Arbitron Releases December Webcasting Ratings

Arbitron announced its December Webcast Network Ratings which include five new webcast networks in the top 25. NetRadio and Live365 topped the chart with the most listeners.

The newcomers to the top 25 for aggregate tuning hours (ATH) — thetotal sum of hours that listeners tune to a given station — in theDecember Webcast Network Ratings were: Cablemusic Networks, Beethoven.com, Entercom, MEDIAmazing and Clear Channel Communications.

Among the newcomers, two ranked among the top 10: CablemusicNetworks (www.cablemusic.com), and Beethoven.com (www.beethoven.com).

NetRadio (www.netradio.com), an Internet-only aggregator of online audio streamed by Akamai and iBEAM Broadcasting,maintained its number one spot with more than 2.1 million ATH. Live365(www.live365.com), a leading Internet radio provider that enablesconsumers, terrestrial radio stations and organizations to createtheir own radio stations or listen to thousands of stations created byothers, has climbed to the number two spot with more than 1.7 millionATH.

The top 10 was rounded out by GlobalMedia in third, ABC Radio Networks in fourth, BroadcastAMERICA in fifth, Cablemusic Networks in sixth, Beethoven.com in seventh, Enigma Digital in eight, DiscJockey.com in ninth and Corus Entertainment in the tenth slot.