Thursday, October 10, 2013

Emmis Extremely Bullish On NextRadio FM Chip

During a conference call with investors and others this morning Emmis CEO Jeff Smulyan called the NextRadio rollout with Sprint  ‘a rolling thunder’.  

With the Christmas season approaching Smulyan predicts, a number of other phones will launch and he expects 10 million or so phones within the year—within a year of launch will be using the FM radio chip.

Smulyan said the jobs continues to make sure that more and more broadcasters understand that the interactivity on the phone as well as the coming interactivity in the automobile are the two most important things that we can do as an industry.

According to Smulyan, “Sprint has been great. They love it. They were doing things in terms of launching web pages and sending consumer notices, frankly, well above and beyond our agreement with them, so they are very happy. We’ve been happy. The consumer reviews on the app have been spectacular, and feedback in the industry. I think when people and see it and use it, they love it, and that’s the most important thing. Our job is to get as much consumer research now as we can, but I think the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.”

ALSO READ: Emmis Sez 2Q Net Revenue Increased 3.5 Percent. Click Here.

ALSO READ:  NextRadio FM Chip Called Win-Win. Click Here

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