Locast adds Atlanta and Phoenix
I received this email today from the non-profit OTA streaming service Locast: "Today, we went live in Atlanta and Phoenix and we're excited to be serving Atlantans and Phoenicians local weather rep...
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chuckbear wrote:
"15" markets in a country as large as the U.S. is pretty puny. This service would really have to expand in a big way to make it very beneficial. It's called marketing speak. Chuck
Given that they started with just one market, NYC, I'd say they've made significant progress over the past two years. They estimate it costs on average about $250,000 to bring a new market online, and that takes a lot of $5/mo donations. Sometimes they get corporate donations that speed up adding a given market though. That happened with Rapid City and Sioux Falls, SD, two smaller markets that were well down on the priority list until the residents and businesses got together to move them up.
