MEDIA-I: Grammy sets up first Thai online radio broadcast

<p>BANGKOK: Grammy Entertainment, Thailand's largest entertainment firm, </p><p>announced it has set up the country's first internet radio broadcasting </p><p>service in co-operation with San Francisco-based Listen.com. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The partnership is part of the company's plans to make its EOToday.com </p><p>portal a regional player, according to Apirak Kosayodhin, CEO of </p><p>Grammy. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>In the early stages, the online service will offer 150 stations, </p><p>including 80 international music channels and 70 stations devoted to </p><p>Grammy's music. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>A total of 300,000 tracks will be available, 100,000 from Grammy and </p><p>200,000 from Listen.com's archive. Three hundred stations are planned by </p><p>year-end, with the launch of several different music labels. Rob Reid, </p><p>Listen.com's CEO, said he hopes the deal will expand his company's role </p><p>in the Asian market. Last year, Listen.com forged a similar partnership </p><p>with a Japanese firm. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>