Sandy/Richard: I've been researching streaming sites since I got the Phoenix wifi radio. What you're (we're) left with from a BBCWS streaming perspective is a "Information and Entertainment" stream, which is in actuality the Europe stream, and a "BBC News" stream which is one available only over the internet. As I understand it, BBC used to have both WM and Real streams available across the board. Now the WM streams are available only to UK listeners, with Real still provided to international listeners. I, too, am surprised that the WM "Americas" (formerly Yahoo) stream has persisted for so long. They might have just forgotten it was there, if that's possible.
The WS web site does provide a schedule for both "supported" streams. "Sportsworld" isn't on either stream, unfortunately. Rights fees issues prevent that. This also affects almost all of the live event coverage on BBC Five Live. An occasional rugby match manages to stay in the clear. The schedule for live sports is posted on the Five Live web site. John Figliozzi Halfmoon, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008 2:31 pm Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC World Service North American Stream To: Shortwave programming discussion <[email protected]> > It might come back, but I wouldn't stake my reputation on it. (Not > that my reputation is worth a hill o' beans anyway.) > > That seemed to be a "back door" feed left alive from the days when > Mark Cuban (he of the NBA Dallas Mavericks) ran Broadcast.com in the > days before the speculative Internet bubble burst. Back then, both > Windows Media and Real versions were available. > > Broadcast.com was purchased by Yahoo and folded into their Launchcast > service, but they stopped offering hosted services to "branded" > stations to focus on their own music offerings. > > I have been surprised that the North American Windows Media stream > lasted as long as it has, given that it was no longer promoted by > Yahoo or the BBC. > > I took a quick look at some of the entries for the Americas stream on > the PRF website, and the majority of the time another streaming source > airs the same program at the same time. > > If there were specific programs airing at specific times that you were > interested in, you could visit the World Service Americas page > here - > http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=2 - select > the program / time slot of interest, select the red "i" next to that > program, and then see when that program is on air. If streams other > than the Americas streams carry the program at that time, they'll show > up in the list. > > For example, World Business Report -- currently airing -- is also > airing on six other streams. > > Interesting that the canned message uses the term "event" -- as if > Yahoo is hosting something like a shareholder's meeting or other > event-specific streamed audio. > > I know Kevin Kelly looks at the swprograms list; hopefully he'll spot > this and, for now, remove the stream from the BBC list. > > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA > > On Feb 7, 2008 1:22 PM, Sandy Finlayson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I noticed last weekend that the BBC World Service North American > Stream> which used to be available on Windows Media has > disappeared. It is > > still listed on the Public Radio Fan site > > > > http://www.publicradiofan.com/cgibin/station.pl?stationid=2 > > > > ...but when you click on the feed you get a canned message > saying 'this > > feed has not started'. > > > > Does anyone have information on what is happening with this feed? > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
