<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Trevor and Bill,<div>Well if CMA are up for this, Bill, then can you get a campaign brief together over the weekend?</div><div>See how many of our would be MPs will sign up for this 'CMA members to receive 10% of the Licence Fee'</div><div>Then we can all lobby.</div><div>Now is the time to do it ... good publicity for community media at least.</div><div>As Trevor once said of another issue - </div><div>This needs to be a 'national' campaign. This is no time to be parochial.</div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Northern Visions</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 9 Apr 2010, at 12:33, Bill Best wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Trevor<br><br>Many thanks for your email.<br><br>Please see my inline replies below.<br><br>On 9 April 2010 07:43, Trevor Lockwood <<a href="mailto:trevor@felixstoweradio.co.uk">trevor@felixstoweradio.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">The Radio Streaming Services looks slick and professional.<br></blockquote><br>Ok, I've been sitting on a new slicker Canstream website for a while<br>now. I'll launch it over the weekend :o)<br><br><blockquote type="cite">It raises questions for me - why can't we (in the UK) do something similar, perhaps<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">even better, America is not always best.<br></blockquote><br>We already do - we're on the case with an iPhone app and please see<br>below for news of some innovative goodness...<br><br><blockquote type="cite">We use Canstream but would like to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">stream more than one channel and need to keep costs down low.<br></blockquote><br>You'd like more than one broadcast stream for Felixstowe Radio - why?<br>If you'd like us to automatically transcode your MP3 stream to Ogg<br>Vorbis or a low bitrate for mobiles then give us a shout - we already<br>do this for some Canstreamers.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">We have the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">expertise, we have the technology, we have the initial market - especially<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">if it was included in the CMA membership package.<br></blockquote><br>I'm afraid it really would not be commercially supportable to provide<br>all your streaming requirements plus CMA membership for £50 per annum<br>- the sums don't add up, unless you mean something else.<br><br>Canstream prices start from £25 per month for members of the Community Media<br>Association (CMA). Our prices are fixed and there are no hidden charges<br>to make it easier to budget for your project. We seek to give the<br>overall best value<br>when compared to other service providers and we include as standard:<br><br>- fixed price usage, no hidden surcharges<br>- free benchmarked webstats<br>- telephone and email support<br>- free encoder software for PC and Mac<br>- stable, secure and reliable open source streaming platform<br>- dedicated high-speed connectivity on the Internet backbone from<br>Telehouse, London<br>- link from the CMA website on request<br>- free Flash MP3 player to embed on your website<br>- support with PPL and MCPS-PRS returns<br>- subscriptions support the strategic work of the CMA<br>- global community broadcasting<br><br>In terms of expertise and innovation, Canstream has recently launched<br>a new service: ALISA (Automated LIsten Again). ALISA has been designed<br>to fill the gap between your online streaming and your Listen Again<br>platform. With ALISA you can record your station's output and<br>*automatically* upload it to the Listen Again platform. Simply<br>complete an web-based schedule with details of your shows, and<br>everything you wish to record gets automatically uploaded for your<br>users to listen again when they choose.<br><br>We think that ALISA represents a quantum leap forward for internet<br>broadcasters and we believe that Canstream is the only streaming<br>provider in the world that can currently offer this facility (well,<br>we've not seen anyone else doing it!).<br><br>Please contact the office for a 7-day free trial: 0114 279 5219<br><br>ALISA is only available to Canstream internet broadcasters and has<br>been developed in-house.<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Community broadcasters need funds, collectively perfecting systems such as<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">this could open up a huge market, and we could relax a little.<br></blockquote><br>Yes, resources, resources, resources.... For example, there are only<br>two of us in the office today running the entire shooting match ;o)<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I'm asking every parliamentary candidate if they will support CMA members<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">receiving 10% of the Licence Fee - so that we can spearhead a cultural<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">revolution as the BBC is now moribund, hidebound, bureaucratic and wasting<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">our money. My lot have been responsive. Try yours.<br></blockquote><br>Increased funding for community broadcasters is a no brainer - I'm<br>with you there!<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Trevor Lockwood<br></blockquote><br>Please give me a shout Trevor and we'll see what more we can do for<br>Felixstowe Radio - and that goes for everyone else too.<br><br>All the best<br><br>Bill<br>-- <br>Community Media Association<br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br>http://twitter.com/community_media<br>http://photo365.commedia.org.uk<br>Facebook Fans: http://bit.ly/cog8n5<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>cma-l mailing list - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br><br>Community Media Association - www.commedia.org.uk<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>To manage your mailing list subscription please visit:<br>http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Marilyn Hyndman</div><div>Northern Visions/NvTv</div><div>23 Donegall Street</div><div>Belfast</div><div>BT1 2FF</div><div><br></div><div>Tel: 028 9024 5495 ext 207</div><div>Fax: 028 9032 6608</div><div><br></div><div>NvTv </div><div>Belfast Community Television</div><div>Free-to-Air on Channel 62/Freq:799.276MHz</div><div>Live on line: <a href="http://www.nvtv.co.uk">www.nvtv.co.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.northernvisions.org">www.northernvisions.org</a></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>