Just got back from New York. They had lines round the block all over the city – people wanting to get hold of the new iPhone. So far, so not unusual. But today I read something both unusual, and hugely encouraging. I think we’re finally approaching the era of decent portable internet radio. The admirable [...]
Categories: Development, Digital, Internet, Music, Programming
Tagged: Internet Radio, iPhone, Pandora, Web Streaming
I’ve written about these satellite radio micro-channels before here and here and I hate to sound like a broken record, but I will.
Investing in creative, compelling programming pays off.
Sirius just announced that Coldplay will take over one of their channels (Alt Nation) for ten days beginning Friday, June 13th. The launch of the channel, Coldplay [...]
Categories: Commercial, Digital, Internet, Localism, Music, Podcasting, Production, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Alt Nation, Coldplay Nation, Programming, radio, Sirius
I may be a bit slow, but I still haven’t fully processed what’s happening to Virgin Radio. So they’ve been bought by an Indian media conglomerate. Fine. So they’re dropping the name. Sure – I get it.
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But the new bosses appear to be – bloggers? Not only that – [...]
Categories: Commercial, Development, Digital, Internet, Ownership
Tagged: blogging
I’m Just Sayin’….
I’ve written before about why I think satellite radio is great – here and here. Basically it boils down to the fact that the satellite services can take advantage of the fact that they have the Power of the Platform.
And while that’s all still true, I want to take a brief break from [...]
Categories: Digital, Music, Programming, Satellite Radio, Strategy
Tagged: Music, satelllite radio, Sirius, Springsteen
Tick-tock.
It’s been two months since the U.S. Department of Justice approved the merger of the two U.S. satellite radio companies, XM and Sirius. That was supposed to be the hard part. It was thought that the FCC approval was soon to follow. It was a mere formality. As I’ve written about here and here – [...]
Categories: Digital, Satellite Radio
Tagged: Merger, Satellite Radio, Sirius, XM