Licensing costs are much higher for "Real". This is likely a financial move.
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: John Figliozzi <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:16:04 To: Internet radio discussion<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Internetradio] BBC Drops RealMedia for Local Radio, Others RM streams are unaffected on BBC R1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5x, 6, 7 and Asian Network. But the fact that WM streams for them are now open probably presages the same move. On Sep 22, 2009, at 9:16 PM, Daniel L. Srebnick wrote: > I just checked the Squeezebox, and sure enough, the wma stream now > works for me on Radio 4. One door closes, another opens. > > > On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, 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. >> > > -- > > For better security, ask for my GPG public key. > _______________________________________________ > 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.
