Webcaster comments on CRB rates, Live 365 letter
As the 7/15 deadlines nears for the new CRB royalty rate increase (see related story), an email letter was sent to all Live365.com stations...
Emergency Stay Petition denied; Commerce Committee drums up a meeting
The US District Court of Appeals has denied a petition submitted by a number of webcaster associations for an emergency stay, according to the...
Nielsen//NetRatings adds "Total Minutes" metric
Nielsen//NetRatings has added both "Total Minutes" and "Total Sessions" metrics to NetView, its syndicated Internet audience measurement service. While NetView has always reported average...
What webcasters can and might do by 7/15
We asked around from folks in the Internet streaming/advertising biz what webcasters might do when 7/15 rolls around and the new Copyright Royalty Board...
Superpages.Com ad content pushed to AOL’s IM users
Idearc Media and illumiCell, operating as Multiplied Media in the US, have signed an agreement that allows Idearc to place its Superpages.com advertisers' content...
mSpot, ABC Radio Networks partner for 14 new channels
Citadel's ABC Radio Networks and mSpot, a mobile music, radio and video entertainment services provider, announced that music programming from 14 ABC Radio Network...
Live Earth Internet streaming sets record
The Live Earth global pop concerts on Saturday broke a record for an online entertainment show by generating more than 9 million Internet streams,...
Facebook sees flood of new traffic
comScore released the results of a study on the visitation to Facebook.com, which showed the site grew to 26.6 million unique visitors in the...
ABC.com, CMA strike interactive content deal
ABC and CMA have partnered to present an online, interactive experience that gives fans a backstage pass to some of their favorite artists and...
Media Rights Technologies wants Internet licenses pulled
Last week the Librarian of Congress was petitioned by Media Rights Technologies (MRT) to revoke all statutory Internet broadcasting licenses granted under Section 114...
Yahoo!’s ”SmartAds” launch
Taking aim at Google's AdWords platform, Yahoo! announced the launch of Yahoo! SmartAds, a new ad platform that allows marketers to deliver tailored display...
Nielsen’s GamePlay Metrics partners with PS3
Yet another step in measuring in-game ads: The Nielsen Company and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced an initiative to develop a measurement system...
Small Business Committee on CRB rates: work out a solution yourselves
Internet radio broadcasters will need to fend for themselves in the face of efforts by the music industry to raise royalty fees. That's the...
Streaming media advertising forecast at 1.4 billion for 2007
Streaming media (audio and video) advertising is on course to deliver a 1.37 billion market in 2007, up 38% over 2006, according to the...
The day after the "Day of Silence"
On Tuesday thousands of Internet radio stations across America turned silent in symbolic protest of the increase in royalty rates proposed by the Copyright...