Tuesday Slacker Radio launched the official Austin City Limits 2011 radio station. Featuring the bands and artists from the ACL Fest 2011 lineup, this station is the perfect resource for artist discovery before the festival. Slacker Radio will also be backstage recording exclusive interviews with musicians and updating the station live. The Austin City Limits 2011 station is available in Slacker’s Festivals/Events section at Slacker.com, on smartphones and the iPad. Slacker’s Austin City Limits 2011 station is included in the official ACL Fest iPhone and Android apps, available here: www.aclfestival.com/acl-news/2011-apps/ Wednesday Slacker Radio launched Viva Brother Radio, a station programmed and hosted by the UK band previously known as Brother. Viva Brother is inspired by the Britpop of the 90s, but with their own “Gritpop” twist. When you tune in, you’ll hear songs from Viva Brother’s freshman album, candid commentary by the band and the tracks from artists that influenced them the most. Behind the scenes footage of live performances as well as hosted sessions can be viewed by visiting www.YouTube.com/Slacker. Anders Steele and Slacker Radio were at Lollapalooza this year, meeting with bands and artists backstage and updating the Lollapalooza 2011 station live. Anders came back with some great photos from the interviews.
The Lollapalooza 2011 station can be found in Slacker's Festivals/Events section, or at http://www.Slacker.com/Lollapalooza
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Today Monsoon Multimedia is announcing the launch and the availability of the Vulkano Lava - an all-in-one media convergence device and TV companion box for just $199. The Vulkano Lava connects to a set-top box, enabling people to: - schedule and record any program (DVR) - stream hi-quality TV to smartphones, tablets and computers anywhere in the world (placeshifting) - watch YouTube on a TV (Web video) - watch TV in a different room in or out of the home without an additional set-top box (Remote TV) - stream music, photos, video from smartphones, computers, tablets and cameras to TV wirelessly (UPnP/DLNA) - record content directly to smartphones, tablets and computers with encryption (sideloading) - with a 4 GB internal storage drive It is now available at Fry’s Electronics, Amazon, MicroCenter, The Brick other leading retailers and etailers as well as at www.myvulkano.com for $199. The Vulkano Lava provides free PC and Mac players, while iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, tablet and additional smartphone applications can be purchased for $12.99 each in the respective app stores. Our client Marc Rochman, CEO and Co-Founder of Openbucks, with Chamillionaire at the TechCrunch Disrupt VIP dinner.
Slacker Radio and Aha by HARMAN announced Thursday, Sep. 8 a partnership for Aha to bring Slacker’s Personal Radio and Premium on-demand music services into cars. This deal marks Aha’s first official music partnership and gives Aha listeners a library of millions of songs on-demand as well as over 150 expert programmed genre stations. Starting this fall, most Aha users will be able to access the Slacker on-demand music service, along with personalized music, comedy, sports and news stations. Aha will be demonstrating Slacker and Aha’s other capabilities at the Frankfurt Motor Show September 13-25, 2011. Slacker Radio launched Grunge: 20 Years Later in honor of the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind on Wednesday, Sep. 7. This radio station, hosted by legendary Seattle DJ Marco Collins, looks back on the grunge genre, its influencers and its legacy. Grunge: 20 Years Later is now available for free in the Slacker Spotlight section on leading smartphones, home entertainment devices and on the web at http://www.Slacker.com/Grunge20. SAN MATEO, CA – September 9, 2011 – Monsoon Multimedia, a leading provider of video convergence products, today announced the general availability of the Vulkano Flow mobile accessory for TV anywhere in Canada. When connected to any cable or satellite set-top box, the Vulkano Flow streams any TV channel a consumer receives to mobile devices, tablets and computers inside or outside of the home. The Vulkano Flow has a simplified installation process and allows TV content viewing of any channel on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, iPads, Macs, PCs and soon on Windows 7 devices. The Vulkano Flow is now available as a mobile accessory for $99 at The Brick, Amazon and other leading retailers or throughwww.myvulkano.com. “According to analysts, 7.1 billion devices will be accessing the mobile network the by 2015 and over 50 percent of consumers note that enjoying video is one of their favorite mobile activities," said Colin Stiles, EVP of sales and marketing at Monsoon. “We are ecstatic to bring our Vulkano Flow to Canadian consumers, providing them with an affordable TV streaming accessory for their smartphones and tablets to watch any of their home television programming during their commute, while they are out of town or wherever they are regardless of their TV service provider.” After moving through the intuitive set-up process, Vulkano Flow owners can download Vulkano apps onto their devices from www.myvulkano.com or the respective device app stores. Users can then select channels from the integrated electronic programming guide (EPG) to watch and control their TV service through a wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi or 3G connection from anywhere in the world. Additionally, users streaming TV to their mobile devices, can initiate an on-the-fly record request, which enables the TV stream to be directly recorded onto the mobile device for viewing at a more convenient time. Software players for PCs/Macs, iPhone and iPad devices also come with Pause/Live functions to provide users with the option to fast-forward and rewind the content they are viewing. Summary of Vulkano Flow Features: • Place shift television programming and view on smartphones, Android tablets, iPads, PCs and Macs • Pause, fast-forward or rewind live TV • Browse EPG for shows and episode descriptions • Record live TV streams directly onto mobile devices • Watch and control your live TV on the go via Wi-Fi or 3G • Connect to all major TV sources - cable, DVD, satellite, DVR, TiVo • Stream video at H.264 standards at rates as low as 150kbps • Connects wirelessly through Vulkano’s on board .11n WiFi to home router • TV content is passed from the set-top box’s analog output (component, composite) to Vulkano; using resolutions up to 1080i Pricing and Availability The Vulkano Flow is now available at www.myvulkano.com or from The Brick, Amazon, and other leading retailers and etailers for $99. The Flow comes with PC and Mac player, while iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, tablet and additional smartphone applications can be purchased for $12.99 each in the respective app stores. About Monsoon Multimedia Monsoon Multimedia provides advanced, standards-based multimedia products and convergence technologies for the PC, Mac, iPad, tablets and major smartphones. Founded by the founders of Dazzle and Emuzed, the company has offices in California, India, Russia and Singapore. For more information, please visitwww.monsoonmultimedia.com. For regular Vulkano updates follow us at www.Twitter.com/MyVulkano Become a Fan on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MyVulkano |
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