[advocacy] Re: Mailing list removal

[Daniel James]

> As most of you can probably tell, we simply don't have the time
> to do any ogg-related work these days, which is unfortunate.

Hi Jonathan,

Is what you mean that BBC management aren't allocating resources for
you to be able to develop ogg/icecast services? If so, that's a
shame, because not only will licence payers money be wasted on
proprietary software that could have been spent on programme making,
but it will also allow commercial broadcasters (like Virgin) to gain
competitive and technical advantage.

Personally, I'm far more likely to listen to a station that runs an
Icecast stream rather than RealAudio because I get better sound
quality and much less dropped connections. I hope that soon we'll
have a standalone, BBC branded cross-platform audio player with Ogg
support - I'd be using it all the time. Especially if it has
integration with the Listen Again service and a big red button to
take you straight to John Peel's Radio 1 show!

Cheers

Daniel
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