On Thanksgiving, we had Pandora playing via TiVo so that folks could see artist/title/track info on the TV screen. However, what really motivated my teenage nephew was that he could navigate YouTube through the Tivo remote. Of course talking baby and cat videos soon followed...
For pure music amongst those who don't have iSomethings with playlists full of music, Pandora seems to be solidly in the lead. I wonder how they'll survive as I'm not hearing any commercials lately. Many shops and restaurants seems to be using Pandora in the NYC area. Wonder if they are paying commercial royalties for use in a public place? On Mon, 2013-12-02 at 22:41 -0500, Rob de Santos wrote: > 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 DAB is an outdated technology.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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
