Saturday, October 13, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
MUSIC AND IT TECHNOLOGIES - FINANCING: Crowdsourced Music Streaming Service Jelli Raises $9 Million, Plans To Go International
Related to the
funding news, Jelli also detailed its growth over the past year, saying that it
has expanded its user base by 250% to reach 2 million listeners per month, and
it has expanded its lineup of station partners, and is now delivering 500% more
radio ad impressions than it did a year ago.
The startup
first launched back in 2009, then calling itself a “Digg for streaming music,”
as it allows users to vote up or down the tracks they want to hear. Unlike
Pandora, which is focused more on delivering personalized stations for
individual users, Jelli brings listeners together to program stations together,
in a more collaborative way. But what’s really clever is that the music users
vote on isn’t just played in the app for other mobile listeners, it’s also
broadcast on terrestrial radio through partnerships Jelli has with affiliate
stations.
In March,
Jelli reported partnerships in 20 markets across the U.S., including
Philadelphia (94.5 WPST), Atlanta (96.1 WKLS), Minneapolis (102.1 KEEY), Las
Vegas (96.7 KYLI, 94.5 KXLI) and others. Today, that lineup has expanded to 70
radio stations, Jelli founder and CEO Michael Dougherty tells us this morning.
”We are now running 60 million terrestrial radio spot impressions a month – up
500% from a year ago,” he says. That’s about 30 spots heard per listener per
month, he explains. Many of Jelli’s partner stations have since seen increases
in ratings, revenue, online traffic and Facebook Page likes as a result of
their adoption of the service.
The Jelli
application is available on desktop and web, as well as on both iPhone and Android. “Android has been huge for us,”
says Dougherty. “Jelli for Android is about 50% of total usage, with Jelli for
iPhone at 30%, and web/desktop at 20%.” The company recently updated its iOS
app to version 2.4, introducing several improvements learned from the Android
experience which may impact iOS usage going forward. A new web/desktop experience
is also now in the works.
With the
additional funding, the company will focus on continued product development,
and specifically its Ad Platform, with an emphasis on engagement, targeting,
and analytics for agency partners. Jelli is also hiring in sales and marketing,
and planning to expand outside the U.S. Dougherty says that plans are already
underway with international partners, but he can’t share the details on those
efforts just yet.
Jelli is
one of several new companies Intel has invested in, the firm revealed today. At
the organization’s two-day Global Summit in California, Intel announced it had
invested a total of $40 million in 10 startups, including Jelli, content
sharing platform Box, content distributor Hungama.com, game developer LIFO
Interactive, mobile proximity platform NewAer, e-payment platform PagPop, cloud
service provider Tier 3, 3D game developer Transmension, integrated circuit
design shop FocalTech and mobile advertising provider UUCun. Financial details
of each investment were not disclosed.
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JELLI
Launch Date:September
15, 2008
Funding:$7M
Jelli is 100% user-controlled radio,
enabling users to take over a radio station using their web browsers. Jelli
uses internet crowdsourcing and group empowerment to lobby and affect change
over songs played at different radio stations. Launched in 2009, Jelli is based
in San Mateo CA.
BACKED BY MADONNA: YouTube Original DanceOn Gets a Sponsor and Joey Fatone: Ubisoft's 'Just Dance 4' Will Be Integrated Into 'Dance Showdown'
Ubisoft's
'Just Dance 4' Will Be Integrated Into 'Dance Showdown'
YouTube's DanceOn Channel, backed by Madonna and manager Guy Oseary, has been attempting to bring the dance competition genre to YouTube, complete with YouTube "stars" as competitors. Now it has a sponsor that will be integrated into the show, much like "American Idol"'s Coca-Cola deal a decade ago.
The show, "Dance
Showdown," is a cross between "So You Think You Can Dance" and
"Dancing with the Stars." After a first season without a sponsor,
Ubisoft's "Just Dance 4" has signed on for season two.
In the show, each YouTube
personality is paired with a professional choreographer and then judged by the
YouTube audience. WoodysGamertag won the first season and the $25,000 cash
prize. That prize will grow to $100,000 in the second season, starting October
5, thanks to Ubisoft.
But the brand will not only be a
sponsor, it will be integrated into the show's content. Contestants will be
introduced to the audience, for example, as they are playing "Just Dance
4." The stages will be branded with the "Just Dance 4" logo. And
the game's avatars will hang out in the Dance Showdown lounge.
In a nod to "American
Idol," the show is taking on judges, including Joey Fatone from 'N SYNC,
celebrity choreographer Laurieann Gibson, and rotating guest judges Ryan Higa,
Dave Days and Shane Dawson.
Like a lot of YouTube's original
channels struggling to get off the ground, DanceOn was seeking sponsors for
"Dance Showdown," which garnered 10 million views during its first
season and helped to double the channel's subscribers, said Amanda Taylor,
founder and CEO of DanceOn. The premise of the dance video game, where players
mimic on-screen avatars matched well with the series. "[DanceOn] came to
us with the show concept that was really fun and playful and it's really in
keeping with the tone of the 'Just Dance' brand...It was a perfect match,"
said Carrie Feigel, associate director of marketing at Ubisoft.
Ubisoft is involved with other
YouTube shows, such as Machinima, Smosh, Epic Meal Time, etc., through their
traditional YouTube channels, but the DanceOn integration is its first
partnership with a YouTube Original Channel. Although the video-game company is
open to working with other original channels on a case-by-case basis, depending
on how organic the fit feels.
"We're certainly keeping an eye
on the space to see how it evolves, but our partnership with DanceOn is
atypical compared to other YouTube Original channels," said Adam Krause,
senior media manager at Ubisoft. "In most cases, YouTube is leading the
sales efforts for Original Channels, and their sponsorship packages are well
outside of our price range for a typical launch campaign. It's our
understanding that more Original Channels will start representing their own
inventory in the near future. At that time, we hope to have more scalable
options available for sponsorships and custom integrations."
And DanceOn, which was founded in
2010 by Ms. Taylor, will be looking for more brands to partner with as it
begins to roll out the series into foreign territories like the UK and
Australia.
"The popularity of dance TV
shows has put the limelight on dance like it hasn't before," said Ms.
Taylor. "Dance is a universal language that is popular everywhere."
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Managing Director
The Media Group Inc.
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Manuel Canales
Managing Director
The Media Group Inc.
809.268.7920 Dominican Republic Mobile
416.784.5663 Canada Home Office
It wasn’t just Justin Bieber’s fans who had “Bieber Fever” as the teen idol kicked off his national tour in suburban Phoenix.
Video posted on KTVK-TV’s website shows the pop music star vomiting twice on stage Saturday night during his sold-out concert at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. He left the stage after each episode but returned and even did an encore.
KTVK reports Bieber’s fans sang some of his songs while he was offstage and he later apologized for being sick.
Bieber later tweeted “Great show. Getting better for tomorrow’s show !!!! Love u”
He later added: “And .... Milk was a bad choice!”
Bieber’s 45-city “Believe” tour continues Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Video posted on KTVK-TV’s website shows the pop music star vomiting twice on stage Saturday night during his sold-out concert at the Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. He left the stage after each episode but returned and even did an encore.
KTVK reports Bieber’s fans sang some of his songs while he was offstage and he later apologized for being sick.
Bieber later tweeted “Great show. Getting better for tomorrow’s show !!!! Love u”
He later added: “And .... Milk was a bad choice!”
Bieber’s 45-city “Believe” tour continues Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
THIS WEEK IN EL PARLANTE AMARILLO: lots of music, interviews, features and great videos
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 | Conociendo a Rodrigo de la Serna
Músico y actor. En Latinoamérica lo recordamos por haber sido la dupla de Gael García en "Diarios de Motocicleta", en donde él personificó a Alberto Granado, el mejor amigo de Ernesto ¨Ché¨ Guevara. Sin embargo, su carrera no comienza ni termina allí. Su filmografía, su trabajo en teatro y cine es mucho más extenso y aplaudido… y es por eso que les traemos un pedacito de su historia.
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 | El Extraño Mundo de Bigott
Entender el mundo de Bigott es toda una ciencia. Un músico que transita entre el amor y el desamor por si mismo, entre sus emociones y pensamientos a flor de piel que escupe ante el mundo sin pudor. Difícil de encasillar en un género, este zaragozano podría llegar a pertenecer al mundo de la canción de autor, pese a que la rechaza de entrada… y eso que sólo cuenta con su voz y su guitarra.
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Las buenas energías y el misticismo llegan al Safari con Simona para hacerte los mejores recomendados: Snow Patrol y Kevin Johansen por Latinoamérica, el muy interesante MC norteamericano Anonymous, música desde España con Laura Álvarez y su Banda Municipal, y una experiencia audiovisual con Dirty Projectors.
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 | Anonymous "Cough Syrup For Your Offspring"
Christopher Gabriel Nunez es un MC norteamericano de padres colombianos, y que bajo su alias Anonymous {And.On.I.Must}, nos presenta su trabajo "Cough Syrup For Your Offspring" de 2012. Este es un disco que sin duda tenía que llegar a esta zona de descargas, para mostrarnos la fuerza que pueden tener la mezclas de ritmos contemporáneos como el rap/Hip Hop con sonidos latinos, fraseos en inglés y español, y mucho contenido social.
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 | Camanchaca "Expreso Transamericano"
Llega el dúo argentino Camanchaca con "Expreso Transamericano", su segundo álbum que presenta una propuesta directamente dirigida a las pistas de baile, experimentando la fusión de lo andino, con beats de electro, techno y nu rave, y manteniéndose dentro del espíritu del Freestyle.
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 | Camanchaca "Digitalismo Bailable"
"Digitalismo Bailable" el tercer álbum del dúo argentino Camanchaca, y llega a esta zona de descargas. En este trabajo combinan los beats de la cumbia con toda la descarga del hip-hop, acompañados de teclados Lo-fi, sintetizadores potentes y grandes frecuencias del global bass, que definitivamente no podemos dejar de escuchar.
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"Vina Lynch es el nuevo proyecto de Santiago Mejía (ex Vietato) y Daniel Cleves en el cual se muestran mundos oscuros debajo de superficies brillantes a través de sonidos llenos de fuerza y nostalgia. Furia es la primera canción que se conoce de este proyecto y cuenta la historia de un hombre que empieza a ver desdibujados los límites de su vida."
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