Is RA still using a Microsoft product for streaming? The setup run by Leo Laporte streaming at http://twit.am/listen stays up longer and remains more durable whether in VLC or another streaming client.
Stephen Michael Kellat KC8BFI On December 6, 2016 9:22:04 PM EST, John Figliozzi <[email protected]> wrote: >Well…. one thing that would help is if RA could manage to keep its >internet audio links working. The station has a history of breakdowns >in this regard, so much so that Frontier Silicon’s station aggregator >site for the Internet “wifi” radios it supports labels their links “not >reliable”. Right now, the only audio links working are the two that >require you to use their proprietary audio player to access them. >That’s hardly a user friendly approach, nor does it bespeak a desire to >be heard. One gets that shortwave may no longer be cost-effective. >But one would think that if the ABC is interested in maintaining some >sort of presence in the media landscape, it would take even minimal >pains to make sure it can be heard via the remaining portals. > >John Figliozzi > >> On Dec 5, 2016, at 8:36 PM, [email protected] [dxld] ><[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> RADIO AUSTRALIA TO CLOSE >> FROM JANUARY 31, 2017 >> >> >> It has just become official. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation >has just provided a media release today December 6 regarding the future >of both Radio Australia and the Northern Territory Shortwave Services. >Put bluntly, there is no future. It all closes from January 31, 2017. >> >> Here's the media release in full: >> >> ABC Exits Shortwave Radio Transmission >> >> 06 December 2016 >> >> The ABC will end its shortwave transmission service in the Northern >Territory and to international audiences from 31 January 2017. >> >> The move is in line with the national broadcaster’s commitment to >dispense with outdated technology and to expand its digital content >offerings including DAB+ digital radio, online and mobile services, >together with FM services for international audiences. >> >> The majority of ABC audiences in the Northern Territory currently >access ABC services via AM and FM and all ABC radio and digital radio >services are available on the VAST satellite service. >> >> ABC International’s shortwave services currently broadcast to PNG and >the Pacific. Savings realised through decommissioning this service will >be reinvested in a more robust FM transmitter network and an expanded >content offering for the region that will include English and >in-language audio content. >> >> Michael Mason, ABC’s Director of Radio said, “While shortwave >technology has served audiences well for many decades, it is now nearly >a century old and serves a very limited audience. The ABC is seeking >efficiencies and will instead service this audience through modern >technology”. >> >> The ABC, working alongside SBS, is planning to extend its digital >radio services in Darwin and Hobart, and to make permanent its current >digital radio trial in Canberra. Extending DAB+ into the nation’s eight >capital cities will ensure ABC digital radio services can reach an >additional 700,000 people, increasing the overall reach of ABC digital >radio to 60% of the Australian population. >> >> ABC Radio is also investigating transmission improvements to address >reception gaps in the existing five DAB+ markets. It aims to ensure a >resilient DAB+ service in every capital city, with enhanced bitrates >and infill where necessary. >> >> “Extending our DAB+ offer will allow audiences in every capital city >in Australia equal access to our digital radio offering, as well as >representing an ongoing broadcast cost saving owing to lower >transmission costs,” added Michael Mason. >> >> ABC International’s Chief Executive Officer Lynley Marshall said the >reinvestment from closing international shortwave services would >maximise the ABC’s broadcast capabilities in the region. >> >> “In considering how best to serve our Pacific regional audiences into >the future we will move away from the legacy of shortwave radio >distribution,” Ms Marshall said. “An ever-growing number of people in >the region now have access to mobile phones with FM receivers and the >ABC will redirect funds towards an extended content offering and a >robust FM distribution network to better serve audiences into the >future.” >> >> Once international shortwave ceases transmission, international >listeners can continue to access ABC International services via: >> • the web stream at: >http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/listen >> • in-country FM transmitters: see Radio Australia’s ‘Ways to Listen’ >at:http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/waystolisten/fiji > >> • the Australia Plus expats app (available in both iOS and Android) >> • partner websites and apps such as www.tunein.com and >www.vtuner.com. >> >> Audiences can access further information via the reception advice >line 1300 139 994, online atabc.net.au/shortwave, or via ABC Local >Radio (Darwin and Alice Springs). >> >> >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> Posted by: [email protected] >> >> >> VISIT YOUR GROUP >> • New Members 1 >> >> • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use >> >> __,_._,___ > >_______________________________________________ >Swprograms mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > >To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the >URL shown above.
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