Not only did Space Shuttle Atlantis blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) for her STS-135 mission last week, but it was also confirmed that video streaming technology will be installed on the International Space Station.
The high definition streaming video camera, which will be designed, built and tested in the UK, is a joint venture between Canada, Russia and the UK and has been described as a mixture of Google Earth and YouTube. Continue Reading…
It’s that time of year again to gear up for one of the most talked about festivals in Barcelona, Sonar 2011. The excitement is building up here at Flumotion as we will be showcasing our 360 Online Video Platform and our brand new 360 Online Radio Platform
For those unfamiliar with Sonar, it’s a festival of advanced music and multimedia art which has taken place every year in Barcelona since 1994. Part of the festival features SonarPro, a meeting point for professionals in the music industry and technologies applied to audiovisual and new media art. Continue Reading…
In March this year, we were introduced to the new ‘UK Radioplayer’, a collaboration of the UK’s largest radio stations which joined together to provide a system for listening to their stations over the net. It was yesterday reported that the Radioplayer drew in 5.7 million unique users during the month of May, a “really encouraging first set of figures” according to Andrew Harrison, chairman of Radioplayer.
The player, which was initially hailed as “a quiet breakthrough”, has 238 participating stations from across the country, an increase of 81 stations since it launched. It has recently introduced a player building tool which will help smaller stations get on board. Continue Reading…
Interested in the world of online radio? Missed out on the Radio 2.0 Conference this year? Don’t fret, you can now catch up on all the speeches from the event on demand right here.
The final video to be added sees Online Media and Broadcasting Advisor Paula Cordeiro (Ph.D in Communication and Digital Media) discuss the interaction between online radios and their contributors, the listeners and the brands. Continue Reading…
We’re delighted to announce that Flumotion has joined forces with Adswizz and Audioemotion to offer a new ground-breaking advertising service for online radio stations. A single platform has been created that will provide content providers with all the necessary tools to make their online radio projects profitable.
With a well-established and rapidly growing audience predicted for the near future, things are definitely looking bright for online radio. Patrick Roger, COO at Adswizz, stated that “between 2009 and 2010, the use of online radio grew by 40% in Europe and the United States, and is therefore the fastest growing medium on the Internet”. Thanks to the Internet, radio stations of any size can reach a global audience through multiple devices and platforms such as iPhone, iPads, iTunes, SHOUTcast, Winamp and formats such as Windows Media Player, among others. Continue Reading…
