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Re: What Is Going To Happen In 2017

alan — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 14:54:51 -0000

Fred, what are your thoughts on OTT services (Direct TV Now, etc)
and cutting the cord with cable/Fios? We are seeing big moves in this regard, especially in NYC which is woefully under developed from a broadband standpoint.

Re: This Is What Happens When You Let A Monopoly Own The Last Mile

alan — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 09:01:04 -0000

Business Class Broadband in Manhattan is worse. The situation in Brooklyn and Queens is worse than that. In Manhattan for example, there are approx 21,000 office buildings (Class A, B, C). Of this, only 500 have one unique fiber provider. The other 20k buildings are wired with either old Verizon copper and cable. From the low 40's midtown south to the edge of wall street, east and west, tens of thousands of businesses, large and small struggle with poor broadband.

One answer to the problem is fixed wireless, which is ready for primetime.

Alan

Re: Whatever Happened to Podcasting?

alan — Sat, 23 Nov 2013 08:40:12 -0000

Great post Mark.

Your comment around analytics is spot on. Also, podcasting which enables "on-demand" listening is not live audio streaming. I bet if you ask Adam Carolla if he could get the same audience and revenue by streaming a live call-in radio show (in the car) or a podcast, than he would take the live format every day of the week.

I would add a couple of more reasons why podcasting has been slow to be adopted at scale. 1) There isn't a strong monetization engine supporting the space. The largest sellers of audio ads are the terrestrial radio companies and they have completely missed the boat on Radio 2.0 (both talk and music). There needs to be a higher ROI for the podcaster. 2) There are limited common technology platforms that can easily enable live streamed talk radio and podcasting. Video can be shot with a multitude of devices, the same can't be said for audio.

Lastly, at BlogTalkRadio, we have been at the live streaming and podcast game for quite some time. Today we are hosting close to 2,000 podcasts a day. Next quarter we expect to launch our HD solution which we believe will help solve the issue surrounding a common technology platform. - http://www.blogtalkradio.co...

Alan Levy
CEO BlogTalkRadio
www.blogtalkradio.com

Re: ReadWrite – 5 Companies That Will Define The Future Of Radio

alan — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:57:55 -0000

Great article.

Have you heard of BlogTalkRadio (www.blogtalkradio.com)? BlogTalkRadio is the largest online talk radio network live streaming/archiving more than 30,000 talk radio shows a month. Apart from NPR, the companies you have mentioned are distribution platforms, primarily focused on music. NPR is wonderful, but doesn't scale.

You will hear a lot more about BlogTalkRadio in 2013.

Alan Levy
CEO

Re: BREAKING: Salesforce Laying Off Radian6 Employees and Executives

alan — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:04:03 -0000

Sorry to hear that for the Radian6 employees that were let go today. the entire team at R6 did an incredible job. We welcome the opportunity of speaking with team members at any level (including executive) Please visit - http://cinchcast.com/about/....

Alan Levy
Founder and CEO
www.cinchcast.com

Re: Why Sound Will Be Bigger Than Video

alan — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:00:32 -0000

I don't believe that audio will be bigger than video when it comes to consumer facing platforms like Soundcloud, Cinch.fm, Audioboo, etc. Discovering and consuming audio content, particularily UGC conversational content will struggle to scale. I do think it becomes bigger when companies, organizations, brands, etc turn their phones into publishing platforms. There is plenty of disruption waiting to happen, and its going to happen on the enterprise side.

Re: Pandora's Music Fees Are Huge! And Not That Bad.

alan — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 23:03:13 -0000

IMO this cost goes higher as the artists and labels are looking for someone/anyone to pay for their inability to operate in this environment.

Re: Google And Twitter Step In To Let Egyptians Tweet By Voice | paidContent:UK

alan — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:13:32 -0000

Since the phones are working properly Ameja, American and Middle Eastern Journalist Association, hosted a live radio show yesterday January 31 with journalists from the NYT and WSJ participating from Cairo - http://www.blogtalkradio.co...

Alan

Re: The hallway conversations I had at World Economic Forum

alan — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:40:27 -0000

Robert, thanks again for sharing all this great content with the world. Your use of our Cinchcast platform sets standard for innovative, engaging, social real time journalism.

Alan Levy
CEO
www.cinchcast.com

Re: Free consulting for Path, interviewing the CEO of Instagr.am, and my love of Quora

alan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:53:58 -0000

Working here as well.

Re: Keen On… Are We All Becoming Robert Scoble? (TCTV)

alan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:02:39 -0000

In my view, there is no one individual in the social media space that contributes more to the community or conversation than Robert. While many industry thought leaders, tech bloggers, and entrepreneurs are celebrating new found success in take-outs, exits, capital raises, etc., Robert goes about his business of adding provocative, relevant and non-biased dialogue to the conversation in exchange for little in return.

If I was the CEO of Rackspace, his employer, I would give him a big bonus and a big thank you for a job well done.

Re: Scripting News: Note to RBTN subscribers

alan — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:03:49 -0000

That's too bad. As you know, all of the archives are maintained here as well - http://www.blogtalkradio.co...

Re: A new journalism: audio on iPhone

alan — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:31:00 -0000

if you download the Cinch iPhone app you can listen to Robert's (or anyone else's) cinchcasts on demand directly from the app.

Re: A new journalism: audio on iPhone

alan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:24:33 -0000

As you know, late last week, we just released v1.6. I will report back on this.

Alan

Re: A new journalism: audio on iPhone

alan — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:10:12 -0000

We agree that that there is an important place for audio in the social and mobile web and you have highlighted many good reasons why that is the case. In fact, Apple this week seems to agree and has featured the Cinch app in the iTunes store. If anyone is interested in trying it out here is the link - http://bit.ly/Cinch-iPhone

Lastly, following your cinch's clearly demonstrates how hard you work to stay on the cutting edge of what is happening in SV. You energy level and contribution to the community should be admired.

Alan
CEO
www.cinchcast.com

Re: Great interview: candid, disruptive Mark Zuckerberg

alan — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:57:15 -0000

Incredible interview. Thanks for sharing. This is what @davewiner has been calling "rebooting the news". You have unfettered access to probably one of the most influential people in the world.

Exciting times.

Alan

Re: New Twitter Logos And New Rules: Don’t Use Old Ones, Don’t Screencap Others’ Tweets

alan — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:16:25 -0000

No, they need a business model first. Never in the history of mankind has a brand benefited by free exposure and they still can't develop a coherent, scalable business model.

Re: Interview Diane Rayfield Harp Social (Podcast)

alan — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:10:26 -0000

Joe,

Thanks for the post. I am going to check out your show on BlogTalkRadio.

Alan
CEO

Re: How Twitter can save itself from Doom. (Scripting News)

alan — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:40:33 -0000

Quite insightful post. Wondering for the umpteenth time why you aren't sitting in the cockpit for one of these stories. imo u should be.

Re: For the Good of the NYC Venture Scene I'd like to see...

alan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:27:13 -0000

Great post Roger. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Google +will+ save Flash, a developer who uses it says

alan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:54:12 -0000

Once again Robert, the link to the original audio file mp3 is here - http://www.cinchcast.com/sc...

Re: Google +will+ save Flash, a developer who uses it says

alan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:52:42 -0000

Here it is - you can find the link to the mp3 on the left side - http://www.cinchcast.com/sc...

Re: http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/08/iphone-call-recording-it-makes-too-much.html

alan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:23:07 -0000

Louis, I am glad that our Cinch platform (www.cinchcast.com) has filled this need for you and Sarah. :) Have a happy new year.

Alan

Re: The ABC News Radio Digital Platform - ABC News Radio Blog - ABC News Radio: Trusted. Credible. Complete. Online.

alan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:05:41 -0000

Dan,

Congrats on the new platform. Sounds exciting.

We look forward to collaborating with ABC Radio in 2010.

Alan Levy,
CEO
www.blogtalkradio.com

Re: Cinch Enables Embedding of Simple Podcasts

alan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:02:42 -0000

Louis, I am glad you like the new embed feature. One correction to your post. You are correct that a Cinch can be created by using any mobile phone, however, the call in number is 646-200-0000. Register for an account at www.cinchcast.com, associate any phone number with your account, dial the 646# and begin recording.