Someone at a radio station wrote me to ask what it costs to add streaming….
Right now, I don’t have the answer to that – I do know most of the companies that are involved in it, but never took the time to write that down in an organized way. I’m thinking that the costs are pretty much negotiated on a case by case basis.
So that’s a work in progress – when it’s reasonably close to finished, it will become more public.
If you’re involved inselling streaming services,, any insights into what I should list that makes one company different than the others would be welcome. If you want to be listed, include at least 2 unrelated radio owners that you provide streaming services to….
Tentative list:
| Company | Services | Player / Stream Types | Contact Information | Major Clients |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| StreamTheWorld | Live Streaming On Demand Streaming Ad Insertion Royalty Calculation Audience Measurement | Flash based | 1440 Ste-Catherine W., Suite 1200 Montréal, Québec, Canada H3G 1R8 | Townsquare, Cox, Entravision, NextMedia, Beasley, Midwest, Pamal, Wilks, NRG, Emmis |
| Shoutcast | Free Streaming | Winamp (.pls) | Nullsoft is owned by AOL | |
| Securenet Systems | Live Streaming Integration with Studio Automation systems Ad Insertion Preroll ads Mailing List management Embedded playlists Royalty Accounting Mobile Apps Content Archiving Web Design & Hosting | Flash, Windows Media, Sliverlight, MP3, AAC, AAC+, Mobile apps | 356 SW 12th Ave. Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 (866) 568-9402 sales@securenetsystems.net | Triad Broadcasting, First Media, Red Rock, American General |
| Liquid Compass | Live Streaming Mobile Streaming Cusomized Players Royalty Accounting Social media integration | Flash Mobile Apps | 2399 Blake Street Denver, CO 80205 (303) 839-9400 | Salem, Saga, Bonneville, Border Media, |
| Surfer Network | Live Streaming Royalty Reporting 24/7 support Ad Insertion Sports substitution Archiving Custom players Patent Ownership | Flash | 3 Gold Mine Road Suite 104 Flanders, NJ 07836 (973) 691-7420 | Access.1, Total Radio, Telesouth, George Flinn |
| Christian Netcast | Live Streaming Ad Insertion 24/7 support Banded Players Royalty Reporting | Windows Media, Shoutcast, Flash, aac+, Quicktime, mobile Apps | 1920 Centerville Tpke Suite 117-269 Virginia Beach, VA 23464 (757) 502.4836 | |
| Crystal Media | Empty web site | FTG Group, James River, Armada, Northern Star, Mapleton | ||
| Streamon.fm | "Appliance" solution Now Playing information | Java | 6005 Gateway Boulevard Edmonton, Alberta, T6H2H3 (951) 801-2309 | World Radio, Lifetalk |
| Live365 | Flash AAC | |||
| Mainstream Networks | Live Streaming On Demand Streaming 24/7 support Ad insertion Monthly Reports | |||
| Abacast | Live Streaming Listener analytics Royalty Reporting Preroll Ads Ad insertion Banner Ads | Flash Mobile Apps | Three Eagles, New Northwest, Cherry Creek, Mainline, Pacific Radio Group, Qantum | |
| StreamAudio | Live Streaming Ad Insertion Royalty Reports | Flash, Silverlight, Windows Media, AAC, AAC+, Quicktime, | Zimmer | |
| Warpradio | Live Streaming | Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80004005' [MySQL][ODBC 5.1 Driver]Access denied for user 'continuum'@'174.46.222.85' (using password: NO) /contact.asp, line 29 | ||
| uStream | Free Video Streaming | Flash | 475 Brannan Street, Suite 410 San Francisco, CA 94107 | |
| Radio Loyalty | Live Streaming Prestream Ads Social media Integration | Flash Mobile Apps | 345 Chapala Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (800) 706-1876 | |
| Webstream | See Securenet | |||
| Jetcast | Live Streaming Radio Loyalty integration Geographic blocking Ad insertion Barter | Flash | (775) 766-5260 Leave a message | |
| StreamGuys | Live Streaming | Windows media, MP3, AAC, AAC+, QuickTime, RealMedia | 2212 Jacoby Creek Rd Bayside, CA 95524 (877) 287-2938 | |
| Mutlicast Media | Live Streaming | |||
| Real Media | Encoding Software | RealPlayer |
The fact that my title mentions costs and the table has no costs, and nobody said anything suggests nobody cares 🙂