Ray Telford, Author at Radio Today

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Ray Telford 28 Jan 2017

Rihanna breaks own record for most Top 10 radio songs

Rihanna has broken her own record for most Top 10s on Billboard’s Radio Songs airplay chart.

Ray Telford 20 Jan 2017

iHeartRadio Taking Millions of Listeners To Streaming

After a month’s test, America’s largest radio empire’s digital and streaming service iHeartRadio has officially launched on-demand streaming services. iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access ...

Ray Telford 9 Dec 2016

Pandora Premium to take on Spotify, Apple, early next year

Streaming service Pandora has officially unveiled its on-demand Premium product to launch in the first quarter of 2017 – and is ready to take on Spotify and Apple Music with what it claims will ...

Ray Telford 27 Oct 2016

Pandora Revenue Up but Falls Short of Expectations

Pandora’s revival is not going as well as it is hoping. Both its Q3 revenues and advertising revenue were up, but were short of analyst expectations, and the company’s shares dropped as a result

Ray Telford 14 Oct 2016

Pandora’s Update… what’s been rolled out next

As competition heats up, Pandora has unveiled some changes. While the logo is freshened up to be brighter and clearer, with a fatter P and sharp blue on white background. Some commentators ...

Ray Telford 25 May 2016

How can you make €1.95bn and still lose money? Ask Spotify

The world’s largest music subscriber service Spotify says 2015 was “in many ways, our best ever year.” The number of users jumped 50% to 89 million. Its subscriber figure hit 30 million, marking ...

Ray Telford 30 Mar 2016

Soundcloud Presses Go on Sub Service

Music and audio streaming service SoundCloud has launched its long awaited subscription streaming service. Called Go, it will only be available in the United States first, costing $9.99 a month, ...

Ray Telford 11 Jan 2016

30 Facts About David Bowie

The world lost one of its greats on Monday. David Bowie had been privately battling cancer for 18 months and passed away yesterday, surrounded by friends and family; his illness was not made ...

Ray Telford 17 Dec 2015

Pandora, iHeartMeda must pay higher Webcasting Royalties

Internet radio stations Pandora and iHeartMedia must pay more royalties, the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board just announced. They have to pay right-holders 17 cents per 100 streams from between 2016 ...

Ray Telford 30 Jul 2015

Apple Music hits 10m subs in 4 weeks

Apple Music has hit 10 million subscribers within its first four weeks on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and iTunes, according to a report.

Ray Telford 24 Jul 2015

Hackers can seize your car through DAB?

While more and more car manufacturers install digital radio players in their models, researchers in the UK and the US have proven that they can be hacked to seize control of a car.

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