So I now should be able to get Radio 4 on the Squeezebox? From my perspective, it's an improvement, though I understand the inconvenience for some.
I'll have to verify this. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: John Figliozzi <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:56:29 To: Internet radio discussion<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Internetradio] BBC Drops RealMedia for Local Radio, Others If you care to enter favorite BBC local radio and nations stations on your own until your provider (Reciva, Frontier, Pure, etc.) catches up, the ones on this page appear to be working for all, including outside the UK. WM streams had been available only to UK listeners. http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/streaming_programmes/ local_radio_streams jaf On Sep 21, 2009, at 7:38 PM, John Figliozzi wrote: > Without prior announcement (which seems to be the BBC's preferred > way to doing things), as of today the BBC has dropped the use of > RealMedia streaming for all its BBC Local Radio stations, BBC Radio > Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Wales. When one tunes in > to any of these stations, he or she is greeted by a voice telling > the listener to go to the BBC iPlayer web page and download the > Flash (sic) and/or WindowsMedia link "for internet and wifi radio > devices". > > Except, as far as I know, there isn't a player made right now that > can play Flash streams... > > And upon going to the iPlayer web page, one is informed that the > WindowsMedia package has not yet arrived and that they hope to have > it available by the end of September. > > (Warning! Rant coming.) To me, this is total cock-up by the BBC. > No prior warning, then a total lack of coordination involving the > switchover leaving listeners in the lurch for an indefinite time. > To add to the problems, there have been issues with the Listen > Again feature that have gone unresolved for weeks now. > > And we thought they just treated shortwave listeners with disdain. > > John Figliozzi > Halfmoon, NY > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core- > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
