Table of Contents for Internet Music Radio 2001 - 2006: The Brands and the Beat Go On
Overview 1
Young audiences, big league format and technology competition 1
Media Player Share by Format 2
Bit Rates Rising For Audio Users 3
Another Offline Medium Migrates Online: XM Aligns with AOL 3
The Market Has Been Littered With Casualties Along the Way 3
Internet Music Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001-2005 4
MP3.com: Growth in Audio Song Listens 5
Aggregators Still Need Brands 6
Streaming Music Radio Has Historically Been More Vulnerable to Macro Market Machinations 6
Growth Has Been Steady Since 2002 6
SECTION ONE 7
Market Overview: 2001 7
Internet Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001 - 2002 8
Internet Music Radio Profiles: 2002 in Review 9
AOL: Carving Out a Successful Internet Radio Presence Both As a Programmer and a Vehicle For User-Generated Broadcast Platform Interface 9
Shoutcast Platform: Growth In Aggregate Tuning Hours 9
Live 365.Com: Tuning Hour Growth and Revenue Generation in 2002 10
Live 365.Com Aggregate Tuning Hour Growth: 2002 11
Advertising Dollars were Scarce in 2002 12
Clear Channel Re-Entered the Market in 2002 12
Clearchannel Worldwide: Growth in Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) 12
Musicmatch Continued to Build a Subscription Business Through Distribution Partnerships on PC Platforms 13
Musicmatch.com: Growth in Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH)td> 14
Radioio: Exploring the Donation-Based Model 14
Radioio: Growth in Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) 15
Streamaudio Acquired by Chaincast Networks: Uniting P2p Distribution With Music Radio Content Seemed Like a Good Idea in 2002 15
Streamaudio ATH Profile 16
Streamaudio: Growth in Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) 16
The Top Streaming Music Radio Sites Averaged 66 Million Aggregate Tuning Hours per Month in 2002 17
The Top Ten Internet Radio Sites and Channels: Aggregate Tuning 17
The Top Ten Streaming Music Radio Sites 18
Internet Radio Master Database of Aggregate Tuning Hours: 2001 and 2002 28
SECTION TWO 40
Market Overview: 2003 40
Online Brands Fashioned An Appeal to Audiences and Independent Programmers 40
Average ATH for the Top Ten Internet Radio Sites 41
The Top Ten Internet Radio Sites and Channels: Aggregate Tuning Hours--By Month Full Year 2002 42
ATH for the Top Ten Internet Radio Sites 43
Aggregate Tuning Hour Growth: 2002 and 2003 44
AOL Radio ATH Usage: 2003 45
Shoutcast ATH Usage: 2003 45
Profiles 46
AOL Radio in 2003 46
1st Quarter 2003: Internet Music Radio Still in Slow Growth Mode 46
The Top Ten Streaming Music Radio Sites 48
2nd Quarter 2003: AOL Properties, and Consolidation Help Drive Up ATH 49
The Top Ten Streaming Music Radio Sites 50
3rd Quarter 2003: Consistent Growth in ATH 52
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites 53
Database of Internet Music Radio Aggregate Tuning Hours: 2003 59
SECTION THREE 67
Market Overview: 2004 67
Internet Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours per Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001 - 2004 (in millions of hours) 67
Internet Radio: Top Ten Sites and ATH by Month 68
Internet Radio Aggregate Tuning Hours by Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks 69
Profiles 70
AOL's Shoutcast Platform Grows At 100% 70
Shoutcast Aggregate Tuning Hour Growth: May 2003 Through May 2004 71
Yahoo Grows Its Launchcast Service by Triple-Digits During the Year 72
Yahoo's Launchcast Internet Radio Service: Growth in ATH 2003 - 2004 73
Yahoo Pays $160 Million For Musicmatch, $711 per Subscriber> 74
Musicmatch Acquisition Analytics 74
Musicmatch Operational Stats: '04 76
Net Radio Sales: Representing the Profit Potential of Internet Music Radio Usage 76
Net Radio Sales--Tuning Hours Under Representation: 2004/2005 77
Talking the Same Language 78
Musicnet on AOL Had 265,000 Subs; Downloads Were Minimal in '04 78
Musicnet on AOL Subscriber Growth: 2003 - 2004 80
Market Momentum in 2004 81
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites Generate 100+ ATH in Early '04 81
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites 82
Internet Music Radio Continued Growth PATH Into the 2nd Quarter of 2004, and New Measurement Tools and Metrics Began to Appear 84
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites 85
Internet Music Radio Dials in ATH in Excess of 180 Million During Summer '04 88
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: June 2004 89
The Top Ten Internet Radio Sites: July 2004 90
ATH Push Upwards of 200 Million For August and September 2004 90
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites : August 2004 91
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: Oct 2004 93
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: Nov 2004 94
The Top Ten Internet Music Radio Sites: Dec 2004 95
Full Database of Internet Music Radio Sites, Networks and Aggregators: 2004 96
SECTION FOUR 103
Market Overview: 2005 103
Internet Music Radio Average Aggregate Tuning Hours: The Top Ten Sites and Networks - 2001 ? 2005 103
Internet Radio: Top Ten Sites by Month 104
Internet Music Radio Aggregate Tuning Hours by Month: The Top Ten Sites and Networks 106
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites 108
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: February 2005 110
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: March 2005 111
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: March 2005 112
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: April 2005 113
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: April 2005 114
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: May 2005 115
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: May 2005 116
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: June 2005 117
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: June 2005 118
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: July 2005 119
July 2005 120
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: August 2005 121
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: August 2005 122
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: September 2005 123
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: September 2005 124
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: October 2005 125
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: October 2005 126
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites: November 2005 127
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: November 2005 128
The Top Ten Streaming Internet Music Radio Sites 129
The Top Sites, Networks and Affiliations Ranked by Average Quarterly Hour Reach: December 2005 130
Internet Music Radio: 2005 Full Year 131
SECTION FIVE 144
AOL Musicnow 144
AOL Musicnow Subscriber Growth 145
Subscriber Growth: Musicnow 146
Yahoo Music Unlimited 148
Musicmatch Subscriber Growth: 2001 - 2005 151
Rhapsody 152
Rhapsody Music Services: Growth in Subscribers: 2002 - 2005 153
Site Traffic to Listen.com/Rhapsody: 2003 - 2005 155
Platform Services 157
Real Networks Superpass Subscription Service Growth: 2000 - 2005 158
Real Networks Combined Subscriber Growth: Superpass and Rhapsody: 2003-2005 YTD 160
Streaming Internet Music Radio Subscriptions: 2003 ? 2006 162
Streaming Music Radio Revenue: 2003 - 2006 162
Music Subscription Streaming Media Revenue: 2003 163
Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2003 164
Music Subscription Streaming Media Revenue: 2004 165
Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2004 166
Streaming Music Subscription Revenue: 2005 167
Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2005 168
Music Download vs. Subscription Streaming Music Revenue 2005 168
Streaming Subscription Music and Download Revenue Growth: 2003 ? 2006 168
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