mSpot, the ever-growing mobile entertainment company, announced today that they've added the Fox Sports Radio Network channel to its lineup.

Fox Sports Radio Network offers several shows hosted by nationally syndicated talent including JT "The Brick," Andrew Siciliano, Jorge Sedano, Steve Czaban, Craig Shemon and James Washington, among others.

"Teaming with mSpot allows Fox Sports Radio to bring the ind-depth and interactive coverage that our network is known for to the mobile phone platform," said Andrew Ashwood, vp and general manager of Fox Sports Radio.

Last week, mSpot announced a partnership with ABC Radio Network, and they've signed similar content deals with the likes of Clear Channel, CBS Radio, NPR, etc.

But of course, this isn't competition right? Combine this service with cellphones sporting built-in FM modulators, and you've got yourself a pocket-sized (and useful) plug-and-play radio. (For the record, the LG Muziq doesn't support mSpot Radio, as far as I can tell, but the Muziq does support Pandora Radio.)

And before I hear cries of "burgeoning" technologies, remember, mSpot already has 1 million subscribers. Competition indeed.

[MediaWeek]

The LG Muziq, available next month from Sprint, will be able to download music wirelessly and transmit it directly to your FM radio. Mobile Audio in your car just got easier.

Available for a mere $99, with 2-year Sprint contract and rebate, the 3-ounce Muziq comes with a MicroSD card slot, allowing for fully scalable memory expansion (MicroSD cards max out at 2Gb right now).

As a music player, the battery will run for up to 10 hours, or about 4 hours in talk time.

You'll be able to sideload your digital music to the LG Muziq, or download music from Sprint's Music Store. And with a built-in FM transmitter, you'll be able to listen to it anywhere.

So what happens to the mobile audio landscape when Sprint rolls out its WiMAX service later this year?

[New York Times]

mSpot, the mobile music/radio/video entertainment service, has signed a partnership agreement with ABC Radio Networks to add another 14 new channels to its mSpot Radio lineup.

Thanks to the deal, 14 ABC Radio stations in the nation’s largest markets in New York, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Detroit, will be available to mSpot's one million subscribers in both the U.S. and Canada. mSpot provides its services in the U.S. for Sprint and U.S. Cellular, and in Canada for TELUS and Bell Mobility.

mSpot inked a similar deal with Clear Channel back in March.

"By offering our content on mSpot, we are rapidly expanding both the range and reach of our customer base," said John Rosso, senior vp, affiliate relations and digital media for ABC Radio Networks (a subsidiary of Citadel).

Launched about two years ago, mSpot Radio offers 200 channels - including more than 100 live radio stations. On top of ABC Radio Networks, mSpot has signed content deals with several radio corporations including Clear Channel, CBS Radio, National Public Radio, Radio Disney, FOX Sports and Marketwatch.

Content providers get a share of revenue on a per-subscriber basis and will eventually share in the revenue from inserted audio ads.

[MediaWeek] 

Apple sold about a half million iPhones the first weekend the device went on sale, according to analyst estimates.

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster released a report Sunday estimating that Apple sold about 500,000 units through the close of business Sunday. Munster originally thought Apple would sell 200,000 on Friday and Saturday.

Ninety-five percent of iPhone buyers in San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis purchased the 8GB model, according to the survey. About half of the people surveyed for the report were new customers for AT&T. Considering that it's estimated that Apple pulls in anywhere from a 20% to 50% profit margin for the iPhone, that's not a bad opening weekend.

Now, what can Sirius and XM learn about this?

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