AoL Radio app delivers radio streams in CD quality
AoL just announced that the AoL Radio App on www.aolradio.com is now able to deliver radio streams in CD quality, with free access to over 400 online radio stations. Stations include 250+ AoL stations and 150 local CBS Radio stations. The app detects a user’s location, automatically displaying the nearest CBS Radio station. So far, six million IPhone or IPod users have downloaded the app.
“In developing the Radio App, we listened to our consumer’s feedback and created an application that would engage them in a way they couldn’t find anywhere else,” said Lisa Namerow, GM, AOL Radio, SHOUTcast and Winamp, in the announcement. “Our partnership with CBS Radio has allowed AOL Radio to continue to grow, and having more than 6 million downloads and counting is further proof that AOL Radio continues to innovate in the Internet radio space. We are thrilled it’s being so well received by consumers and is a testament that the hard work of the AOL Radio and Mobile teams is really paying off.”
AoL Radio was awarded with a 2008 Apple Design Award for the Best Entertainment Application, being named one of the iTunes Best of 2008 Top Free Music Apps, and being listed as one of Gizmodo’s 50 Essential iPhone Apps.
The AoL Radio App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.
AoL Radio is part of the AOL Radio Network, which also includes SHOUTcast and their product extensions within Winamp. Globally, the AoL Radio Network is No. 1 in the Entertainment/Radio category according to comScore Media Metrix Worldwide October 2009 data.
Here’s more on what the new AoL is up to, as recently reported bYAIM Group.
YouTube to make buying music easier
When Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion two years ago, many industry analysts were left scratching their heads. YouTube was king of the hill for user-created videos but how would Google make money from the site? This week, Google may have taken baby steps towards addressing that concern.
Music videos on the site will now sport an icon to buy that song from either Apple’s iTunes or Amazon.com. The idea is that if you like a song, you don’t need to leave YouTube to buy it.
Google is counting on new forms of advertising to help it make up for a slower growth of its core text ads business.
The new YouTube program is starting off with a limited number of partners: Only EMI and Universal are participating. The recently released video game Spore from Electronic Arts is also available. YouTube plans to expand the program beyond iTunes and Amazon and to include other merchandise like concert tickets, a Google spokesman said.
Music labels will also be able to put “buy” links next to user-uploaded videos whose images or soundtrack match what the labels are offering. The matching process is via YouTube’s Content ID system which was originally created to help content owners find unauthorized material on the site. The pendulum now seems to have swung the other way with labels embracing user content incorporating their work.
The new YouTube service is long overdue, even Google execs admitted. Earlier this year, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said it had taken longer than expected to find the right advertising models for YouTube. “You Tube is a huge end-user success and we are awaiting the monetization that goes with that, and we believe it will come,” Schmidt said.
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