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"><<a href="mailto:darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk">darren.holmes@penistonefm.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">Some details here, it seems you just have to be an
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Thanks</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Darren Holmes</span></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Penistone FM</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">
<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">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:12.0pt">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:12.0pt">AND the BBC is launching "HD Radio" as well, apparently a
high quality service because DAB isn't any good?</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Remember we licence payers are paying for all of this "Public
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