For listeners to the BBC you have probably noticed that many of the streams no longer work or are unreliable. Listen Again (on-demand) listening has been crippled. This is a result of changes the BBC has made, mostly without warning dropping services dependent on Windows Media (WMA) and Shoutcast (AAC). Options for those who listen on anything other than an iPad, iPhone, or Pure radio are limited. Rather than recount all of the technical details, I am posting links to what you can do and how you can help the efforts to remedy this situation. For those concerned about the BBC streaming changes here are some links: Change.org petition: or My note on this at CQ: http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/bbc-unplugs-millions.html Internet Radio forum threads on BBC: http://iradioforum.net/forum/index.php?board=11.0 BBC Radio for All Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bbcradioforall/ The BBC blog posts on this topic and the 1300+ almost universally critical comments: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/28dfd220-7ca1-3683-ac16-3938cfb4b882 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/977a1954-658f-4fb2-a23c-71680c49882f http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/2ff95543-7547-4b2d-9305-563428fb74f5 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/234a65f0-89c1-489c-b6e9-55d2de932e53 The BBC news article on the controversy (pretty much a recycle of the blog statements): http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31487515 The Guardian article on the controversy: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2015/mar/05/new-internet-radio-listen-bbc-stations or For those more technically inclined: Slimdevices forum workaround for Logitech devices (requires install of Logitech Media Server): http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103312-BBCiPlayer-plugin-a-guick-fix-guide Minimserver workaround for some Reciva devices (does not work on all): http://iradioforum.net/forum/index.php?topic=1868 -- -Rob de Santos, K8RKD Horizons (Trends in Technology) Columnist Contributing Editor CQ Magazine Twitter: @shuttleman58 |
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