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Old 06-01-2009, 11:13   #11
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Re: BBC iPlayer - is radio coming?

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Originally Posted by Stuart C View Post
There's a relatively easy way around that. Send a video signal (even if it's just a blank screen or station logo).
It's not quite that simple - it would need to be tied and timed to the audio, not just a dummy carrier signal. This would introduce a substantial post processing load to the radio signal - I guess there isn't a huge demand for it, to offset the effort required?

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Originally Posted by Stuart C View Post
However, at some point, the BBC will provide the content. Therefore, they would be in a position to know what will be available in future..
not sure what you are trying to say here - the BBC do NOT control, provide, support or maintain the video on demand platform. They are just a content provider. For much of the live stuff (like news) they don't even "provide" the content, it is captured from the broadcast feed and then post processed to add the iPlayer / BBC idents.

The BBC cannot play standalone audio content on the Virgin Media platform.
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