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24-507: The first versions of AVS came with a set of pre-defined effects that could be arranged in any combination. Later versions introduced codeable components, most notably the "SuperScope" render effect and "Dynamic Movement". The AVS plugin-in can be extended itself with AVS Plugin Effects (APE). Version 2.81b of AVS was released by Nullsoft in 2003. It was faster and added several new features like arrays and interactivity in visualizations. 2.82

48-644: A large investment held by Oaktree, also had its Boise cluster folded into Townsquare. Due to market overlaps, three of Townsquare's newly acquired stations were placed in a divestiture trust. The acquisition of the Cumulus stations closed on November 14, 2013. On February 25, 2014, Townsquare Ignite was created to offer business owners across the United States online advertising solutions, such as PPC, SEM, social media advertising and website retargeting. On June 24, 2014, Townsquare Media filed for an IPO on

72-496: A near-concurrent departure of Frankel and the original Winamp development team. In 2013, some AOL Music sites were shut down and others sold to Townsquare Media . In November 2013, an unofficial report surfaced that Microsoft was in talks with AOL to acquire Nullsoft. On January 14, 2014, it was officially announced that Belgian online radio aggregator Radionomy had bought Winamp and Shoutcast, formerly owned by Nullsoft. No financial details were publicly announced. Winamp

96-510: A shutdown, a mirror of the Winamp-hosted AVS forums has been published on GitHub. Every preset is made up of different components. There are three categories of components: Render, Trans and Misc. Render draws shapes, Trans transforms the current image and Misc contains the components that don't fit in other two categories. The components are plugged into a list, which is executed from top to bottom, each component doing something with

120-517: A technology called Ultravox being developed by Nullsoft. The company also created the peer-to-peer networks Gnutella and WASTE . Although AOL tried to limit the distribution of Gnutella and WASTE, the Ultravox technology was reportedly used for some AOL radio services in 2003. A service called Nullsoft Television was announced in 2003 using NSV. Townsquare Media Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010)

144-540: Is a media player released by Nullsoft in April 1997. By 1999, it was downloaded by 15 million people. The company released several new versions of the Winamp player and grew its monthly unique subscriber base to 60 million users by late 2004. Winamp was discontinued by Nullsoft around 2013. New versions of Winamp, which started releasing in 2023, are by a different developer named Llama Group. SHOUTcast (currently Shoutcast)

168-572: Is an MP3 streaming media server. In later years, their open source installer system, the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) became an alternative to commercial products like InstallShield . Nullsoft's developments after acquisition included the Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) format, which was intended to stream media that used any audio or video codec . In 2002, the press reported

192-567: Is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York . The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting with the acquisition of the MOG Music Network. As of June 2024, Townsquare was the third-largest AM–FM operator in the country, owning 349 radio stations in 74 markets. Townsquare Media was established as Regent Communications by Terry Jacobs in 1994. Jacobs

216-520: Is the current stable release after some minor updates by Darren "DrO" Owen. For a short period, version 2.83 was distributed, a decision that was eventually reversed due to incompatibilities. On May 18, 2005, it was announced that AVS would now be open source software, released under a BSD-style license. Long after having left the company, Nullsoft founder Justin Frankel released a fork in August 2010 of

240-449: Is the digital marketing division of Townsquare Media and focuses on creating comprehensive web presences for small businesses across the United States. In June 2013, Townsquare announced it would acquire a number of music-related blogs from AOL , including The Boombox , The Boot , and Noisecreep , along with ComicsAlliance . The deal came following the abrupt shutdown of AOL's Music division in April 2013. On August 29, 2013, it

264-549: The New York Stock Exchange , valued at $ 143.8 million. On July 24, 2014, Townsquare Media became a public company with an initial offering price of $ 11 a share. In September 2014, Townsquare Media acquired XXL , King , and Antenna from Harris Publications. Townsquare then ceased print publication of XXL . In August 2015, Townsquare Media acquired North American Midway Entertainment of Farmland, Indiana , an amusement park company with operations in

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288-667: The iPhone and iPod Touch . Regent is the first major radio group to contract for all of its streaming stations to be available through the Radiolicious application. Regent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 1, 2010, with $ 211.3 million in debt, $ 166.5 million in assets, and a pre-arranged plan for exiting bankruptcy, with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware . The filing plan made Oaktree Capital Management

312-558: The United States and Canada. On August 17, 2016, The Madison Square Garden Company acquired a 12% stake in Townsquare Media. On October 16, 2017, Townsquare Media announced the transition of Steven Price , Townsquare's founder and chief executive officer, to the new role of Executive Chairman of the Board. He was replaced by Bill Wilson and Dhruv Prasad, who are serving as Co-Chief Executive Officers. In addition, Erik Hellum

336-408: The company began to expand its digital media operations, overhauling its stations' websites and launching a new country music news website known as Taste of Country . Townsquare acquired a number of stations from Double O Radio in August 2011. On April 30, 2012, Townsquare Media announced a deal to acquire 55 stations in 11 markets from Cumulus Media , in exchange for Townsquare's stations in

360-601: The image and sending the result to the next one. A lot of components are configurable and a few are codable. Effect lists can be included, which act as presets within presets. The codable components allow the most customizability, when a preset author can control and program effects through AVS' simple scripting language. The scripting language is compiled to native code at runtime for maximum performance. The following components can be scripted: User-generated presets may be featured on websites such as Winamp.com, DeviantArt or customize.org. Nullsoft Nullsoft, Inc.

384-438: The majority owner of Regent after the bankruptcy and gave the old shareholders 12.8 cents per share. After the privatization, the company was renamed Townsquare Media by its co-founders Steven Price, Stuart Rosenstein, Alex Berkett, Dhruv Prasad, and Scott Schatz. Gap Broadcasting Group , another radio group owned by Oaktree, was merged into Townsquare, giving it ownership of 171 radio stations in 36 markets. In December 2010,

408-409: The markets of Bloomington and Peoria, IL and $ 126 million. On August 24, 2012, Townsquare reached a deal to acquire the MOG Music Network, an advertising network for music blogs. The network was part of MOG , a streaming music service that had previously reached a deal to be acquired by Beats Electronics . On October 1, 2012, Townsquare Media created Townsquare Interactive. Townsquare Interactive

432-466: The media player Winamp in 1997, developed by Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev. It was the second real-time MP3 player for Windows, following WinPlay3 . Nullsoft, along with Spinner.com , were sold to America Online (AOL) on June 1, 1999, for around $ 400 million and thereafter existed as a subsidiary , subsequently becoming a division of AOL Music. The headquarters were moved to San Francisco, California . According to Bonnie Burton , then editor of

456-597: The plug-in, titled "Cockos Happy AVS". It was first released as version 2.9, continuing the version scheme where the official version left off. As of October 2013, AVS presets can be played directly in the browser using the Webvs visualizer. However, only a small subset of effects is supported at this point. With the release of Winamp version 5.66 on November 20, 2013, AOL announced that Winamp.com would shut down on December 20, 2013, and Winamp and its components would cease to be offered for download after that date. Resulting in

480-451: The shutdown, many AVS downloads will be lost. The AVS Archive is an attempt to preserve some of the more popular AVS packs. The following day, an unofficial report surfaced that Microsoft was in talks with AOL to acquire Nullsoft. Despite AOL's announcement, the Winamp site was not shut down as planned, and on January 14, 2014, AOL sold Nullsoft to Belgian online radio aggregator Radionomy; no financial details were publicly announced. In fear of

504-541: The website Winamp.com, 2001 was a period of heightened tension between the Nullsoft staff and upper management, because of Frankel's uncompromising views about file-sharing. He had developed Gnutella in 2000 and released it using company infrastructure. Ars Technica also noted that AOL failed to effectively monetize or find a larger audience for Winamp. Nullsoft's San Francisco offices were closed in December 2003, with

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528-644: Was an American software house founded in Sedona, Arizona in 1997 by programmer Justin Frankel . Its products included the Winamp media player and the SHOUTcast MP3 streaming media server. In 1997, Justin Frankel , a programmer from Sedona, Arizona , founded Nullsoft, Inc in his home town. The company's name is a parody of Microsoft . Mike the Llama is the company's mascot . The company launched

552-940: Was announced that Cumulus would purchase Dial Global , after the programming syndication service was showing signs of financial distress in late 2012. Cumulus paid $ 260 million for this service, a portion of which was used to pay off Dial's debt before it was folded into Cumulus. To make the sale work, Cumulus once again made a pair of station deals with Townsquare Media; the first deal sent 53 stations in Danbury, CT ; Rockford, IL ; Cedar Rapids, IA ; Quad Cities, IA–IL ; Waterloo, IA ; Portland, ME ; Battle Creek, MI ; Kalamazoo, MI ; Lansing, MI ; Faribault, MN ; Rochester, MN ; and Portsmouth, NH , to Townsquare for $ 238 million. The second sent 15 more stations in Dubuque, IA and Poughkeepsie, NY , in exchange for Peak Broadcasting's Fresno cluster. Peak, which like Dial Global and Townsquare has

576-565: Was formerly the CEO of Jacor Communications , a radio broadcasting company which he created in 1979. Bill Stakelin later shared chief status in the company with Jacobs, and the two established JS Communications, later selling Regent to Jacor in 1997. Stakelin and Jacobs resurrected the Regent name to replace JS, with approval by Jacor. Jacobs left the company in 2005. On October 27, 2008, Regent Broadcasting joined Radiolicious and began streaming on

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