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Slacker cites stats from BBI Market Research that more than half (51%) of all users of MP3 players say they update their device once a month or less.
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In addition the company later this year plans to launch a la carte downloads and a more traditional on-demand subscription service that will allow users to pre-select individual songs they want on their device, as opposed to having to discover and flag songs as favorites in the course of radio playback.ĭriving the company’s focus on portable Internet radio is its belief that a large number of consumers are interested in digital music programming but don’t have time to manage a music collection. Slacker will also offer an ad-free $7.50 per month subscription tier that will allow users to skip tracks on an unlimited basis (as opposed to six songs per-station, per-hour in the basic plan) and on-demand access to songs designated as favorites (in the basic tier favorites are surfaced with greater frequency in playlists but can’t be directly accessed). older music, as well as by genre, and favorite artists/tracks. Users can personalize stations to play more popular vs. The basic portable radio service featuring over 100 programmed genre stations and 10,000 artist stations is free of charge and supported by advertising. There is no word yet on pricing for the car kits. Pricing on the handheld devices, which also double as a traditional MP3 player and are due in the second half of 2007, are expected to range from $149-$299 depending on storage capacity. Slacker is teaming with a third party satellite company for satellite connectivity.
Playlists are refreshed when a user syncs the device.Īround the same as the device rollout, Slacker will also launch a line of car kits that update Slacker devices via satellite connection rather than Internet connection.
Using new interactive radio licensing agreements with the major labels, many hours of portable radio playlists are stored for a limited amount of time in the cache (or temporary memory) of the device. Later this year, the company will introduce a line of WiFi-enabled handheld portable players that can wirelessly access and sync Slacker radio programming via home networks, PCs, and public hot spots. In conjunction with the launch, the company tomorrow is bowing an Internet radio service at that allows for the creation of personalized stations. Jim Cady, the onetime head of MP3 player manufacturer Rio Digital Audio, is president, and Jonathan Sasse, the ex-CEO of MP3 maker iRiver America, is VP of marketing.
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The former top executives at MusicMatch, Rio, and iRiver America tomorrow (March 14) will formally launch Slacker Inc., a new San Diego-based startup company focusing on portable digital radio.ĭennis Mudd, former CEO of digital jukebox software company MusicMatch, is chief executive of the new venture, which up to now has been quietly operating under the name Broadband Instruments.
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