Protocols are the way these streams are delivered to players.įirst, the broadcaster has ended support for Windows Media Audio (WMA) streaming, a standard that dates back to the 90s which Webster says accounted for 2–5% of the Beeb’s online listening. Formats are the kind of file, like MP3 or AAC, which the audio is encoded in. According to a blog post from the BBC’s Head of Media Services Henry Webster, this situation is due to a couple changes, mostly having to do with updating infrastructure to use more modern formats and protocols. BBC Internet Changes Upset ListenersĪpparently, many listeners are upset because their internet radios will no longer play some BBC stations. The podcasting train blasts forward, full-speed ahead. The new network is a big move, and represents a branching out to assist other companies in creating podcasts featuring their own talent, and then co-branding them under the Panoply name. ![]() Slate has been producing podcasts for a decade, upping its investment last year with new shows like The Gist with Pike Pesca, Slate Money and Lexicon Valley, primarily featuring personalities already on or recruited to the company’s roster. These join Slate’s fifteen existing podcasts, like Political Gabfest. Right now the company says it has “12 commitments from a total of 18 shows,” and is adding a new Slate podcast, Whistlestop with John Dickerson. On the podcasting front, The Slate Group announced a new podcast network called Panoply with media partners like The New York Times Magazine, HBO Documentary Films and The Huffington Post. We’ll be watching the FCC tomorrow to learn what the future of internet will be. House Democrats are unlikely to sign on, and according to the New York Times senior congressional Republicans concede that without Democratic support no alternative net neutrality legislation is going to pass.Īll five commissioners have a few hours left to work behind the scenes on edits they would like to see introduced into the final proposal, so the rules aren’t written in stone yet. Subcommittee Chair Greg Walden and Commerce Committee Chair Fred Upton have introduced a bill that would prohibit many of the things targeted by the Open Internet proposal, like paid prioritization of content (a/k/a internet fast lanes), but at the expense of giving the FCC less authority over internet service providers. The House Communications and Technology Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday where Republican lawmakers warned that the new rules will be tested in court and fail. ![]() ![]() I posted an overview on Tuesday, and things haven’t changed much since then. The proceedings begin at 10:30 AM EST, and will be streamed live. The most significant digital radio news this week is the FCC’s vote on Open Internet rules happening at Thursday’s open meeting. By Paul Riismandel on Februin Digital Watch, FCC, Internet radio, Podcasting, Policy, Streaming Radio
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