<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>The reason its "licensed stations only" is in some sense so they can rely on and guarantee the quality of the broadcast (as any licensed station should be working within ofcom code etc) they cant be seen promoting un-regulated internet radio.<br><br>I think the radio player is an interesting concept, and would recommend all licensed stations (commerical, student, community and even hospital) to consider being part of it.. there has been alot of talk and hype about the radio player and it this multi-platform / diverse world any and all opportunity for listeners to listen and engage should be embraced.<br><br>Martin<br><br><br>Martin Steers<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size:
12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> London Chinese Radio <admin@londonhuayu.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Penistone FM - Darren Holmes (Station Director) <darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, 19 October, 2010 21:28:43<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] BBC RadioPlayer launch announced - and HD Radio too!<br></font><br>Seems to me it's just another initiative to tilt the football table away from BBC & other commercial stations' goal. <div>By building an iplayer and promoting it, they are hoping that people aren't going to explore the wild frontier of the internet for alternatives, so they say "only licensed stations need apply" - apply for an <i>internet</i>
player?!</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think the BBC produces some excellent programming and public service for the money, but I don't see why they need to behave like a commercial station, trying to maximise their audience and squeeze out other fledgling businesses. We all know they are there, that should be enough. </div>
<div><br></div><div>And then they start whining about Sky.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Peter Vautier</div><div>London Chinese Radio</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Penistone FM - Darren Holmes (Station Director) <span dir="ltr"><<img fslinker="mailto:darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk" fsmarker="chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl0.png**background-color: ;*0" showhigh="true" style="position: static;" id="61870" src="chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl0.png" border="0" hspace="5"><a fsmarker="61870" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk">darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<img fslinker="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" fsmarker="chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl0.png**background-color: ;*0" showhigh="true" style="position: static;" id="61870" src="chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl0.png" border="0" hspace="5"><a fsmarker="61870" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[mailto:<img fslinker="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" fsmarker="chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl0.png**background-color: ;*0" showhigh="true" style="position: static;" id="61870" src="chrome://litmus-ff/skin/small/lvl0.png" border="0" hspace="5"><a fsmarker="61870" rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank" href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Clive Glover<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> 19 October 2010 17:51<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] BBC RadioPlayer
launch announced - and HD Radio too!</span></font><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So the RadioPlayer is coming - but how do we Community stations get on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AND the BBC is launching "HD Radio" as well, apparently a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Remember we licence payers are paying for all of this "Public
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