5.4 Internet

Indústria EUA quer senado a legislar sobre streaming

excerto da carta:

«Broadcasters are concerned with the future and viability of Internet streaming of free over-the-air radio broadcasts. Internet streaming offers listeners an innovative and convenient way of accessing radio broadcasts, and it will be a significant source of entertainment, news, and information for our listeners as we move into the digital age. We are committed to securing the future of this new and growing platform for the distribution of free, locally oriented radio.»

fonte: Radio Ink, «Rehr Writes Senators Regarding Internet Streaming Of Terrestrial Radio», 25/7/06

A Clear Channel desenvolve a sua estratégia na net

Agora com a Coca Cola...

«Coca-Cola and Clear Channel Radio have recently announced a partnership that will focus on branded venues and streaming concerts. The action begins in Dallas, where two venues - the Tab Energy Lounge and Full Throttle Garage – have opened their doors. Each location, which accommodates a small crowd, takes its name from a high-energy drink from Coca-Cola. Dallas area Clear Channel Radio stations will offer giveaways to various mini-concerts, and the action will also be streamed on station websites. Similar rollouts are expected in other cities across the United States»

fonte: Digital music News. Coca-Cola, Clear Channel Radio Partner on Streaming Concerts, 25/7/06

As potencialidades da rádio na net

«IF RADIO WANTS LISTENERS, IT may find them on a sister medium. According to a new research report released by CreditSuisse (CS), radio Web sites can attract larger online audiences. "We view the Internet as the primary 'new' distribution platform that radio operators could utilize to attract substantial incremental listeners," says CS analyst Michael Klim. Between June 2005 and June 2006, 12 leading radio Web sites posted total unique audience growth of 33.5 percent, says Klim. In June 2006, an average site visit lasted about 13 minutes--a four-minute increase over the previous year. CS also noted that the online audience tends to be both young and male: 65.5 percent falls between the ages of 18 and 49, and 57.9 percent are men.»

fonte: «Radio Gains Listeners With Web Presence», by Erik Sass, Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 8:41 AM ET

Ouvintes de música clássica mudam-se para a Web

«As Classical programming continues to become more scarce across radio dials, a community of enthusiasts and experts is moving online to fill the void.

Laurel Ornish, a veteran Classical music supporter and one-time on-air personality at WRR-FM in Dallas, is part of this resurgence of the popular format on the Net. Ornish says that, "since the deregulation of radio in 1996,... most classical-music radio stations around the country... have had their formats switched to something more mass appeal."

Ornish claims that after much research, she found that demand for the format had not disappeared. Instead, she saw the move away from classical music as more of a corporate decision instead of a popular one. As a response, Ornish launched ClassicalTexas.com to attract fans of the format that she was convinced were still passionate as ever about classical music.

Ornish says that after attending presentations on streaming technology at an NAB conference, she was convinced of the potential of this medium to "step in and take up the slack with niche formats, such as classical and arts, that were going by the wayside in terrestrial radio."

ClassicalTexas.com offers a number of interviews with prominent classical music personalities conducted by Ms. Ornish herself that are available for listening on the Net or for download as a podcast. There is also a 4-hour program of music curated by Ornish and powered by Live 365 that is available to stream from the ClassicalTexas site. »

fonte: RAIN, http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/071106/index.asp

(mais um a dizer) O futuro da rádio está na net

«(...) Media futurist Gerd Leonhard, while addressing delegates at the RadioAsia2006 conference in Singapore last week, said that audience growth now lies in interactive services and broadcasters had to be quick to capitalise on this phenomenon.

He said technological advancements allowed users to create and even send their own content through the Internet, which has become more of a social medium and a cheap and effective means for them to find new music and content.

Mr Leonhard emphasised this point by saying that in just a few years, podcasting had outgrown the number of radio stations globally, as there were currently only some 30,000 radio stations in the world as compared with about 47,500 radio station podcasts.

“The people formerly known as listeners are getting involved and even co-creating content. They once were just receivers. Now, they are senders. They can now interact with you and make their own contributions,” he said.

Mr Leonhard also warned radio broadcasters if they did not provide on-demand content that can be recorded and stored by users, they risked losing 50 percent of their market share. (...)»

fonte: «Media futurist: Radio broadcasters must go digital and interactive, Unesco website, 30-06-2006

A vez dos sites de música especializada (só na web)

«A new survey from media company hear 2.0 says that Internet radio listeners prefer to listen to specialized sites such as Live365 or LAUNCHcast on Yahoo! Music, as opposed to their local station's Web streams. According to their results, 40 percent of Americans who listen to Internet radio use those sites, with an even higher percentage of 12-34 year-olds preferring them.

Overall, 40 percent of Internet radio listeners surveyed have tuned in to a specialty site, with 26 percent saying they listen to their local stations on the Web and 22 percent reporting their listen to out-of-market stations' streams. (...)

fonte: «Study Finds Listeners Prefer Specialized Internet Radio Sites», FMQB, 29/6/06

É o futuro, sem dúvida!

«The BBC wants to allow audiences to create personal radio stations from its content, its director general has said.  The planned service, provisionally called MyBBCRadio, was revealed by Mark Thompson at the Radio Festival in Cambridge. It aims to give audiences more control by combining existing services such as podcasts and the BBC Radio Player. It will be part of the BBC's iPlayer, a free service which will also offer seven days of BBC TV on demand. Thompson said MyBBCRadio would use peer-to-peer technology to provide "thousands, ultimately millions, of individual radio services created by audiences themselves". The BBC hoped to share these ideas with the commercial sector, he added.

Online success

The personalised radio scheme is expected to build on the success of the BBC's online radio services. In March, the corporation said people had listened to 20 million hours of BBC content online, using everything from live streams to downloaded programmes. The most requested shows include BBC Radio 4's long-running soap opera The Archers, and Chris Moyles' BBC Radio 1 breakfast show. In May, audiences downloaded 4.5 million BBC podcasts. In his speech, Mr Thompson said the corporations' governors would decide on whether podcasting would become a permanent service later this year. The decision will be based, in part, on a study of how the BBC's podcasts affect the commercial sector (...)»

fonte: «BBC to offer 'personalised' radio», Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 12:57 GMT 13:57 UK (via Pontomedia)

Um rádio que é uma companhia de internet

A aposta da Clear Channel, o maior grupo de rádio dos EUA, na internet está a provocar uma série de alterações, a nível do investimento e também das receitas. Há mesmo quem lhe chame, mais do que uma empresa de rádios, uma companhia de internet...

«The radio company's network of Web sites collectively were among the top five most-visited online music sites in May, according to comScore Media Metrix, ahead of Apple's iTunes and MTV.com after a year of steady growth.

The company said it is building a strong range of national and local advertisers for its online services, with food and beverage, including Oreo and Hershey's, the most prevalent brand group advertising.

Other sectors which have shown strong support for online ad opportunities include auto and telecommunications advertisers, Clear Channel said, including Dodge, Ford, Comcast and Verizon.» (fonte: «Clear Channel grabs Web share with music videos», reuters, 19/6/06)

Ouvir HStern na net

A Sirius cumpriu a promessa e passou a ser possível ouvir Howard Stern fora do satélite - mas só para assinantes da Sirius (ou seja, no continente norte-americano). aqui

receitas do on line boas para a Clear Channel

«CLEAR CHANNEL RADIO'S ONLINE MUSIC and radio division has been the company's fastest-growing source of revenue in 2005 and 2006, a Clear Channel spokeswoman said Friday, after Evan Harrison--the executive vice president who was poached from AOL in 2005 to head the division--detailed Clear Channel's efforts in 2005 and program for 2006.

Together, digital tech vehicles--including cell phones, in-vehicle navigation, online streaming, and download subscriptions--account for about 5 percent of Clear Channel Radio's total revenue, or about $40.5 million in first quarter 2006, and Harrison's division is the fastest-growing part. Among its most popular features are streaming video-on-demand and music-on-demand features, according to Harrison, who boasted: "We're now a visual medium." »

fonte: «Clear Channel's Sales Soar, Media Daily News, Erik Sass, 19/6/06, http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=44629&Nid=21095&p=326057

O on line já é um meio de comunicação social

«The unprecedented observational research tracked the real-time media use of 350 people, recording their actual activities every 15 seconds. The results show that the Web is now clearly a mass media -- ranking right alongside other major media when it comes to reach and duration of use. And when it comes to at-work media use, the study found that the Web clearly dominates (with 54.6% reach, compared to television's 21.1%), and is the only medium that ranks among the top two at both work and home»

fonte: «Online Publishers Association Media Usage Study Shows The Web Now Rivals TV In Reach And Extends The Impact Of All Media», Internet Ad sales, 6/6/06, http://www.internetadsales.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7706

Uma nova empresa de musica digital

Parece um projecto ambicioso - e que pode mudar o rumo do negocio da musica digital, a partir desta notícia da Billboard Radio Monitor:

«Silicon Valley company has asked the FCC to allow it to use—free—a band of radio spectrum for a free high-speed wireless Internet network that would cover most of the country and be supported by advertising.
M2Z Networks, formed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists, believes that its proposed venture would hasten broadband Internet use and lead to lower prices by spurring competition with cable and telephone giants that currently dominate the Internet market.
In its proposal, filed with the commission earlier this month, M2Z said it would need 20 megahertz of radio spectrum to send and receive wireless signals.
Traditionally, the fed auctions off sections of the radio spectrum to private companies to use for such transmissions as wireless Internet signals, mobile phone calls and broadcast TV.
In its 127-page filing with the FCC, The New York Times reports that M2Z said that the spectrum it sought was not scheduled for auction and could end up going to waste because it might not be easily used for other functions, like transmitting cell phone calls. But the spectrum would be enough to deliver the company's proposed free Internet access at 384 kilobits a second, about six times the speed of dial-up.

fonte: «VentureCap Firm Proposes Free Internet Using Radio Spectrum», Billboard Radio Monitor, May 23, 2006, By Chuck Taylor

Aqui pergunta-se: «Free Internet for All?»

Mais um serviço que a rádio na internet permite

São cada vez mais interessantes os serviços que a rádio na internet possibilita - distanciando-se da rádio hertziana: «Toda semana, o site da Guarani FM traz as letras e a tradução em português dos sucessos internacionais mais tocados na rádio». É engraçado e funciona bem.

(obrigado E.)

Outro exemplo: "Ever have a song stuck in your head, but can’t remember what it’s called, or even who sang it?  "If you at least know how it goes, try this astonishing Web site, suggested to me by a reader: It’s SongTapper.com. "Basically, you tap your Space bar in the rhythm of the melody notes–'Lu-cy in the sky-yyyy, with di-i-a-monds' or whatever–and, incredibly, the site guesses which song you meant.

"In my very few tries, it did amazingly well. (It also offers a link to the iTunes music store so you can hear 30 seconds of the actual song for free, to confirm its wisdom.)" Read the entire post at David Pogue's blog, Pogue's Posts.»

Rádios on line nos quartos do Península

«A young Cambridge company developing modules for internet radios has signed a breakthrough deal which will see its technology included in the suites of some of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Reciva has entered into an agreement with The Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels, owner and operator of The Peninsula Hotels, to introduce Reciva internet radio products into the company’s hotels. Installation of customised radios will begin with selected suites in The Peninsula New York and The Peninsula Chicago, followed by all guestrooms and suites at The Peninsula Tokyo, which is scheduled to open in 2007. Reciva’s technology uses Wi-Fi to connect to the thousands of radio stations broadcasting over the internet. A content browser on Reciva radios allows users to navigate live and on-demand broadcast radio by country and genre to select radio stations from anywhere in the world»
fonte: «Luxury hotel chain picks up Reciva», Business Weekly UK, Ben Fountain, 17 May 2006

Ouvintes decidem formato de rádio nos EUA...

«We appreciate your help and interest in building this new radio station. This radio station is ALL ABOUT YOU, the listener, so we need YOU to tell us how it should be!

To participate now, create a 1067needshelp.com creator account and you can begin giving us your input. Thanks in advance for your help and creative feedback! It's all about you... take control.... It's your station!!!!»

A ráido na net pode gerar novos modelos de negócio?

«The panel also featured audience participation that displayed the type of innovation typical of the Internet radio ad landscape. Spacial Audio's Rockie Thomas, a moderator from an earlier panel, argued that Webcasters have "basically been approaching [advertising] too much like a terrestrial product" with ad spots that are too long for the Net radio audience»

fonte: http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/news/050306/index.asp

New Musical Express vai ter canal de música

«From Digital Music News: "Mercora will soon power a new online radio offering from NME.com, part of a deal announced Tuesday. NME.com,  a Time Warner Inc. company, will deliver a beta version of its MyNME Radio service  at the end of this quarter. The UK-based offering will tap into a Mercora architecture that resembles a streaming P2P file-sharing service. Mercora allows users to stream the personal collections of various members, and listeners can search for user-generated stations that contain specific content.

"Record labels have eyed Mercora suspiciously, especially given its close affinity to P2P-style sharing... Meanwhile, the NME deal is likely to expand the concept audience considerably... Kevin Heery, director of Digital Development at Time Warner subsidiary IPC Ignite, [said], 'our partnership with Mercora will provide this community with the ultimate music social network experience.'"

fonte: "Leading Uk music mag prepares own online radio service"

Starbucks vende música

«Starbucks has masterfully created a winning consumer experience, and that thinking has guided its entry into music. The company has already featured CDs from a number of developing and superstar artists, including Antigone Rising, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, and The Rolling Stones. But according to Starbucks Entertainment president Ken Lombard, the end game has nothing to do with selling music. "We are not going to be a music company, and we are not going to change who we are," Lombard said during a MusEXPO keynote address on Monday in Los Angeles. "We are continuing to figure out how to create a world-class experience for our customers," Lombard noted.

Regardless of where the value play is, the company is clearly pushing an involved music agenda. Part of the opportunity, according to Lombard, lies in an alienated consumer that still craves great music. "We are connecting with customers that no longer have a music experience," Lombard said, who pointed to a "disenfranchised consumer". That means stepping outside of mainstream hits, and allowing for greater music discovery. "Ours is a focus that goes beyond the top 40, and we are digging deep to try to find good music," he said.

Ouvir rádio na net é como ouvir a rádio hertziana!

«As I write this, I'm listening to Mozart arias from an online radio station based in Buenos Aires. That's hardly unusual. Millions of people regularly listen to Internet radio on their computers. But there is no computer on in the house; I'm using pencil and paper (gasp!) to write these paragraphs. The sound is coming from what appears to be a clock radio. And that's essentially what it is — a clock radio for the Internet era. The AE Wi-Fi Internet radio is a stand-alone receiver, preprogrammed with more than 2,500 online stations. Designed to operate more like a radio than a computer, it's made by Acoustic Energy in Britain and is scheduled to hit the U.S. marketplace in mid-May. It won't be alone. Roku's long-delayed SoundBridge radio — also a stand-alone unit that can pick up Internet radio via Wi-Fi — is also scheduled to start shipping next month. It comes programmed with only about 80 stations (more can be added) and lacks the user-friendliness of the AE machine. But the sound quality is better»

fonte: «You Don't Need a Computer to Listen to the Radio on the Internet», Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2006, David Colker

(ACT) EUA criam regras para serviços on line de música

« New radio platforms are rapidly gaining strength, though time-shifting and storage capabilities are generating major concerns. While consumers are increasingly opting for on-demand models, groups like the RIAA have been pushing for compensation on technologies that allow consumers to locate and store specific songs within streamed broadcasts. Now, a new piece of legislation has surfaced on Capitol Hill that addresses those concerns, specifically as they relate to satellite, internet, and cable-based radio formats. The freshly-introduced Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006, or PERFORM, is being backed by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). "I want new services to continue to be made available on different platforms," said Graham. "But the rules need to be fair for everyone.” Specific compensation amounts were not outlined, though a release from the office of Dianne Feinstein noted that "all cable, satellite, and internet companies should be subject to the same rates," defined by “fair market value. (…) "What a listener cannot do is set a recording device to find all the Frank Sinatra songs being played on the radio-service and only record those songs".

Fonte: «Legislation Seeks Compensation on Radio-Based Downloads», Digital Music News», 27/4/06

ACT a 30/4/06: esta medida vai ter consquências: «"If the PERFORM Act becomes law, webcasters who use the statutory SoundExchange licenses to play music would have to give up MP3 streaming in favor of a DRM-restricted, proprietary formats that impose restrictions on any recordings made. So much for great time-shifting technologies like Streamripper and RadioLover."»