Digitally Imported
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Digitally Imported is an Internet radio
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...

 broadcaster playing various types of electronic dance music
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...

 including trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

, progressive techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

, eurodance
Eurodance
Eurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...

 and house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 across 38 separate streaming channels. It was founded in 1999 as a hobby project by Ari Shohat and was one of the first internet radio stations. It has often been listed as one of the top electronic dance music radio stations online and was recently awarded Best Global Radio Station at the International Dance Music Awards in March 2010. It also offers streaming radio services of other, non electronic dance music genres - such as Jazz and Pop Hits - through its sister network, SKY.FM.

Digitally Imported participated in Day of Silence protests against high royalty fees for internet radio in 2002 and 2007. In July 2009 Digitally Imported, radioIO
Radioio
Radioio is an Internet radio station with several channels in a variety of genres. It was run by Michael Roe until 2006 and is one of the roughly top five Internet radio stations. It is owned by parent company ioWorld Media, Inc....

 and AccuRadio
AccuRadio
AccuRadio is an independent, multichannel Internet radio property. AccuRadio reaches nearly a million listeners per month. Based on press releases at andomedia.com, Accuradio is usually about the tenth most listened to web streaming service, although that varies from month to month, among all US...

 reached a revenue-sharing deal with royalty collector SoundExchange
SoundExchange
SoundExchange is a non-profit performance rights organization that collects royalties on the behalf of sound recording copyright owners and featured artists for non-interactive digital transmissions, including satellite and Internet radio.-History:Prior to 1995, SRCOs in the United States did not...

securing music rights.
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