Pandora Financials Should Improve; Increasingly Tech Savvy Listeners
Filling Up the Pipe "Where is Sirius going to get the bandwidth for this programming when their music audio is already compromised by a shortage of bandwidth?" That's what one RW reader had to say in response to our recent story about baseball on the bird. Post your own thoughts to any RW story immediately below the text, or send a letter to the editor.
Top Stories - 08.22.13
Analysts Anticipate Good Report From Pandora Wall Street analysts have high hopes for today's anticipated second quarter earnings report from Pandora with quarterly revenue to climbing around 50% compared to the same period last year.
Public Radio Listeners' Tech Use Grows Latest Jacobs Media Public Radio Tech Survey results suggest that while public radio is still rooted in traditional listening patterns, more listening (16%) is migrating towards digital.
Simulcasting Debunked (Part 2) (Triton Digital) Connect 2 Media & Entertainment features a mix of tech content, conversation and curation. Here: Triton Digital COO Mike Agovino offers his thoughts on the value of digital streaming and whether simulcasting is worth the effort.
Around the Industry
Q&A With David DuBose (Birmingham Business Journal) A local business publication sat down with David DuBose, EVP/COO of SummitMedia, acquirer of several Birmingham, Ala., stations, among others, earlier this year. He was just named Broadcaster of the Year at the Alabama Broadcasters Association meeting.
Tenth Tower Worker Killed (Wireless Estimator) The Wireless Estimator's Wireless Industry News is always a leading source for good and bad news that affects the broadcast industry, especially tower and wireless industry information.
Stations Excited About Sports Broadcasts (Bangor Daily News) Dan and Jocelynn Priestly bought a couple of stations in Eddington, Maine. They're now up to four — AMs and FMs. Recently they acquired the broadcast rights for the University of Maine basketball teams for the Bangor area.
'FM Chips' Really Means 'Interactive Radio' (Paragon Media) Mike Henry sees FM activation in smartphones as much more than simply another program playout source. He sees a wide variety of tools to aid in the sales of ads and services that can be brought about by the listener interactivity that smartphones provide.
