Tend to agree with Tony regarding streaming platforms. As long as everyone can
get it on phones, android, mac, windows, steam radio....whatever, we don’t want
to complicate things.
As we discussed during the last meeting I am leaving the website to Simon,
apart from the shop pages, which will need to be updated once we have the
t-shirts.
Nick, do you have all the promos now to start streaming pre-broadcast? I have
sent you both of mine.
Once we start streaming I can post on social media.
Sarah
From: Tony Bell
Sent: Monday, April 9, 2018 11:26 PM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hrock] Re: Fw: Re: Streaming "placeholder"
Cheers Simon.....
Tony Bell
Www.hastingsrock.co.uk
On 9 Apr 2018, at 23:05, Simon H <sfhrock.sub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have just started looking at the website but it will take me a couple of
days to work out/remember how it all works and to put up a link to the stream,
show reel or whatever we make available. Start the stream whenever you want and
I will put up a link on our website as soon as I can.
I will let you know when this is done, then it can be promoted elsewhere.
regards,
Simon.
On 09/04/18 22:51, Tony Bell wrote:
Ok, have just asked tune in to play Hastings rock, and have listened to the
jingle, and that's all, Nick, are we in a position yet to start the
pre-broadcast stream? If so, let's get it going, and then Sarah can drop that
out to social media and perhaps Simon, or Sarah, can pop,it up on the web site
as well, so people can start listened get in, and getting their "tech" ready,
given the ammout of aggravation we have with people unable to listen to the
stream when we first come on, would be good to get these wrinkles ironed out
before hand.... 😄
Cheers,
Tony Bell
Www.hastingsrock.co.uk
On 9 Apr 2018, at 21:39, Simon H <sfhrock.sub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just to let you know we are now available on the Reciva internet radio
platform and on the Tunein and Streema apps. Nothing as yet from Pure, vtuner
or Frontier Silicon though I know Jon has contacted the latter.
No one has responded regarding my question about Radio Player. Thoughts
please.
regards,
Simon.
On 02/04/18 20:12, Nick Apps wrote:
From: Simon H
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 6:44 PM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hrock] Re: Streaming "placeholder"
As promised I have sent a request for us to be added to the following:
Internet Radio Portals:Reciva, Pure
Internet Radio Apps: Streema, vtuner, tunein
The most onerous of these being tunein where you have to sign up to all
sorts of conditions which I have done, so I hope we have the music license to
cover this? They also put advertising in the stream, at least at the start so I
find it rather irritating in my view.
The only major player I have problems with are Frontier Silicon, which
provide the chips in current Roberts sets (and others). As Roberts is quite a
popular make I think Frontier should be contacted. The trouble is you have to
have a set and I do not have one. My Roberts has a Receva chipset so I can
(have) added us to their database but I cannot add us to Frontier.
If anyone has a later Roberts internet radio or other set containing
Frontier Silicon technology, then here is the link to set up an account where
you can then add our stream. Please let us all know if you can help and if/when
you have completed the task.
http://www.wifiradio-frontier.com/setupapp/fs/asp/authlogin/RegForm.asp?lngy=eng
The stream url is:
http://www.hastingsrock.co.uk/32k-aac.pls
The other big portal here in the UK is Radio Player. I contacted them
in 2013 and they require payment (£99 annually at that time) and could not come
down due to agreements with those who funded it in the first place (BBC and
major commercial players) even though we are only on a short time. However, it
might be good for us to be there as its UK based (none of the apps listed above
are) and carries no advertising - except any the station itself chooses to add.
It is also heavily promoted so is perhaps not a lot of money in the overall
scheme of things. I have not done so as yet but will contact them again if you
wish? Perhaps we could get someone to sponsor it, then we would have to add our
own message at the start! Thoughts please.
http://www.radioplayer.co.uk/for-stations
There are loads of portals for TVs and other connected devices but we
cannot cover them all so listeners will have to add us themselves if they want
to use anything a bit obscure. We will only cover the major players.
So just a matter of waiting for a response from those contacted so far.
regards,
Simon.
On 26/03/18 21:47, Nick Apps wrote:
We seem to be have taken off tune in ?
there was a message on the a week ago saying this station is not
providing audio and to get in touch but i assume simon has done that by now?
From: jon bird
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 5:33 PM
To: hrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [hrock] Streaming "placeholder"
Hi all,
Back a good number of meetings ago we agreed to put a "placeholder"
audio recording on our web server and point the Internet streams at
it.
That way anyone tuning in outside the broadcast would get a helpful
ditty explaining we're not on air and when we are on air, we
seamlessly
switch it over to the live feed. This also means Simon doesn't have
to
keep updating TuneIn etc. with new feeds every year.
I think this was left with me to (technically) make it happen (which
is
probably why it's not come up again) however we need someone to
actually
make said ident such that I actually implement this. It's probably
because no one individual actually got this part of the job that it's
fallen off the radar. Anyway, since we're now going ahead I think
this
needs to be done as a matter of urgency since as Simon will tell you,
it
takes some time for the Internet radio servers to catch up. Plus
it'll
serve as a bit of self promotion should anyone actually tune it as we
can tell them when we are actually on air....
In other news, I dug out the server from the loft yesterday and yep,
it's packed up. So I'm going to need to buy a new machine now.... One
day things will just work when I dig them out of mothballs (anyone
else
miss "toaster", than old 266 lasted for years and was practically
indestructible, the only thing that finally did for it was dodgy
power
at the Robert). I should be able to get something suitable for under
£100 if that's ok everyone?
j.
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regards,
Simon.
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