Relay external Streams
The format of my station is primarily music, but I do feature some talk programming as well. Of course, all these are pre-recorded, uploaded audio tracks. However, I'd like to be able to carry one, maybe two syndicated live call-in shows that are fed in via relay streaming.
I realize this would not work for music programming due to licensing rules here, but it sure would be beneficial for broadcasters like me who wish to carry live shows available via third parties, especially for those who otherwise have no live DJs throughout the day.
These shows are fed in segments, allowing broadcasters to insert ad breaks at scheduled times throughout the hour, which means I can still insert the LIVE365 ad breaks and stay in compliance.
The platform I previously broadcasted with had the relay streaming option and it worked beautifully. Please consider adding this feature.
Comments: 4
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03 Aug, '18
Philip AdminThanks for the insight into why a relay feature would be useful to you. We've had some requests about relaying a different Live365 station to your own as a way to share programming or let another host take over. My concern with your use case is the syndicated material. We don't have a way to verify that a Live365 customer has permission to broadcast the material. Also, if they have any copyright music inside of their programming then we would need metadata to be delivered as each track plays.
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03 Aug, '18
JohnTo Moderator,
I should clarify that I'm speaking of live TALK shows.
The idea of relaying another LIVE365 station is good - hadn't thought of that. Problem is that I have no way of knowing which of our stations have live shows or live djs on a regular basis. There is also no way for us as a broadcasting community to communicate with one another that I know of, which leads to another feature suggestion - a broadcaster forum. Then we could exchange ideas and services. Thanks for your reply. -
09 Oct, '18
Ragan LatsonI love the idea of being able to carry syndicated shows that are fed in via relay streaming, I think that would be a great feature to add
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07 Dec, '18
Jim CravenMetadata will be an issue for most features that will be added. If you use an third party software such as SAM or Station Playlist, you can already do this. At least this feature would run directly through Live365 so that whatever is broadcast can be monitored by Live365 in the event there’s a questionable issue.