| Subject: Re: BBC Radio 1 and 3 |
Author:
John A.
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Date Posted: 07:57:21 01/10/04 Sat
In reply to:
Chris
's message, "Re: BBC Radio 1 and 3" on 11:09:06 01/08/04 Thu
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>I don't agree with you about finding alternatives -
>Radio 3 is in a class of it's own in both range and
>standard of the music played. That said Radio 4 is
>essential for language based programmes.
I think the explanation may be, yet again, greed and trying to hold on to exclusive contracts. The BBC wants to be able to sell what it has already been paid for, through the licence fee.
Radio 3 certainly supplies stuff the BBC sells, or at least barters with (see e.g. Euroclassic Notturno, aka "Through the Night" . Also major concerts, most notably the Proms. Some Proms are distributed as recordings, and they also make some money from CD sales. Also, certain big Proms are broadcast live through the EBU, complete with local language voice-over. There msut be a fee for that.
I am not sure about Radio 1, but possibly there are similar rock/pop concerts, also perhaps the dreaded Eurovision Song Contest, again with local voiceovers and, of course, the voting telephone numbers, which must make some money.
Radio 3 is miles better than my local equivalent in content as well as technical audio standards. Also satellite has better sound quality than terrestrial FM. And most people in Europe understand English, so the BBC, free, is bigger competition with local channels in the EU than non-UK channels are in the UK: the BBC's output is more marketable than most, outside UK.
I think the RealPlayer choice for the web may also have to do with copy protection. I would have voted for Quicktime. From that you could make MP3 files or similar. Better than nothing.
It is very irritating to find the BBC hiding behind bogus and dishonest statements about technical incompatibility. One small additional item which annoys me is that the "BBC player" page (with no credits to Real Audio) says you can't move within tracks on the Macintosh platform, for technical reasons. it is total nonsense - you just look at the web page html, copy the .ram address and paste it into Real Player. You can then connect independently of the horrible web page, and jump forward or back. Essential if you are on a modem. You could never possibly finish the excellent CD review (3 hours) if you could not select a point from which to start playing. I suspect you can easily save the file on a Macintosh, which is what they wish to stop you doing, but won't say so.
Once the BBC, like some other things British, stood for honesty and integrity.
Sorry about the rant. This forum invariably get me going, for some reason.
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