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 <jfigl...@nycap.rr.com>
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, madcut...@yahoo.com [dxld]
><d...@yahoogroups.com> 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dispense with outdated technology and to expand its digital content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:
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