What If O&A Went With Slacker?

[mattiew23m]

A lot of people are giving high ratings for slacker. I would prefer O&A took there business elsewhere. FUCK XM And from I'm reading if this product does indeed come out, It might be the death of the ipod. Since you can build your own library and search for songs, and create your own stations. My only question about the service is, would it be able to carry LIVE content. Also, o&a are locked into the xm contract till 2010. What do you guys think?

http://www.slacker.com

http://www.slacker.com/images/products/portable.jpg

[styckx]

A lot of people are giving high ratings for slacker. I would prefer O&A took there business elsewhere. FUCK XM And from I'm reading if this product does indeed come out, It might be the death of the ipod. Since you can build your own library and search for songs, and create your own stations. My only question about the service is, would it be able to carry LIVE content. Also, o&a are locked into the xm contract till 2010. What do you guys think?

http://www.slacker.com

http://www.slacker.com/images/products/portable.jpg


Only issue with slacker is, it can not (as of yet) deliver live content.

[UCFGavin]

Only issue with slacker is, it can not (as of yet) deliver live content.

as soon as it can, i say fuck XM

[mattiew23m]

Only issue with slacker is, it can not (as of yet) deliver live content.

Too bad, it has great potential. Imagine the business O&A could bring to the table. They would be ahead of the game once again.. I sent them an email to grab O&A so soon as they can.. Who know's what the future holds. I know as soon as this product does come out, a lot of people will get rid of XM, and Sirius.


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[zoloft smile]

E-Rock would still be fat.

[mattiew23m]

hahahahha I think the service would be named after his diet plan

[UCFGavin]

honestly, i like their service. i haven't listened to it a ton but its definitely pretty cool. it looks like a service designed for nerds by nerds.

[mattiew23m]

I like the fact that you can build your own radio stations, and name them. The bugs to the service are getting more music. But it gives you the options to save songs as your favorites, and to just play your favorite songs.. Gotta love that! Now, like I said, If they can figure a way to get live content going, I would not mind O&A saying fuck xm all together, and taking the show to a whole new platform. And it would be a good way to get the ball rolling with slacker. But, again, I don't know if they have the technology

[generoso]

Wifi os taking over, The zune..I like this slacker thinggy..even without OnA i might get one...

[mattiew23m]

If slacker serves up what it promises, I really believe it will be the death to the ipod. Of course it will take time to really build, which is why, I think there is a delay in it being released. Another thing I question is, the service is cheap! Wouldn't they have to pay a lot for the permission of all that music?? Could be a few bumps, and changes along the road

[jimmyjimjimz]

What exactly is Slacker? Is it another satellite radio company? or is it like the ipod and the zune? If it's another satellite radio company, I say go for it. They'll get huge exposure for getting O&A.

[mattiew23m]

What exactly is Slacker? Is it another satellite radio company? or is it like the ipod and the zune? If it's another satellite radio company, I say go for it. They'll get huge exposure for getting O&A.

Slacker Introduces Personalized Radio Everywhere

Free Beta Service Unveiled Today at www.slacker.com

AUSTIN, Tex. [South by Southwest/SXSW] – March 15, 2007 – Slacker, Inc. today announced the creation of "Personal Radio," which enables U.S. consumers to customize their own radio stations and listen to them wherever they happen to be. The Slacker Personal Radio experience is available today in beta for PC streaming at www.slacker.com and later this year on Slacker Portable Radio Players via Wi-Fi and Slacker Satellite Car Kits.

Slacker has acquired rights from content owners, including SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group and hundreds of independent labels, that allow truly portable personalized radio for the first time. The service offers Wi-Fi and satellite music distribution, as well as DJ intelligence embedded in portable players. Slacker customers can now play highly personalized, continuously refreshed radio stations everywhere they go.

"Personalized radio is a great way to listen to the music you love without having to work at it," said Dennis Mudd, CEO of Slacker. "The only problem is that until now, personalized radio has been stuck on the PC. Slacker solves that problem. Now you can just kick back and listen."

"We are happy to be working with Slacker as they roll out innovative new services that meet consumer demand for both interactivity and portability, and help extend the reach of our artists," commented Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business & U.S. Sales, SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT.

Personal Radio

Slacker Personal Radio has millions of songs with the breadth and depth increasing continuously. The extensive Slacker music library is organized into numerous professionally programmed genre and sub-genre stations and over 10,000 stations that are built around specific artists. Personalization options include adjusting your stations to play more popular vs. more eclectic music, newer vs. older music, or even to play more tracks you tagged as your favorites. Other features include:

* Log in from any PC or Mac to hear personalized stations in CD quality
* Playback through web player, jukebox software and portable devices
* Create stations by combining favorite artists
* Select favorite tracks/artists to play more often and ban other tracks/artists
* Click through album cover art, band profiles, reviews and artist photos
* Easily share stations with friends

Slacker is Everywhere
For the first time, Slacker Personal Radio Players will enable music lovers to play personalized radio everywhere they go. The new devices include integrated Wi-Fi and an on-board Slacker DJ. The Slacker DJ combined with the new Slacker caching system guarantees personalized CD quality radio stations to be played everywhere, even when not in Wi-Fi range. Slacker customers get deep, personalized radio stations with optimized radio programming sequences, continuously refreshed and updated to include personalized new music.

Additional Slacker device features include:

* 4" full screen display featuring album art /reviews, artist photos/bios and visualizations
* Support for MP3, WMA and video as well as "saved" radio tracks
* Automatically save and refresh personalized stations via Wi-Fi, Satellite or USB

Slacker is currently in discussions with selected partners to provide Slacker Personal Radio through a broader range of devices in the future.

In the second half of 2007, Slacker device owners in the U.S. will have the option to purchase Slacker Satellite Car Kits that update the Personal Radio Player with new content through a breakthrough satellite broadcast system. Slacker car-top antennas receive high-speed music feeds from satellites throughout the continental United States, while the integrated Slacker DJ ensures favorite stations stay current.

Radio Services
Slacker Basic Radio is advertising funded and will remain free to use on Slacker software and portable Slacker Personal Radio Players, while Slacker Premium Radio will launch later in Q2 2007 at $7.50 per month.

Slacker premium service offers:

* No advertising
* Unlimited skipping
* Ability to save radio tracks to library

Availability
The free beta Slacker Personal Radio service is available now at www.slacker.com. Slacker Premium Radio will be available in Q2 2007 and Slacker portable devices in early summer. The Slacker Satellite Car Kit will be offered in the second half of 2007.

About Slacker, Inc.
Slacker is the world's first Personal Radio company, providing a new kind of radio that enables consumers to play highly personalized music everywhere. Visit www.slacker.com for more information.

[DHO]

If they add live radio it would be pretty awesome....

Wonder if they have their own satilites or using someone else's

[UCFGavin]

live radio with expanded sub channels and i would be there in a second. with O&A i would have been there yesterday.

the nice thing about something like slacker is that the internet is pretty limitless, there is almost nothing they couldn't do.

[styckx]

If they add live radio it would be pretty awesome....

Wonder if they have their own satilites or using someone else's


The Slacker ecosystem will get even more interesting when Broadband Instruments releases satellite radio docks for both car and home, allowing users to download entire channels from satellites when there's no Wi-Fi around. However, unlike Sirius and XM, which use their own expensive satellites to accomplish this, Broadband Instruments will lease bandwidth from existing Ku-band satellites, currently used for satellite television and global positioning. Broadband Instruments will lease bandwidth from existing Ku-band satellites to send about 10,000 tracks per day to Slacker device owners, using the efficient aacPlusPro v2 codec.

[CTDennis85]

Yeah this is much better than satellite radio in the music department....If they can get some exclusive shows to add later on.... then they would basically destroy any purpose for satellite radio....

[UCFGavin]

I think what slacker needs to do is focus on content, and not big name contracts. I think their audience needs to be music/MP3 people. The last thing they need to do is be like XM/Sirius and spend way too much money and put themselves into a hole.

[mattiew23m]

Like i'm saying, people say that if o&a are done on xm, they have no place to go. I simply don't believe that. And xm, and sirius will be outdated soon in the technology department

[jack torrance]

E-Rock would still be fat.

E-Rock would still be fat if he had Aids related stomach cancer.

[UCFGavin]

Like i'm saying, people say that if o&a are done on xm, they have no place to go. I simply don't believe that. And xm, and sirius will be outdated soon in the technology department

I really hope the boys look at something like Slacker. It could very well be the future and I think if they are presented the platform that O&A were first on on XM (without censorship) they could help give Slacker national exposure while doing the show they want again.

[CTDennis85]

I think what slacker needs to do is focus on content, and not big name contracts. I think their audience needs to be music/MP3 people. The last thing they need to do is be like XM/Sirius and spend way too much money and put themselves into a hole.


Yeah I hear what you're sayin.... that's why I said "later on"....


They should build an audience with music people and build up a strong business out of it.... and eventually trickle in some exclusive content.....

[mattiew23m]

I think what slacker needs to do is focus on content, and not big name contracts. I think their audience needs to be music/MP3 people. The last thing they need to do is be like XM/Sirius and spend way too much money and put themselves into a hole.

Imagine thou. The only talk you had was o&a, and maybe ron and fez on one channel. And the rest dedicated to music. Sure, it would cost them to get o&a, but it would bring in a lot of money. Of course they couldn't bring them on right away. But, I think as soon as this hits, It will make a lot of money anyway. Maybe that's why the price is so low, because they know it will SELL

[UCFGavin]

Imagine thou. The only talk you had was o&a, and maybe ron and fez on one channel. And the rest dedicated to music. Sure, it would cost them to get o&a, but it would bring in a lot of money. Of course they couldn't bring them on right away. But, I think as soon as this hits, It will make a lot of money anyway. Maybe that's why the price is so low, because they know it will SELL

well we can't be too greedy and assume they would be the only ones on the talk (however, if you're programming your own channels you could make it that way). I think there are a lot of people that would like to get their programs to as many mediums as possible.

the technology is sound and definitely has a ton of potential. the best part about this is...the internet isn't going anywhere which means slacker could potentially be around as long as they keep the business running.

[mattiew23m]

well we can't be too greedy and assume they would be the only ones on the talk (however, if you're programming your own channels you could make it that way). I think there are a lot of people that would like to get their programs to as many mediums as possible.

the technology is sound and definitely has a ton of potential. the best part about this is...the internet isn't going anywhere which means slacker could potentially be around as long as they keep the business running.

Very good points! I see it as being the future.. And that would be really really cool if you could program all the talk channel's that you wanted. And let's say for the hell of it, the technology improved. If you could save a song as your favorite. Maybe you could save a show as your favorite, and be able to listen to the replay on your own time. And you wouldn't have to record it!!!! It has a lot of promise.

[ringofhonor88]

I just got my inno so I hope they come back to xm. If they are truly fired I will buy this crap if they were with slacker.

[FU_Money]

LINE OF THE DAY!!:clap:

E-Rock would still be fat.


He went with the statistics folks. Old faithful!:clap:

[mattiew23m]

They should really look into this. I would love for them to return in full form on xm, but I have way too many doubts. When the wnew show's sound more hardcore than "uncensored" radio. You have to start questioning.. FUCK XM!

[abudabit]

If O&A went to slacker or some other internet radio network I would respect them so much, but then again if they were gonna do internet radio they might as well go self employed.

[Jim T.]

hahahahha I think the service would be named after his diet plan

Snacker.

[MrBogey]

And then what happens when small groups threaten the people who run slacker?

If they lose XM the only way I would do it if I were them is self-operated. Having a boss who can fire you outright just stinks.

[abudabit]

True, and if you are going with slacker you might as well just go solo. I don't quite know how the slacker technology would work, I don't the satellites they use are going to transmit audio. I think they are just going to transmit data to select play lists and you download the music from your computer into your device.

I would take O&A with 0 bosses over the ability to listen live remotely any day.

[BenDunn]

I like the slacker concept but like others not sure it would work.

I also know Cringe Humor runs live webcast every night, Yea those guys are not polished but if OnA went to a pay internet feed, i would buy it. It wouldn't take that long to set up and the money investment wouldn't be harsh, I'm sure they could get it done being fancy men....


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[advancedsupply]

every time OnA move they will get new listeners who just as much as everyone on this site. so i say as long as i can listen go whereever

[Eagle.007]

Just found this, thought I would bring it up. XM co-founder is advising Slacker.

http://www.earvolution.com/2007/04/xm-radio-co-founder-lon-levin-to-advise.asp

[jsc315]

isnt music on the internet dieing? i listen to pandora all the time online and i believe that not many online music stations are going to be left since they will have to pay high prices.

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