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   sb, Dec 13th, 2001 @ 8:44pm

   
   

   no broadband = no internet radio
   simple
   yawn
   

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   Mike (profile), Dec 13th, 2001 @ 9:52pm

   
   

   I had dialup for years and would listen to Yankees games on the radio, so I'm not sure that qualifies... Now that I do have broadband, I don't find myself listening to any more internet radio.

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   Web Radio struggling..

   

   Tim Price, Dec 17th, 2001 @ 8:41am

   
   

   The bottom line dynamics of Internet radio are 100% different from conventional broadcasting. The more listeners the Internet radio station has, the more expensive the service becomes to the producer. This is wholly at odds with terrestrial broadcasting, where after set-up costs (which are substantial) every extra listener is effectively free. Until this changes, which it probably never will, pure-play Internet radio stations will only be able to make a living - if at all - from offering content to niche communities of interest on a subscription basis. The future of web radio will be to support terrestrial channels as part of the offering, or to showcase the talents of new content makers on a strictly low cost basis. Pure Internet radio is not and never will be a mass medium. On the other hand, on demand streaming is an improvement on 'live' broadcasting, and you don't need ADSL for acceptable audio delivery.

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