Friday, March 4, 2005
Start-ups Blur Lines Between Radio, Music Swapping
Posted by James Fee in "ARTICLE" @ 02:00 PM
" A new generation of start-ups is taking a page from Apple Computer's iTunes playbook, allowing Net radio listeners to draw their programming at will from one another's hard drives. At the head of a movement that could transform online radio, Live365 and start-up Grouper are the latest to blur these lines between Internet radio and online song-swapping, with an alliance aimed at turning the older companies' stable of amateur broadcasters into the hubs of peer-to-peer communities."
Being able to stream your music collection to friends is very interesting. You can become your own "pirate radio" station. I think we'll see more companies push the envelope of streaming music over the next year. The consumer is just beginning to rediscover streaming audio on their PCs.
Being able to stream your music collection to friends is very interesting. You can become your own "pirate radio" station. I think we'll see more companies push the envelope of streaming music over the next year. The consumer is just beginning to rediscover streaming audio on their PCs.
