Web Radio Broadcasting and the Golden New Age of Online Audio

The 1920s through 1940s are remembered as the Golden Age of Radio. Before television, before the Internet, before DVDs and video games, families gathered around a big box in the living room to listen to gripping dramas, spine-chilling mysteries, uproarious comedies and stirring live musical performances. The box offered no pictures to its audience; it was all theatre of the mind–but what theatre it was!

With all of the entertainment choices available today–so much of it visual–a person could be forgiven for assuming that radio will never again be much more than a source of background music for our cubicles and traffic reports when we’re driving in our cars.

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Internet Broadcasting – Audio and Video Streaming Changes The World of Media Marketing And Fame

We all have grown up with radio and television as forms of media. Now, with the exponential  growth of the internet, traditional forms of sharing content have evolved. We now have “new media” and “online broadcasting, ” as platforms for producing and distributing content.

Many sites allow you to post content , and more being created as we speak..  For the visual video format known as streaming media most people have seen YouTube. YouTube has more than 1 billion videos online in a month. Recently in the news Current TV had press after former President Bill Clinton helped secure the release of one of their reporters.

What are the key differences in the traditional format to online broadcasting platforms? The playing field for participation is more evened out. To share content with audiences previously took very expensive equipment and highly equipped studios to compete effectively.

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Broadcasting Your TV Over the Internet – A Way to Reach the Public

One of the most important events in the history of mankind was definitely the invention of the Television. It is probably responsible for the extent of the globalization that we enjoy today. The invention of the Television created a popular pastime for all Americans and for all humans in the world. Due to TV, we can see news events happening live on out screen and we can watch any popular shows, music clips and movies that we like on any one of the thousands of available TV channels in the world. The days where we had to wait for the TV set to warm up so that we can watch couple of hours of black and white entertainment has long passed. Now with the availability of high definition and LCD, we can watch events with a high resolution and with the advent of satellite we can watch any event unfolding in the world live. However, perhaps the biggest event that is significant is the availability to watch TV online through the Internet.

With the availability of higher Internet speeds and with the use of Shoutcast Server Technology, it is now possible to watch any station or listen to any Radio Station “Live” with the Internet. Many stations around the world have used the Shoutcast technology to video stream their Broadcast content over the Internet. With the higher connection speeds in the world today due to ADSL, we can watch these video streams easily without any significant delay or scrambling. In fact watching Internet has become quite popular today, even at the workplaces. Even though your boss may not like it much, you can watch your favorite show or watch the news Live, by watching your popular station over the Internet. In instances where it is not allowed to watch Tv in the workplace, then it’s always possible to listen to your favorite Radio Station over the Internet.

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