Bonneville, NRG Media and Hall Communications Turn to AirKast-Triton Partnership to Create and Deliver Multimedia-Rich Applications for their Radio Stations
Cupertino, CA (Business Wire) – August 4, 2010 – AirKast, the leader in mobile digital content and advertising solutions, and Triton Digital Media, the leading supplier of digital products and services to the media industry, jointly announced today completedagreements with Bonneville International, NRG Media and Hall Communications. AirKast will deliver to these radio stations multimedia-rich and feature-robust TuneKast mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android platforms that integrate with Triton Digital’s streaming, measurement, and ad injection services from its Ando Media Group division. This integration allows the stations to quickly and easily implement, monetize and measure mobile strategies to fit their marketing campaigns.
“We’re very pleased that these broadcasters have chosen to use our joint solution,” said Dominick Milano, executive vice president for Triton Media Group. “For radio stations, we’re providing best in class solutions for mobile platforms, ad insertion and measurement and streaming. The adoption we’ve seen in the past 12 months has been remarkable.”
Founded in 1964, Bonneville International currently owns and operates 26 radio stations in 8 markets. “Because Bonneville continually seeks creative ways to distribute compelling content and value to our users and clients,” said Mark Preston, vice president of digital media for Bonneville International, “the AirKast-Triton digital solution is very compelling to us. “We see AirKast as much more than just an app provider,” he continued. “AirKast is an integrated mobile platform that will enable our digital teams to manage and distribute content to a broad range of mobile devices. This solution will help us deeply engage our audiences and lead to increased monetization opportunities.”
A family-owned company since 1964, Hall Communications, Inc. owns and operates 21 AM and FM radio stations in Florida, the Mid-Atlantic and New England states. “Hall Communications is delighted to be able to better serve our listeners by employing the latest technology though our new relationship with AirKast and Triton Digital Media,” said Art Rowbotham, president of Hall Communications. NRG Media operates 45 radio stations throughout four Midwest states.
“AirKast is pleased to partner with Triton in providing solutions to our mutual clients,”said Simon Moy, president and chief operating officer for AirKast. “We believe it offers stations tremendous value and opportunity to use their own unique brand and digital content in order to reach new and existing listeners.”
Bonneville International, NRG Media and Hall Communications join the likes of many other broadcasters that have chosen AirKast for their mobile application solutions, including Salem Communications, Radio One, Alpha Broadcasting, Max Media, NextMedia, Citadel Broadcasting, Results Radio, Aritaur Communications and Greater Media.
About AirBridge and TuneKast
AirBridge, the industry’s award-winning hosted digital media delivery platform, is used to build enterprise-class mobile applications that are reliable, secure and scalable so companies can target large audiences that require simultaneous access. AirBridge currently supports market-leading mobile devices, including iPhone, BlackBerry (all models including Storm) and Android. Designed for terrestrial and Internet-based radio stations to increase AQH, TuneKast is a mobile application framework that features real-time digital media and online content within branded mobile applications. Used by 850+ popular terrestrial and Internet-based radio stations, TuneKast, together with AirBridge, helps radio stations increase their digital content distribution to attract sponsors and advertisers.
About Triton Media Group, LLC
Triton Media Group, LLC is the leading supplier of digital products and services to the media industry. Its Triton Digital division supports more than 3,500 radio station affiliations with applications and content. Through its Triton Radio Networks division, Triton owns and operates Dial-Global ( www.dial-global.com), which provides sales representation services to national radio production companies, producing more than 100 different programs and services in addition to providing syndicated programming and services to radio. For more information about Triton Digital, visit www.tritondigitalmedia.com.
About AirKast, Inc.
AirKast, Inc. is a leading provider of award-winning digital content and advertising enterprise-class solutions that extend and enhance real-time digital media and online content to mobile and consumer electronic (CE) devices. AirKast customers include ESPN and ABC as well as popular terrestrial stations from Greater Media, Alpha Broadcasting, Citadel Broadcasting and NextMedia, Inc. AirKast is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley with an office strategically located in New York City. For more information about AirKast and its solutions, visit www.airkast.com.
