February 03, 2000

Internet audio community Live365.com has signed a deal to give subscribers to the Road Runner broadband service access to enhanced radio content and free radio broadcasting tools. Terms of the agreement were not released.

Live365.com, which was launched in June 1999 by web publishing company Nanocosm, lets music fans, record labels and music companies use MP3 music to webcast original programming over the Internet.

Using Live365's service, Road Runner users can explore thousands of music channels and put up their own stations in a co-branded section of the Road Runner web site, which will also include tutorials and links to suggested tools.

Road Runner users' stations will be broadcast to both the Road Runner and Live365.com communities.

Live365 will provide users with a broadcast filter that shows only Road Runner user-generated broadcasts.

A high-speed online service delivered via a cable network, Road Runner is a joint venture by Time Warner, MediaOne, Microsoft, Compaq Computer and Advance/Newhouse. The service claims a subscriber base of more than 550,000 in the 21 states in which it is available.

Among Nanocosm's financial backers are private investors based in Hong Kong and Singapore [see 6.25.99 Nanocosm to Expand Live365.com With Private Funding].

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