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Posted on March 31, 2010 by James
Michael Robertson doesn’t mince words when he talks about the flawed business model that Internet radio must operate under. Robertson, a high tech entrepreneur, founded mp3.com, a digital music service that did not survive mostly due to copyright lawsuits by the music industry. He’s no stranger to the licensing game, and he pushes the en...

AT&T Launches Internet Radio, Download Platform for Subscribers

Posted on March 31, 2010 by James
AT&T has launched a new mobile music platform that delivers “song and album downloads, streaming radio, song match, lyric search and an enhanced music player – into a single, cohesive experience for AT&T mobile phones.” AT&T will charge customers $6.99 a month on top of a data plan fee, with song and album purchases charged a la carte....

Google Television

Posted on March 30, 2010 by saint
Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes.Social networks and other apps for smartphones could be brought to television through the use of Google's Android operating system.The move is an effo...

Tony Kornheiser in hot water again

Posted on March 19, 2010 by James
Less than a month after being suspended from ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption” for comments about a fellow host at the cable channel, Tony Kornheiser is under attack for some other comments made on his WTEM-AM Washington, DC local radio show. This time he’s being denounced by famed bicycle racer Lance Armstrong. On his March 11th s...

KPIG Asks Listeners To Pay For Streams

Posted on March 19, 2010 by James
An Internet radio legend has announced that they will stop offering free streams and tuck access to their station behind a subscription service. KPIG has had a few lives in its pursuit of Internet radio success. It was one of, if not the first broadcast station to stream starting back in 1995, when Internet radio pioneer Bill Gol...

Technical Problems at Radio 4

Posted on March 19, 2010 by James
BBC Radio has apologised for a technical problem which replaced the output of Radio 4 with that of 6 Music.It comes just days after the wrong shipping forecast was broadcast, and a repeat of the Now show was aired instead of a new show.The mistake happened on Thursday evening, when forum posters were quick to complain abou...

Media City to host Radio Festival

Posted on March 12, 2010 by James
This year's Radio Festival will take place in Salford Quays, the home of Media City UK, RadioToday.co.uk can exclusively reveal. Organised by The Radio Academy, the Festival is also changing its regular summer date in favour of an October event, and will be chaired by BBC Audio and Music Director Tim Davie. Travis Baxter, ...

Radio Plymouth launches with TM jingles

Posted on March 10, 2010 by James
The UK’s newest FM radio station, Radio Plymouth, launched on Sunday 28th February, and TM Studios was delighted to supply the jingle package. The station chose TM’s “Channel 4 Hot AC” jingle package, with a range of alternate sings, and custom mixes of the news and traffic beds. TM worked with Fresh Air Studios, who were overseei...

CBS Radio Offers First HD Quadcast Station

Posted on March 10, 2010 by James
CBS Radio has announced the launch of The FAN Sports Network, the first four-channel HD radio digital multicast station in the country. WJFK-FM, 106.7 The Fan is now offering sports followers in the Washington, D.C. area subscription free access to CBS Radio's other sports stations in the Northeast, including Baltimore’s WJZ-FM (HD-2), Ne...

Official midweek chart update starts on Radio 1

Posted on March 10, 2010 by James
Radio 1 and the Official Charts Company start broadcasting a midweek chart update from today (Wednesday 10 March). The half-hour show, which will go out on Greg James' show between 3.30-4pm, will feature both singles and albums. Before now official midweek chart figures have been sent to industry staff only...