Internet Music Radio 2001 - 2006: The Brands and the Beat Go On: Industry Report

Internet Music Radio 2001 - 2006: The Brands and the Beat Go On

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AccuStream iMedia Research
Published: May 2006
Product Code: R678-23

Description

The pace of Internet music radio growth has been steady since 2002 when the market retreated in the face of uncertainty over royalty rights payments, the ad recession, the general market recession and lack of venture or speculative capital.

Tuning hours for the top ten sites are forecast to reach 360 million hours in 2006, and there are currently over 700,000 average quarterly hour listeners to online stations, combining Arbitron and Webcast Metrics user data.

In addition, there were about 2.3 - 2.4 million subscribers to Internet music radio services at the beginning of 2006, which include those offered by Real Networks, AOL, Yahoo, MSN, Radioio, Live365.com and Virgin Radio.

Top line report findings and analysis:

In 2002, with the exception of Clear Channel Worldwide, and several of the major sports leagues and a scattering of major media brands such as ABC and ESPN, most of the hours of usage were associated with Internet-only brands at the time such as Spinner.com, Radio@AOL.com, Live365, WarpRadio, Radio Free Virgin and the very popular Shoutcast platform which hosted sites like Wolf FM
In 2005, again with the exception of a few over-the-air broadcast groups (i.e. Clear Channel and Susquehanna Broadcasting), Internet radio was once again dominated by brands that are native to the medium, including AOL, AOLs Shoutcast property, Real Networks’ Rhapsody streaming and download service, Live365.com, Chaincast Networks, Yahoo, Radioio, AccuRadio, and others
Aggregate tuning hours (ATH) for the top ten sites and networks rose by 43.8% in 2005 per month, to 257.3 million hours
ATH per month grew by 53.2% in 2003 compared to 2002, a year which saw significant contraction in the market due to the advertising slowdown and regulatory uncertainly with regard to copyright fees for re-broadcasting content
Streaming media (subscription) music revenue rose from $49 million in 2003 to $237 million in 2005 and projected to surpass $340 million in 2006
Growth rates for revenue were 163% in 2004, 84% in 2005 and an estimated 45% in 2006

Table of Contents

Overview: Young audiences, big league format and technology competition; Media Player Share by Format; Another Offline Medium Migrates Online: XM Aligns with AOL; Internet Music Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001-20; Aggregators Still Need Brands; Growth Has Been Steady Since 2002
SECTION ONE: Market Overview: 2001; Shoutcast Platform: Growth In Aggregate Tuning Hours; Advertising Dollars were Scarce in 2002; Musicmatch Continued to Build a Subscription Business Through Distribution Partnerships on PC Platforms; Radioio: Growth in Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH)
SECTION TWO: Market Overview: 2003; Online Brands Fashioned An Appeal to Audiences and Independent Programmers; Average ATH for the Top Ten Internet Radio Sites; The Top Ten Internet Radio Sites and Channels: Aggregate Tuning Hours--By Month Full Year 2002; ATH for the Top Ten Internet Radio Sites; Aggregate Tuning Hour Growth: 2002 and 2003; AOL Radio ATH Usage: 2003; Shoutcast ATH Usage: 2003; Profiles; AOL Radio in 2003; 1st Quarter 2003: Internet Music Radio Still in Slow Growth Mode; The Top Ten Streaming Music Radio Sites; 2nd Quarter 2003: AOL Properties, and Consolidation Help Drive Up ATH; The Top Ten Streaming Music Radio Sites; 3rd Quarter 2003: Consistent Growth in ATH; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites; Database of Internet Music Radio Aggregate Tuning Hours: 2003
SECTION THREE: Market Overview: 2004; Internet Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours per Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001 - 2004 (in millions of hours); Internet Radio: Top Ten Sites and ATH by Month; Internet Radio Aggregate Tuning Hours by Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks; Profiles; AOL's Shoutcast Platform Grows At 100%; Shoutcast Aggregate Tuning Hour Growth: May 2003 Through May 2004; Yahoo Grows Its Launchcast Service by Triple-Digits During the Year; Yahoo's Launchcast Internet Radio Service: Growth in ATH 2003 - 2004; Yahoo Pays $160 Million For Musicmatch, $711 per Subscriber>; Musicmatch Acquisition Analytics; Musicmatch Operational Stats: '04; Net Radio Sales: Representing the Profit Potential of Internet Music Radio Usage; Net Radio Sales--Tuning Hours Under Representation: 2004/2005; Talking the Same Language; Musicnet on AOL Had 265,000 Subs; Downloads Were Minimal in '04; Musicnet on AOL Subscriber Growth: 2003 - 2004; Market Momentum in 2004; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites Generate 100+ ATH in Early '04; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites; Internet Music Radio Continued Growth PATH Into the 2nd Quarter of 2004, and New Measurement Tools and Metrics Began to Appear; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites; Internet Music Radio Dials in ATH in Excess of 180 Million During Summer '04; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: June 2004; The Top Ten Internet Radio Sites: July 2004; ATH Push Upwards of 200 Million For August and September 2004; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites : August 2004; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: Oct 2004; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: Nov 2004; The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: Dec 2004; Full Database of Internet Music Radio Sites, Networks and Aggregators: 2004
SECTION FOUR: Market Overview: 2005; Internet Music Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001- 2005; Internet Radio: Top Ten Sites by Month; Internet Music Radio Aggregate Tuning Hours by Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: February 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: March 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: March 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: April 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: April 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: May 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: May 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: June 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: June 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: July 2005; July 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: August 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: August 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: September 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: September 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: October 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: October 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: November 2005; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: November 2005; The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites; The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: December 2005; Internet Music Radio: 2005 Full Year
SECTION FIVE: AOL Musicnow; AOL Musicnow Subscriber Growth; Subscriber Growth: Musicnow; Yahoo Music Unlimited; Musicmatch Subscriber Growth: 2001 - 2005; Rhapsody; Rhapsody Music Services: Growth in Subscribers: 2002 - 2005; Site Traffic to Listen.com/Rhapsody: 2003 - 2005; Platform Services; Real Networks Superpass Subscription Service Growth: 2000 - 2005; Real Networks Combined Subscriber Growth: Superpass and Rhapsody: 2003 - 2005 YTD; Streaming Internet Music Radio Subscriptions: 2003 - 2006; Streaming Music Radio Revenue: 2003 - 2006; Music Subscription Streaming Media Revenue: 2003; Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2003; Music Subscription Streaming Media Revenue: 2004; Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2004; Streaming Music Subscription Revenue: 2005; Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2005; Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2005; Streaming Subscription Music and Download Revenue Growth: 2003 - 2006

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