 2007