Thanks for posting the link John. A few thoughts in reaction: The radio industry "wisdom" is that standalone internet radios are a dead end. I suspect that is partly wrong. "Radios" with internet capability as well as FM reception would seem to be a viable product. My fairly new and expensive receiver at the heart of the "entertainment" center has a built-in internet radio. I've written in several places that radios should have more "VCR/DVR" like capability to record and playback. Maybe that's considered obsolete in an on-demand world but I have my doubts.
The "portal" dependence issue remains a problem for internet radio. Reciva really missed the chance to be where the "TuneIn" app is now. They still have the 2nd largest database behind TuneIn. I use radios/apps which are based on Reciva, TuneIn, Vtuner, and a few more. I'd be much happier though if my favorites were "portable". Content is the first thing you have to have. No technological delivery mechanism can overcome bad or missing content. DAB is an outdated technology. The British government remains wedded to it despite the obvious shortcomings. DAB+ is much better but much more expensive to implement. Ibiquity's "HD" radio is better than DAB but suffers from a variety of problems that I need not detail to those reading this. DRM seems largely forgotten by the analysts but as we know, it may have some limited life on shortwave in terms of combining voice or music with data transmission but given the general direction of shortwave it may be too late. Perhaps someone could update us on where India is with the digital decision and if DRM is still alive there. I've seen reports that Brazil is divided on the DRM vs. Ibiquity decision. From some indications, Ibiquity has won out in Mexico and maybe Canada? Anyone have clarity on that? I welcome any comments whether you agree or disagree with this take. -- -Rob de Santos -----Original Message----- From: Internetradio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Figliozzi Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:27 PM To: Internet radio discussion; Shortwave programming discussion Cc: DXLD; *NASWA Subject: [Internetradio] Guardian Article on Radio's Future It's not specifically shortwave focused--though the medium is mentioned within the comments section--but has relevance all the same. The comments pertaining to FM and digital, along with complaints that wifi radios can't be found easily, pertain primarily to the UK but much of that could be transferred to the NA situation as well. http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/oct/13/radio-industry-cool-toys John Figliozzi Halfmoon, NY _______________________________________________ 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.
