Jelli is a San Mateo, California-based advertising technology firm, which develops solutions for the programmatic sale and airplay of radio advertising.
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Advertising technology |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founders | Mike Dougherty, Jateen Parekh |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | SpotPlan, RadioSpot |
| Website | www |
The company was originally established as a provider of interactive music programming for radio stations, in which listeners were able to upvote and downvote songs played by a particular station in real-time (with songs disliked by listeners being automatically stopped and replaced by a different song). The company introduced its advertising platform in 2012, which eventually became its main business in 2014. iHeartMedia acquired Jelli in December 2018.
History
editCrowdsourced broadcasting
editIn 2009, Jelli was founded by Michael Dougherty, formerly of Tellme Networks, and Jateen Parekh, formerly of the Amazon Kindle Project.[1] Based on the concept of crowdsourcing, Jelli offered a modernized version of an all-request show, and was promoted as a "multiplayer video game on a radio station".[2][3][4] Jelli debuted on CBS Radio-owned KITS in San Francisco on June 28, 2009.[5][6] After starting out with a Sunday night Jelli show on KITS in 2009, Jelli was further expanded to a Monday through Friday night show called "Free for All" in January 2010, hosted by DJ White Menace. Jelli shows were broadcast on KITS six nights a week.
Listeners would select songs for a station via Jelli's website and mobile app. Users could upvote and downvote songs to determine the next song, and issue "Rocks" and "Sucks" votes for songs currently playing — with songs immediately stopped if they receive too many "Sucks" votes. Users could also be awarded "Rockets" and "Bombs" to move songs up and down on the app's charts.[7][8]
Jelli's success with KITS led to a further expansion of Jelli to other radio stations, and in October 2009, Jelli announced a syndication deal to distribute its programming throughout the United States through the Triton Media Group beginning in early 2010.[9] In May 2011, Jelli announced it would launch a 24/7 version of its format in the Las Vegas metropolitan area. On June 30, 2011, KXLI and KYLI launched the new Jelli formats, with KXLI carrying a rock format, and KYLI carrying "Top 40 Remix" (a dance radio format featuring electronic dance music and remixes of current pop hits).[10][11]
Jelli was also part of a partnership with Austereo, involving a station called Hot 30 Jelli, which was launched on November 1, 2009. The station was then renamed to Choose The Hits on February 1, 2010. It was broadcast online, on DAB and overnights on 2Day FM in Sydney, Fox FM in Melbourne, B105 in Brisbane, SAFM in Adelaide and 92.9 in Perth between 10:15pm and midnight on Monday to Thursday nights. The Austereo partnership was terminated effective May 24, 2010, and Jelli is no longer being carried on the air in Australia.
Programmatic advertising
editOn June 29, 2012, Jelli formally announced its new programmatic advertising platform, RadioSpot. The cloud-based platform functions through a server installed by the station that is triggered by station traffic and automation software. The software also produces logs viewable in real time. Ad copy can be changed with just one to two minutes of lead time.[12][13][14][15][16]
In March 2014, Jelli unveiled SpotPlan and an API, allowing for advertisers to buy ad time and compare stations through an online interface.[17][18][19]
On June 29, 2014, Jelli officially ended its listener-controlled radio services.[20] The move was preceded by the remaining Jelli stations bailing on the format. In 2012, KXLI dropped Jelli when it was sold to a new company who instated a new Spanish-language format. On June 24, 2014, KYLI was relaunched with a variant of the Pulse 87 dance/EDM brand, known as Pulse 96.7.[21] On June 26, Jelli announced it would cease operations; classic rock WJLI in Paducah, Kentucky, and Top 40/CHR KSKR-FM in Roseburg, Oregon immediately dropped the "Jelli" moniker and the platform altogether. The remaining affiliated stations continued to broadcast Jelli shows until 11:59 p.m.(PDT) on June 29, 2014, when the platform shut down for good.[22]
Adoption
editWithin two years, Jelli had 360 stations on RadioSpot, with large broadcasters including Sun Broadcasting Group, Townsquare Media, and Entercom. Additionally, RadioSpot had entered several new large markets with its debut on WQHT in New York, WPWX and WSRB in Chicago, KKDA-FM in Dallas and WDJQ in Cleveland.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29] Later in 2014, Emmis Communications added WBLS to RadioSpot, and Beasley Broadcast Group entered with stations in Philadelphia, Miami and Las Vegas.[30][31][32][33]
In 2015, iHeartMedia introduced a new programmatic solution for its stations powered by Jelli.[34][35][36][37]
Jelli was acquired by iHeartMedia in December 2018.[38]
References
edit- ^ Wired,
- ^ G4 TV's Electric Playground interview
- ^ CNET, "Jelli's crowdsourced radio opens to the U.S. and Australia"
- ^ VentureBeat, "A Pretty Novel Social Music Experience on the Radio"
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle, "Crowd sourced radio to go national"
- ^ San Jose Mercury News, "Jelli: Making old-fashioned radio hip again"
- ^ Buskirk, Eliot Van (2009-10-20). "Crowd in the Cloud to Program Radio". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ "'Rocks' or 'sucks'? Jelli lets radio listeners play DJ online". CNN.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
- ^ Radio Ink, "Jelli Goes National With Triton Media" Radio Ink Archived 2009-11-01 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Jelli To LMA Two Las Vegas Area Stations". RadioInsight. 2011-06-30. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ "Jelli is listener-controlled, unsurprisingly lame FM radio". LasVegasWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ Radio World, "Jelli's RadioSpot Formally Launched".
- ^ Radio Ink, "Jelli Launches Programmatic Ad Platform".[permanent dead link]
- ^ Media Post, "Jelli Launches 'Programmatic Direct' Platform for Radio Stations, Networks."
- ^ All Access Music Group, "Jelli Launches First Programmatic Ad Platform for Radio Stations, Networks and Advertisers".
- ^ Media Post, "Jelli Unveils Programmatic Buying for Radio"
- ^ Radio Survivor, "Jelli's 'SpotPlan' Propels Ad Buying Into the 21st Century"
- ^ Media in Canada, "Tools of the Trade: Jelli Gets Programmatic on the Radio"
- ^ Kantrowitz, Alex (1 June 2015). "10 Things You Need to Know Now About Programmatic Buying". Advertising Age. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "Jelli User-Controlled Radio Shutting Down". All Access. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
- ^ "Pulse Headed For Las Vegas" from Radio Insight (June 24, 2014)
- ^ "Jelli To Shut Down User Controlled Platform" from Radio Insight (June 26, 2014). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ All Access Media Group, “There's Jelli All Over Four More Markets” (January 15, 2014) Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ Radio and Television Business Report, "Jelli adds HOT 97, Others to Radio Ad Platform"
- ^ Radio World, "Sun Broadcast Deploys Jelli"
- ^ Radio Ink, "Sun Broadcast & Jelli Try to Shake Things Up"[permanent dead link]
- ^ "FMQB, "Jelli Launches Record Number of Radio Stations on its Ad Platform in Q1 2014"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ Media Post, "Programmatiac for Radio Catching On"
- ^ RAIN (Radio & Internet News), "Jelli Celebrates Q1 Growth of its Programmatic Ad Platform"
- ^ Media Confidential, "Jelli Expands to Seven More Stations"
- ^ Media Post, "Jelli Signs Up Emmis, Beasley Stations For Programmatic Radio Ads"
- ^ Radio Ink, "Emmis, Beasley Deploy Jelli’s Programmatic Ad Platform"[permanent dead link]
- ^ RBR, "Jelli adds major Emmis, Beasley stations"
- ^ RAIN (Radio & Internet News), "Radio claims “seat at the table” for programmatic buying: iHeart and Katz partner with Jelli"
- ^ AdAge, "iHeartMedia to Offer Automated Purchasing for Broadcast Radio"
- ^ TechCrunch, "iHeartMedia Is Bringing Programmatic Ad Buying To Its Broadcast Radio Stations"
- ^ Wall Street Journal, "iHeartMedia Will Sell Radio Ads Programmatically"
- ^ "Our Story". Jelli.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2021. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
Supplementary references
edit- Music Start-Up Jelli Raises $7 Million, New York Times, May, 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Jelli crowd-sourcing launches with 10 stations, including a second CBS outlet, Radio-Info.com, March 9, 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Jelli’s User Controlled Radio Gets A Big Win: Live 105 To Use It Daily, Techcrunch, January, 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- Jelli: Making old-fashioned radio hip again, San Jose Mercury News, November, 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2015.