Where do you find downloads on the BBC site? I know the Radio Player, for on-demand streaming, but where do you download? Is that different from the podcasting trial, which applies only to a few programs?
I have an MP3 Player, but it is not an iPod, hence no iTunes for me... I bought a 20GB iaudio X5 (Cowon) because it has line-in recording, microphone, FM tuner you can record from, multiple music formats, etc. (It also can show photos and movies, but not very well & one shouldn't buy it if movies and photos are important-- buy the new iPod in that case...) Also, you don't bneed special software to manage the files -- they appear as a drive in the usual way, through the USB connection, and so it is easy to organize the files and you can use it to store any kind of computer file. I wanted to convert my old music collection (on tapes, CDs, and even reecords) rather than to buy a whole new collection. The iPod business model requirtes you to repurchase a lot of music, at least everything you don't have on CD. And I also need to recrod live events & sounds for my multimedia and to record the radio (AM through the line-in, FM directly on t player, althugh maybe my stereo gets better reception). I am not advertising the player I bought, though-- for one thing, its screen cracked and I don't know how, and they don't have very good suppport and repair services... But the music quality is good, as is teh feature set. MN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Metcalfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 11:35 AM Subject: RE: [backstage] iMP > Just to say that a lot of BBC radio content (and soon TV) can be downloaded via iTunes or direct from the BBC website. You can also get all BBC radio streamed via the website.... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Millie Niss > > Sent: 08 November 2005 05:08 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [backstage] iMP > > > > > > I don't know exactly what iMP is, so I hope I am not totally > > off-base here... > > > > However, I am a (US) American who would defnitely be willing > > to pay (if the price were reasonable) for BBC content. My > > main interest is the radio programming, which someone here > > said isn't a problem to distribute, but I am also somewhat > > interested in BBC TV. > > > > Right now, I cannot even get The World Service Radio in > > English _on the radio_ during most of the day. The World > > Service is broadcast for only a few hours a day on my local > > "public" radio station (this actually means "private, non > > commercial" -- US "Public Radio" is nonprofit but privately > > owned & operated, supported by individual and corporate > > donations and a very small amount of indirect government > > subsidies). In the past, Americans could get World Service > > radio directly from the BBC on other bands (MW or LW), but > > now that isn't beamend towards the U.S. The web site > > provides streaming and some on-demand access to programs, but > > not full archives or downloadable versions of most programs. > > (I have enjoyed the podcasting trial of From Our Own > > Correspondent, for example, but that is an > > experiment.) > > > > I quite understand that the BBC is funded by UK Licensing > > fees and that they cannot afford to offer me all the services > > for free that license-payers get for their money. But I > > would be happy to pay for my content if I could afford it. > > After all, I donate money to my public radio stations and pay > > for cable TV and Internet access, so I am accustomed to > > paying for media content. I cannot get the BBC content at > > any price right now, at least not easily. (One issue is that > > I do not have broadband, so that maybe iMP would not help me. > > Broadband is much more prevalent in Europe and Asia than in > > the U.S., and so what I really want is to get my BBC content > > on the radio and TV!) > > > > Is the BBC Radio (and if so, which stations?) available on > > satellite radio? That is quite expensive & impractical > > (especially for non automobile use) still but I'd consider > > subscribing to satellite radio if I could get the World > > Service and Radio 4. > > > > Millie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [backstage] iMP > > > > > > > Releasing iMP to the world would almost end piracy of the BBC's > > > content. Releasing it to the UK would still keep all the > > BBC's content > > > available over the net through the standard ways. What > > better way to > > > maintain control and quality than to irradicate the need > > for piracy of > > > BBC > > content..? > > > > > > I actually wouldn't object to paying for this as a seperate service > > > and I wouldnt be suprised if this is not the way forward for non-uk > > > citizens. Seems fair enough, we pay our £££ per year and > > if Joel from > > > America wants it, he can but it'll cost him a percentage of the > > > standard lic. fee. > > > > > > > > > Andrew Bowden wrote: > > > > > > >>>>I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR > > that my telly > > > >>>>licence has a unique reference number with it. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>This is going back a few years (say about 3-4). I used > > to buy my > > > >>>license from the old Post Office, and those didn't have a unique > > > >>>number on them. The ones you get sent by TV Licensing do. > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>Hmm, I didn't know that. I wonder how you get them to move the > > > >>licence to a new property when you move house if you don't have a > > > >>licence number? > > > >>The online form[1] has the licence number as a required field. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > >I remember filling in that form back in October 2001 and thinking > > > >exactly the same! IIRC, I just put down that I had no license > > > >number. But there wasn't a knock on my door, and when it > > came up for > > > >renewal, the letter came from the right address. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >- > > > >Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please visit > > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > > Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, > > please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. 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