Archive for the ‘Digital Audio’ Category
Monday, February 11th, 2008
The Éan (Emigrant Advice Network) blog has compiled a list of coverage of RTÉ's decision to cease broadcasts on Medium Wave. In my own piece I noted that while RTÉ touted the fact that it would continue service on Long Wave:LW is not present on most domestic receivers at this stage, so it will ...
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Enda O'Kane pointed me towards an announcement of the first field trials of DRM+ on the FM band. DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) is being touted in Europe as a digital radio system that would replace current FM broadcasting, being preferred to DAB by many observers. It's described as "the universal, ...
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
This week's show is now online. It lasts just around an hour, and features Bob Naiman and myself discussing Pakistan, Iran, and the success of Brazil's AIDS drugs policy. Locally we discuss SEIU's possible strike and the growing support from the campus community, and the CCHCC protest about the exclusion ...
Posted in Digital Audio, Income and poverty, Intellectual property issues, International Affairs, International law and structures, Labour issues, Political activism, Radio | No Comments »
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Some funferal readers will be aware that one of my sidelines is a radio show I co-present on WRFU, called A Critical Ear. WRFU is currently in the midst of a major fundraising drive to pay for a new permanent tower (it's current mast, on top of the Independent Media Center ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Interesting news from Enda O'Kane, letting me know of some new DRM tests being conducted by RTE on the 252kHz wavelength:This broadcast will also be available at the IFA Show Amsterdam and is part of a 24hr trial. RTE has carried out digital trials over the past month on Longwave 252 kHz.These ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Just in time to be buried in the Christmas rush, two stories on radio regulation in Ireland. First, iTrip-style devices have now been legalized. Second, the BCI drew my attention, through their press release, to the release of a new Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill, which will enable the digital transition on ...
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
It's interesting to see the emergence of groups such as PodcastMN, an aggregator of Minnesota podcasts. We've seen local and niche blog aggregators, such as Indyblogs or Irish Bloggers. I wonder how audio aggregators will develop. Will they become another conduit for getting material to listeners (and for listeners to ...
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Saturday, November 25th, 2006
There's been a flurry of coverage of the Pew report on podcasting earlier this week showing that 12% of (US) internet users have downloaded podcasts. Most reports have framed this as "only 12%" or looked below the fold at the 1% who claim to download podcasts every day, concentrating on ...
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