DI.FM

{{Short description|Internet radio broadcaster}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox company

| name = DI.FM

| logo = DI.FM (Digitally Imported) New Logo - 2018.png

| type = Private

| key_people = Ari Shohat (CEO)

| industry = Internet radio

| foundation = 1999

| location = Denver, Colorado

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.di.fm}}

}}

DI.FM (formerly known as Digitally Imported) is an Internet radio broadcaster consisting of over 90 channels dedicated to electronic music, such as house, trance, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep.{{cite web|url=http://di.fm/|title=DI website}}{{cite news|url=http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2003/12/25/digitally-imported/|title=Digitally Imported|date=December 25, 2003 |work=Synthtopia|access-date=October 21, 2009}} DI.FM broadcasts handpicked selections consisting of classic, new and up-and-coming hits, as well as weekly and monthly mixed shows from professional DJs. It was founded in December 1999 as a hobby project by Ari Shohat in his Binghamton University dorm room and was one of the first Internet radio stations.{{cite news|url=http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6068.cfm|title=A brief look at di.fm – Digitally Imported Radio|last1=Delahunty|first1=James|author2="Tyler" (submitter)|date=February 8, 2005|work=afterdawn.com|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2005/01/31/electronic-music-fans-donate-to-largest-web-radio-site/|title=Electronic Music Fans Donate To Largest Web-Radio Site|date=January 31, 2005|work=Synthtopia|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=9052|title=Case Study: Electronica Finds a Voice at DI.fm|last=Daily|first=Geoff|date=March 30, 2005|work=streamingmedia.com|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=8281|title=A Case Study In Managed Growth:Digitally Imported Radio|date=February 1, 2003|work=streamingmedia.com|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212144514/http://www.streamingmedia.com/article.asp?id=8281|archive-date=February 12, 2005|url-status=dead}} It has often been listed as one of the top internet radio stations.{{cite web|url=http://www.andomedia.com/home/templates/newsReader.asp?articleid=99|title=Webcast Metrics Audience Rankings|date=April 23, 2009|work=Internet Radio Top 20|publisher=Ando Media|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1345107&spid=24698 |title=CBS Radio, Clear Channel Top April Webcast Ratings |date=May 28, 2009 |work=Radio Ink |access-date=October 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032410/http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=1345107&spid=24698 |archive-date=February 27, 2012 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/01/27/BU111088.DTL|title=Radio reaches digital age|last=Norr|first=Henry|date=January 27, 2003|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://radio.about.com/od/specialtystreams/a/aa012605a.htm|title=Digitally Imported Radio Spawns Cult-Like Following of Volunteers and Listeners|last=Deitz|first=Corey|date=January 26, 2005|publisher=About.com|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200926/http://radio.about.com/od/specialtystreams/a/aa012605a.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.publish.com/c/a/Web-Design/Digitally-Imported-Radio-Increased-bandwidth-no-expensive-infrastructure/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104105326/http://www.publish.com/c/a/Web-Design/Digitally-Imported-Radio-Increased-bandwidth-no-expensive-infrastructure/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2013 |title=Digitally Imported Radio: Increased bandwidth, no expensive infrastructure |date=May 1, 2003 |work=Publish.com |access-date=October 21, 2009 }}

During the 2000s, DI.FM participated in a number of protests against high royalty fees for Internet radio.{{cite news|url=http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6044|title=Silent Mayday|last=Searls|first=Doc|date=May 1, 2002|work=Linux Journal|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Radio-Silence-85243|title=Radio Silence|date=June 26, 2007|work=Broadband Reports|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-29905463_ITM|title=Web radio fears going bust: The battle over royalties paid by Internet broadcasters is hardly new, but the stakes have never been higher.|last=Hughlett|first=Mike|date=March 8, 2007|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=October 21, 2009}} In July 2009, Digitally Imported, radioIO and AccuRadio reached a revenue-sharing deal with royalty collector SoundExchange securing music rights.{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/online-radio-stations-strike-big-deal-on-royalties|title=Online Radio Stations Strike Big Deal on Royalties |date=July 8, 2009|work=Fox News|agency=AP|access-date=October 21, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/08/business/fi-webcaster8|title=Internet radio sites, music industry reach agreement over royalties|last=Puzzanghera|first=Jim|date=July 8, 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=October 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812132733/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/08/business/fi-webcaster8|archive-date=August 12, 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.wired.com/listening_post/2007/07/webcasters-worr/|title= Webcaster's Worry: What Happens After 2010?|last=Van Buskirk|first=Eliot|date=July 13, 2007|work=Listening Post blog|publisher=Wired|access-date=October 21, 2009}} It also licenses out its own proprietary streaming platform to power other internet radio sites such as RadioTunes (formerly sky.fm[https://web.archive.org/web/20170712114953/http://www.sky.fm/ www.sky.fm Website]),{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotunes.com/|title=RadioTunes website}}

JazzRadio,{{cite web|url=https://www.jazzradio.com/|title=JAZZRADIO website}} RockRadio,{{cite web|url=https://www.rockradio.com/|title=ROCKRADIO website}} ClassicalRadio{{cite web|url=https://www.classicalradio.com/|title=ClassicalRadio website}} and ZenRadio.{{cite web|url=https://www.zenradio.com/|title=ZenRadio website}} DI.FM ended its free options in December 2024, becoming a subscription-only service.{{Cite web |title=Free Service Expiring |url=https://www.di.fm/service-update |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=DI.FM |language=en}}