Category: Audio
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Copyright Extension
In just four days, we could begin to see the first of Cliff Richard’s singles re-released without Richard himself either profiting or having any say over what’s released. That could happen, although as I write, I can’t see any forthcoming releases at Amazon. Indeed he’s recently released a celebratory 50 years anthology, and gave away…
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Media Talk on The Guardian
Matt Wells had something of a moan this week about what he called an advert for DAB that he’d heard on the BBC this week. He saw it as a straight ad for BBC viewers and listeners to go out and buy a DAB digital radio. A couple of things Matt: The BBC did exactly…
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Southbank
Two a couple of great concerts in the Southbank Centre over the weekend. On Saturday it was John McCusker’s Under One Sky. McCusker has put together a fascinating group of performers of Scottish and English origin who together make some wonderful music. So on stage, alongside McCusker we had Julie Fowlis (who I saw a…
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James Whale on Talksport Verdict
Earlier this year, Talksport fired James Whale, their long-serving (and high rating) evening phone-in DJ after he made some comments which were seen to be in favour of Boris Johnson in the run-up to the London mayoral election. At the time, it was all a little unclear. Whale himself was vague in his accounts. Even…
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A Point of View
You do listen to Clive James’ A Point of View don’t you? Go away and subscribe to the podcast immediately if you don’t!
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DAB/WiFi/SD Card Followup
A little while ago, I mentioned that I was seeking a DAB digital radio with recording facilities (ideally to SD card), and WiFi. You can buy a DAB/WiFi radio. And you can buy a DAB/SD radio. But you can’t buy one with all three. What a shame. But because new sets are always being designed,…
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More or Less Returns
More or Less has returned for a new run. Well worth subscribing to the podcast if you want to understand a little more how numbers really relate and their general misuse in the broader world. That probably doesn’t do a great deal to explain what the show’s about, but it’s well worth a listen –…
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Amazon’s MP3 Store
So the long awaited Amazon MP3 store is finally here – with just days to go until the end of the year deadline. They’ve got quite a lot of music on it with a claimed 3.5m tracks on there at the moment (so they’ve been busy). Tracks are recorded as 256 kbps MP3 files –…
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Radio 2 Audiences and The Age of Listening
Here’s an interesting question related to the Ross/Brand affair. Yes, I know I said I was bored of the whole thing, but this is genuinely interesting. Did Russell Brand actually cost Radio 2 listeners when he was on-air with them? (Or perhaps more reasonably, did he cost them listening hours, when regular Radio 2 listeners…
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Local News
This morning, the BBC Trust rejected plans for a local BBC video news service. Concurrently, Ofcom published the results of its Market Impact Assessment and concluded that the plans would have had a significant negative impact on commercial news providers. The BBC proposal would have seen it producing more localised news which would be delivered…
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Asda DAB
A story in Marketing magazine leads me to the Asda site where it has launched a series of own brand electrical items. These include an Asda DAB digital radio that sells, online at least, for the princely sum of £24.47. A DAB radio for under twenty-five quid is fine by me, and thankfully, the set…
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Radio at the Edge: Redux
It might have cost attendees (or their companies) cold hard cash to attend, but the audio from this year’s Radio at the Edge is now available as a series of downloads as well as a summary podcast. Entertainingly, the one session that isn’t available is the Collings and Herrin podcast which they’ve deemed “uncompliant”! Happily,…
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Radio At The Edge
Apologies upfront for the rawness of this text. I’ll tidy it up later. To Radio at the Edge (where there’s some free WiFi), to hear about the latest goings on in the audio world. After introductions from James Cridland, and an opening from Nick Wallis, a familiar face – to me at least – Clive…