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- Sony loses bid to force royalties out of webcaster
- No surprise here ...The RIAA and its members have descimated their own industry by ignoring the technology all around them. Demand for music for a perceived fair price will not come to an end but the music industry must find new ways to entice buyers. It used to...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Digital media, Webcaster, Sony Corp., sales
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- SoundExchange, webcasters settle at last
- Let the music play. Finally, after two a half years, we have an agreement on webcasting royalties that doesn't doom sites like Pandora to the ashheap. The LA Times reports that SoundExchange and webcasters have agreed to a structure that doesn't require a per-song royalty payment....
- Tags: Webcaster, Operational Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Internet Radio agreement: Good enough for now
- Hollywood and Silicon Valley have reached an agreement on Internet radio - an experimental payment structure that is far from perfect but much better than the alternative rate system that threatened to put Web-based streaming sites out of business. The agreement creates a tiered-system for the radio...
- Tags: Revenue, Internet Radio, Agreement, Webcaster, SoundExchange, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Webcasting - and Pandora - saved!
- The Senate passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, described here. The bill goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. "I'm relieved, optimistic, and grateful to our listeners," said Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora. (News.com) Even the RIAA was...
- Tags: Webcasting, RIAA, Webcaster, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passes; Pandora to continue royalty negotiations
- On Friday night Tim Westergren and his dedicated Pandora team worked overnight to rev up listeners once again to get on the phone with their local Congressional representatives and fight in favor of the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (HR 7084). Once the House voted in favor of the bill...
- Tags: Settlement, Negotiation, Webcaster, Pandora, Free Trade, Team Management, Finance, Management, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayRE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayThank God. I know I called and wrote my congresspeoples.RE: House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes todayever since the napster ruling in 2000, the music industry record companies have gotten greedier. I agree...
- Tags: record company, U.S. Senate, Webcaster
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- House votes to save webcasters, Senate votes today
- The financial bail-out of Wall Street wasn't the only thing keeping Congress critters working through the weekend. Somehow, House members managed to get it together to withstand lobbying pressure from radio broadcasters and pass the Webcaster Settlement Act. Now, Pandora founder Tim Westergren says, the battle moves...
- Tags: U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeArticle CorrectionMr. Berman is a Democrat, not a Republican.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeFixed. thanks.RE: Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to closeLovely. So the RIAA prop up successfully bought a judgment that...
- Tags: Pandora, SoundExchange, Webcaster
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Webcasters can't reach compromise with SoundExchange; Pandora set to close
- I've been loving the Pandora app on my touch so news that Pandora is about ready to "pull the plug," is a heart-breaker. And yup, the Post reports, it's because of the draconian burden on webcasting royalties sought by SoundExchange and approved by the Copyright Royalty Board....
- Tags: Webcasting, Webcaster, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- OtsAV Radio 1.85.064 (Windows)
- OtsAV Radio allows Webcasters, Broadcasters, Solution Providers, and Businesses to broadcast with quality automated mixing, dynamics processing, and scheduling. Three editions are available--Webcaster, Narrowcaster and Broadcaster. Features include automated beat-mixing, intelligent fade-mixing, integrated Dynamics Processor, accurate to-the-second daypart scheduling, SHOUTcast and compatible plugin support, volume management, manual override, powerful media...
- Tags: Broadcaster, Webcaster, Ots Labs, OtsAV Radio, Remote Access, Microsoft Windows, Telecommunications, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-08-11
- OtsAV TV 1.85.064 (Windows)
- OtsAV TV allows Webcasters, Broadcasters, Solution Providers, and Businesses to broadcast smooth quality video with automated mixing, scrolling ticker, animated titling, and scheduling. Three editions are available - Webcaster, Narrowcaster and Broadcaster. Mix and beat mix video content at broadcast quality (50/60 motion updates, locked and stable). Output up to...
- Tags: Ticker, Microsoft Windows, Video, Broadcaster, Webcaster, Ots Labs, OtsAV TV, Corporate Communications, Remote Access, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-08-11
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100m
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100mDo the fees match the revenueIf anyone continues to think that webcasting is still a niche business with no revenues, this ruling should show just how much money exists in the current market.I think this ruling proves no such thing. I think it shows [i]how...
- Tags: Webcaster, ASCAP $100m, Webcast, radio, revenue
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100m
- A federal judge ruled that that webcasters owe ASCAP â€" one of three major performing rights organizations representing songwriters â€" a flat 2.5 percent cut of music revenues. It's a big chunk of change. For just the year 2006, it will cost AOL, Yahoo and Real...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Webcasting, Webcaster, ASCAP, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio bill
- Webcasters hope for progress on Net radio billToo badI hope their efforts fail to get this bill passed. The government should not be in the music business. If webcasters want to play someone's music, they should have to obtain permission from the people who own the music. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, government, Webcaster
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- Webcasters dubious about SoundExchange offer
- After months of negotiations with SoundExchange, the record industry's royalty-collection agency, small Net radio stations say the group's compromise offer is unacceptable, AP reports.Under the latest proposal, small webcasters with earnings of less than $1.25 million a year could pay a cut of annual revenue in royalties, rather than the...
- Tags: Radio, Broadcasting Company, Webcaster, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- Net radio saved from the axe - maybe
- Taking the conflict all the way to the 11th hours and then some, SoundExchange, the broadcasting royalty collection arm of the recording industry, and Internet radio stations have agreed to a certain, limited repreive from what may stations considered a Draconian new rate structure, Wired reports.Under the new proposal, which...
- Tags: Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- 'Day of Silence' for Internet radio
- Gandhi would be proud of what probably is the Internet's first passive resistance protest--the "Day of Silence" coming to Internet radio on June 26. As a response to a court ruling that imposes huge increases on the royalty rates Internet radio operators must pay - which are applied retroactively, no...
- Tags: Courts, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
Additional Resources
- News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Sony loses bid to force royalties out of webcaster
- On the hunt for money to beef up their rapidly deteriorating industry, the Big Four record labels sued LAUNCH, owned by Yahoo, and currently operated by CBS Radio CBS also owns ZDNet. Their gripe: LAUNCH lets users create channels by genre and skip songs they don't like. This, they claimed,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Predictability, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Media, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now
- When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his...
- Tags: Internet Radio, Radio, U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-09-26
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