[SBE] Who is Radiotime.com?

[Christopher Tarr]

Because the link is the same one that's used from inside the player,  
it is counted as a "listener" just as if they used the web player.

As for the IP, why not?  If it allows our listeners to access our  
streams on any device they want, that's a good thing.  Very few people  
I've talked to have an issue with it, since those Liquid Compass links  
are out there anyway.  Instead of fighting it (which is like herding  
cats) why not make it work for you?

As for the banners, these are mostly people who wouldn't access the  
stream normally for any number of reasons, so it's not a net loss.   
Plus, we have plenty of additional content that drives traffic to our  
sites other than the streaming.


On Oct 23, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Ron Castro wrote:


> You say they are carrying the ad insertions, but how are you able to  

> tell your advertisers how many people heard the spots they bought?   

> Are you not selling banner ads on your site?  Don't you care if  

> they're not compensating you for the use of your intellectual  

> property?

>

>          Ron Castro

>  Chief Technical Officer

>     Results Radio, LLC

>                N6IE

>       www.N6IE.com

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Christopher Tarr

> To: sbe member discussion mail list

> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 9:58 AM

> Subject: Re: [SBE] Who is Radiotime.com?

>

> It's important to see it from your customer's (the listener) point  

> of view.

>

> I don't care where they get my audio from, as long as they're  

> listening to my audio.  With all the different ways to play audio,  

> Radiotime actually helps us by formatting the stream to play on a  

> bunch of different platforms as opposed to just one.  Now they can  

> listen on portable devices instead of being tethered to a computer.

>

> The old wisdom was that by forcing stations to go to your site for  

> the stream, you get the "hit".

>

> The reality is that if that's what you have to do to get the "hit"  

> then your site has problems.  We actually removed the requirement to  

> sign in to get our stream just to make it easier to get!

>

> The stream from Radiotime includes the ad-insertion, so we're really  

> not losing.  Look at it this way...if people are getting your stream  

> from Radiotime, there's probably a good reason.

> On Oct 23, 2008, at 11:52 AM, A9xw at cs.com wrote:

>

>> Our TV station is being streamed by a company along with about a  

>> dozen others to cell phones and internet, at no cost to us. Why  

>> would I complain about that?  Sure saves me money doing it. I  

>> expect they will stream our radio station when we take over in a  

>> few weeks from current owner.

>>

>> Henry _______________________________________________

>> The SBE Roundtable, SBE at sbe.org

>> To unsubscribe, go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/options/sbe

>>

>> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe

>

>

>

> _______________________________________________

> The SBE Roundtable, SBE at sbe.org

> To unsubscribe, go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/options/sbe

>

> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe

> _______________________________________________

> The SBE Roundtable, SBE at sbe.org

> To unsubscribe, go to http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/options/sbe

>

> http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/sbe


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/sbe/attachments/20081023/9e057108/attachment.html>