[comradio-l] [cma-l] UK First : New iPhone app by Birmingham based youth radio station

[Bill Best]

Excellent stuff, Prashant!

Maybe not quite a first for the UK. I'm not sure who was first but I
do know of the following initiatives:

Harborough FM:
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/harborough-fm/id381507442?mt=8

Red Road radio:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/redroad/id393873913?mt=8

There might be some more out there and I do know that Future Radio in
Norwich are just about to release their Android app.

Finally we have the Canstreamer app on Android for community radio
stations streaming on the CMA's flagship Canstream webcasting
platform:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.phonegap.cmaplayer

We are only Android at the moment but the techies are working on the
iPhone/iPad release even as we speak - hopefully it will be ready in
the next few weeks.

More details about the Canstreamer app can be found online here
including some screenshots:

http://www.canstream.co.uk/canstreamer

Canstreamer showcases all the community radio stations webcasting on
Canstream - even short-term RSL stations. Other features to note are:

- RSS feed of news from the Community Media Association website
- RSS feed of sector and funding news from the CMA's Twitter stream
- syndicated content from *this* mailing list. Keep up with community
media news on the move!
- contact details for every community radio station featured - to grow
your volunteer base!

The Canstreamer project has been funded by Arts Council England
(Yorkshire region) through The ArtiMelt Academy
(http://www.artimelt.com/) with input from The GIST Foundation
(http://thegisthub.net/) a grassroots community technology initiative
based in Sheffield, and Python coding alchemy from Phil Gyford
(http://www.gyford.com/).

We hadn't formally announced our project as we are still working on a
few bugs - and we have the iPhone release outstanding - but if you do
have an Android phone then please download Canstreamer, give us your
feedback and our kindly techies might be able to work with your
suggestions.

You can keep up with Canstreamer news via Twitter:
http://twitter.com/canstreamer

Best regards for now

Bill
-- 
Community Media Association
http://www.commedia.org.uk/
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http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation

Canstream Internet Radio & Video
http://www.canstream.co.uk/

On 1 April 2011 16:40, Prashant Singh <prashant at ulfaharts.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear all,
> I would like to share a delightful news that Birmingham based Radio
> Youthology , a online radio station founded by Ulfah Arts and  managed by
> young people 14 to 25 , has just launched its  free iPhone and iPad apps for
> the station ( Android and Blackberry next week)  The station is run by a
> team of 30 youth volunteers and has connections with youth radio initiatives
> around the world. It started with a small Medibox grant in 2008 and with
> generous support from volunteers and well wishers we launched on 3rd March
> 2011 with a broadcast to commemorate World Freedom of Music Day in
> partnership with Freemuse.
> Please click to download the free app and tune in for some landmark
> programming from youth radio initiatives form all over the world !
>
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/radio-y/id427797317?mt=8&ls=1
>
> Please feel free to contact me if suggestions on improving the app or any
> youth programming we could broadcast , also I’d love to hear from any other
> youth community radio initiatives who have a smart phone app, We think
>  Radio Youthology is first in UK but if any are out there we’d love to hear
> !
> Best wishes
>
> UlfahArts&Media
> Prashant Singh
> Director of Media and Education
> Unit 15, Highgate Craft Centre,
> 8 Highgate Square
> Birmingham, B12 0DU
> United Kingdom
> Phone: +44 (0) 121 446 4460
> Mobile: +44(0) 783 796 9008
> W1: www.ulfaharts.co.uk
> W2: www.radioyouthology.net
> Fa: www.facebook/ulfaharts
>
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