New Delivery
We live in a time when we must take a good look at the definition of radio. Why? Consider the story of a college sports fan who wanted to hear the radio broadcast of a recent football game, but wasn't near a radio. He used his cell phone to get online, navigate to the station that carried the football game broadcast, clicked on Listen Live, and heard the game. He wasn't listening to FM or AM signal propagation. He was listening to a digital audio stream, but wasn't it the same material that was heard over the air?
KPBS-FM Turns to Stream Guys During Wildfire Emergency
KPBS-FM, an NPR member station serving the San Diego region, was knocked off the air on Oct. 23, 2007, when the Southern California wildfires destroyed power lines that fed its transmitter on Mount St. Miguel.
CBS Launches Free Wi-fi in Manhattan
CBS has launched the CBS Mobile Zone, a free 36-block Wi-fi area in Midtown Manhattan. Coverage of the hotspot will ultimately range from Central Park South to 42nd Street between 8th Avenue and the Avenue of the Americas.
Webby Awards Seeking Best Radio Sites
Last year, the BBC Radio 1 Site took home the top radio prize.
Liquid Compass to Provide Media Players for Internet Radio
Liquid Compass is one of the first providers to offer a custom media player within the radio industry that utilizes Microsoft Silverlight technology to broadcast a live stream, while also using the cross-browser capabilities of Silverlight to rotate synchronized in-stream and banner advertisement content across multiple browsers and platforms
Jetcast Adds More Streaming Seminars
The webinar provides a basic orientation to radio streaming and various strategies to consider.
Webcasting Day of Silence: June 26, 2007
Webcasters are being asked to go silent on June 26 to protest the increased streaming royalty rates that are to be paid to Sound Exchange on July 15.
Sound Exchange Extends Offer to Small Webcasters
Sound Exchange has offered to extend the terms of prior legislation known as the Small Webcaster Settlement Act (SWSA), with some minor modifications, to small webcasters through 2010.
Alternate Channels
U.S. radio listenership is slipping while British listenership is increasing. What's the difference: technology.
Radio via Wimax
Terrestrial and satellite broadcasters will feel the impact of Wimax within the next few years.
More effective podcasting
Podcasts are easy to create, especially for radio stations. They provide an additional means to offer something unique to your listeners. Because they
Fraunhofer Introduces Surround Sound for Internet
At Midem, a music and gaming convention held in Cannes, France, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits introduced a new MP3 surround streaming module that allows manufacturers to build Web radios featuring 5.1 surround sound.
New reporting rules for Internet streamers
Since April 2004 Internet radio stations were supposed to be keeping detailed records about the songs they were playing. The problem was that the CRB had not specified what was to be done with those records...until now. What's worse is that the reporting requirement may completely kill Internet streaming altogether.
Field Report: Barix Technology Instreamer, Exstreamer
Barix manufactures TCP/IP-based network amplified audio products that can be used within local area networks and over the Internet.
Streaming copyright royalties audited
Starting in February 2006, Soundexchange began auditing 11 of the most popular Internet radio websites.
Webcasting royalty fees in play
A new proceeding has begun to set the music copyright royalty fees that stations streaming on the Internet will pay to record companies and recording artists for 2006-2010. While the new fees are not likely to be finalized until late in 2006, they will apply retroactively to Jan. 1, 2006.
Broadcasting on the Wire
Take control of your Internet presence and run your own streaming media show.
The Infinite Stream
But how do Google searches and Itunes translate into advertising revenue?
When hi-fi meets Wi-Fi
IBOC may or may not be the perfect solution, but with every other form of audio entertainment media moving to enhanced features and capabilities, terrestrial radio runs the risk of being left behind.
Field Report: Orban Optimod-PC 1100
Orban's Optimod-PC 1100 isn't a conventional FM or AM final processor.
Shaping radio today and tomorrow
A look back at the Philips DCC, an increase in high-speed Internet access, and 10 Years of Radio looks back at the IBOC tests of 1994.
What CARP means to you
Until recently, broadcasting the same program material over the Internet was basically free. This changed in 2002, and it's going to cost you.
Capturing and Encoding on the Cheap
Many years ago, capturing and encoding was a tedious process. Nowadays it's almost as easy as point, click and leave.
Shaping radio today and tomorrow
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Websites that work
Many elements can be part of a good website, but there are some elusive traits that can transform a good website into a great website.
