So what makes an FM station viable in the age of the Internet and streaming radio?
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Rival streaming radio services such as Stitcher, TuneIn and National Public Radio are also scrapping for space on dashboard displays.
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Pandora shares are getting crushed on a new report that Apple is planning to launch a streaming radio service early in 2013.
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to launch a Pandora (NYSE: P) clone in the coming year that will provide iTunes users with a streaming radio service.
I've been keeping an eye on the prices of the business social network LinkedIn and Pandora, the internet streaming radio service, and wondering whether history is repeating itself.
Not the least of which involves tech giant Apple, which plans to launch a streaming radio service that directly competes with Pandora and may possibly take some luster away from Sirius.
In fact, there are a number, well three, of reasons why Pandora might be able to stare down Apple if it indeed is launching a streaming radio service that will presumably be the default option on its mobile devices.
The receiver's on-screen user interface allows users direct access to Pandora, Rhapsody, Sirius Internet Radio, and vTuner streaming radio services, or to access MP3, WMA, FLAC, Lossless, Ogg Vorbis, and AAC files from any computer or storage device on the network.
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Rather, as far as product went, Nokia would differentiate with its own apps, many of which were tied to services, such as Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transit, Nokia Music (which provides ad-free streaming radio) and the augmented reality app City Lens.
While streaming radio from Last.
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The new Sansa Connect features streaming internet radio (freaking FINALLY), microSD slot, and a 2.2-inch color display -- but the centerpiece feature here is, of course, the WiFi content acquisition.
Pandora shares are getting crushed Friday morning after the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is in talks to license music for a custom streaming Internet radio service.
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The September 2012 Triton Webcast Metrics report showed continued growth and, oh yes, rumors about an Apple streaming-radio service popped up again this time with a specific date: the beginning of 2013.
TuneIn Radio offers streaming music, sports and news from every corner of the earth, with over 70, 000 radio stations and 2 million on-demand programs, while the ShopNBC channel gives you access to live streaming feeds from one of the most popular home shopping networks.
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But that is indeed the basic problem with such radio streaming services at present.
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Grooveshark is an online service providing free music streaming and online radio stations.
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Sonos Favorites provides one-touch access to your favorite music from any Sonos source (music library, streaming services and radio stations), right from the music menu.
Using her Treo 600 smart phone from PalmOne (nasdaq: PLMO - news - people ), she'll plug in a headphone and listen to streaming audio from radio stations around the world.
"While most consumers have moved to accessing music via iTunes, music streaming and Internet radio, there are still many passionate digital music fans who also have large CD libraries that remain an important part of their entertainment experience, " said Tom Sumner, senior vice president, Yamaha Corporation of America.
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The issue here is that many of these streaming services position themselves as radio stations.
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But the producers also broadcast the show live to the world on 37 U.S. networks in addition to radio and online streaming.
Back in September, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple was planning to take on Pandora in the streaming, user-configurable radio market, triggering a big slide in Pandora shares.
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Both matches will be shown live on BBC Two Scotland, with radio commentary and website streaming.
Spotify, another streaming music service that has a radio personalization component, has quickly dominated in the areas of Europe that it operates in.
Spotify, the UK based competitor as an internet radio station or music streaming service to Pandora, has just launched in the US as they said they would.
This is no half-hearted effort: Microsoft intends to compete in every variety of music consumption, including streaming, user-defined Internet radio, subscription-based music, an online music store and cloud-based music storage, taking on everyone in the market, including Pandora, Spotify and even Apple.
Using Nokia Music with Mix Radio, people can enjoy unlimited streaming of free music playlists with the option to create personal playlists and download for listening offline.
The acquisition further strengthens Tesco's digital entertainment offer, following the purchase of movie and TV streaming service blinkbox in 2011 and personalised internet radio service WE7 in June 2012.
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In addition to all the latest breaking movie, music, TV and celebrity news, Nokia subscribers receive access to over 55, 000 SHOUTcast radio stations and free music album streaming via AOL Music, along with Moviefone's on-device movie search and ticketing features.
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We immediately loaded up Google's GMail app and Nokia's own Internet Radio reference software to give us some streaming capabilities.
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