Programs/Content
Two public radio webcasting royalty pacts
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Comparison of previous webcasting royalty deal with new terms negotiated under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009
Programs/Content
Angst in studios over webcasting pact
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Now that public broadcasting has a webcasting royalty deal with the recording industry, local pubcasters are learning what it requires of them. Many are asking: Is this something we can live with?
Programs/Content
Smartphone apps for web listening grow in variety
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NPR is working on three or four web audio players for different brands of smartphones. And the company behind the Public Radio Bookmark gadget is positioning its new iPhone player as the one that puts stations first.
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How NPR webifies its programming — and you can, too
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Nobody in public radio has encoded and streamed as much audio on the Internet — or had to automate the handling of such a large volume of material — as the staff at NPR Online. What advice do they have for stations that are new to streaming, or just thinking about starting? The writers are Rob Holt, webmaster of NPR Online, and Chris Mandra, production supervisor. The statistics are clear: the time to webcast is now. There are more than 14,000 radio stations on the Web right now, building the interactive future of radio through the Internet medium.