Apropos to our DRM discussion -- technologies like this listed below can take advantage of the structure of cellphone plans in the developing world, which can often have liberal voice usage plans.
The marketing head of AudioNow spent a day at the Fest last year...I know he connected with the Prometheus Radio Project folks and possibly others as well. RC ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: AudioNow <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:32 AM Subject: ....Announces Industry's First Streaming Mobile Radio App That Avoids Costly Data Plan To: [email protected] AudioNow Announces Industry's First Streaming Mobile Radio App That Avoids Costly Data Plans First App in the Series Catered to the Haitian Community AudioNow is pleased to announce the launch of the industry’s first radio station app that allows listeners to access their favorite stations without using their data plan. How is this possible? We based the app on our unique “call-to-listen” platform allowing the application to tap into your voice plan instead of consuming your data. We will be launching a series of apps on the Android market, each tailored to an exclusive segment of our listener base. This proprietary patent-pending app is available exclusively for our broadcasters that connect their audio content to the AudioNow “call-to-listen” platform. The first app in the series to be launched is tailored to the Haitian community, offering a mix of ethnic stations in Creole, French, and English. More community-based apps are in the pipeline, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for their official launch dates as well. The app will be available for download from the Android Market or Google Play. In the spirit of our commitment to open media access across all mobile platforms to reach the widest audience possible, the app will be free to download. It also includes features that makes sharing content between friends and family a simple process. Users can also request additional stations to be added to the AudioNow Platform, making the user experience as personalized as possible. More versions of the app will be unveiled in upcoming weeks, so if you have any feedback on the app, please do share it with us. We hope that you are excited about this app as we are! Best Regards, The AudioNow Team AudioNow is the leading provider of mobile phone broadcast radio distribution in the country. It uses proprietary, “HD” voice design and patent-pending technology that allows any fixed or mobile phone to access live audio programming without any downloads across all mobile platforms. Visit www.audionow.com to learn more and register. _______________________________________________ Swlfest mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swlfest To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. For more information on the Fest, visit: http://www.swlfest.com http://swlfest.blogspot.com
