internet radio

Internet radio is the delivery of audio broadcasts over an Internet connection. Also known as streaming, Internet radio does not involve downloading of audio files from the Internet, instead this technology involves a continuous stream of audio content from the server or station to the receiver or listener, usually over a broadband connection.

Internet radio stations can be broadcast stations that are providing the same content in an online stream, or online stations that do not broadcast terrestrially. The license to have an Internet radio station is compulsory, meaning that anyone can do so. However, there are licensing rules that include per performance royalty fees to the music industry. There has been a lot of attention from the blogosphere paid to the battle between webcasters and record companies over establishing fair rates. Most stations are free and ad supported.

Internet radio can be listened to on any device that is able to connect to the Internet, including newer mobile devices such as the iPhone. Because there are thousands of Internet radio stations, music choice is more varied than on broadcast stations. Popular Internet radio stations include Pandora and LastFM.

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• Pandora dominates 70% of the US Internet Radio Market!

  
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  Pandora, one of the most popular internet radio station today announced that it is controlling over 70% of the Internet Radio market in the United States. Pandora has been one of the most widely used internet radio station in the US and now, we’ve got some statistics from Mr. Joe Kennedy, CEO, Pandora. The company ...
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• Build Music Blogger Database by musicbiz9

  
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• Pandora (NYSE:P): “Massive Disruption” Ahead

  
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  By Tom Taylor The following article comes from Tom Taylor’s newsletter, Taylor on Radio-Info. Pandora “has the audience to massively disrupt” the terrestrial radio market. CEO Joe Kennedy says they’ve passed 150 million registered users, and that during April, 51.9 million Americans came to Pandora (Pandora ...
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• Get on the Radio: Deborah Crooks’ Tales of Triumph

  
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• Lexington Steele And His Size Matter Show Begins Tonight On LA Talk Radio

  
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• Pandora Q1 2013 Results Show How Mobile Platforms Make the Monies

  
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• Aftermarket Now in Talks for Siri-Like Car Radios

  
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• Sirius XM Is The Elephant In the Room

  
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• Show Notes May 23rd 2012

  
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• Pandoras Loss Widens, but Sales Jump

  
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• Multimedia Firms APSI and Vyzion BDS Complete Merger In North Carolina

  
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• Review of Norah Jones’s ‘Little Broken Hearts’

  
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• Get on the Radio: Heidi Klum’s Bangs’ Tales of Toil

  
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• Tivoli Releases Free Tivoli Radio App

  
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  Tivoli Audio has just released an iPhone app, Tivoli Radio , for listening to high quality radio stations chosen by the listeners of their popular audio equipment. Tivoli Audio’s first app, Tivoli Radio , includes an interface based on their most popular selling radio, the Model One table radio. Users can listen ...
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• Get on the Radio: FireBug’s Tales of Triumph

  
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• blackberry radio app by ultimaterrrr

  
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  HI THERE we need a simple radio app for BB must use BIS to stream and have bluethooth function for the stations,u will be giving free internet radio streaming links,must be able to add or deletle them from simple web based cms… (Budget: $30-$250 USD, Jobs: Blackberry, jQuery / Prototype, Mobile Phone) Go to Source
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