Fw: [Swprograms] Changes to Sirius BBC Stream?

["Richard Cuff" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another interesting dynamic might be what the future PRI role will be.
Minnesota Public Radio has been expanding its own distribution role at the
expense of PRI, even though MPR is a significant shareholder (at least I
think they are; these relationships are difficult to track) in PRI.

These changes -- just like the changes that Paul David and Kevin Kelly
reported in the Radio 4 overnight schedule -- were the result of audience
research in the specific markets of interest.

It appears to be the intent of the schedule planners that these alternate
schedules will then get folded into the schedule finder tool at the BBCWS
website, but these website changes lag the actual schedule changes
themselves.

This means that when you click the "radio button" for a given African city
in the footprint of Worldspace, you would then get the correct Worldspace
schedule...eventually...

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Figliozzi" <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Shortwave programming discussion" <swprograms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Changes to Sirius BBC Stream?


> Following up...
>
> Kevin Kelly, who maintains the excellent publicradiofan.com web site,
> sent me an updated PRI winter schedule for its proprietary BBC World
> Service stream and it does appear to track what I heard this past
> weekend.
>
> See:
> http://www.pri.org/PublicSite/listeners/programs/pop_up/
> bbc_win_schedule.pdf
>
> So, all that needs to be answered is whether this change on Sirius is
> by accident or design--and, perhaps, why a change was felt warranted.
>
> As they say, stay tuned...
>
> John Figliozzi
>
>
> On Sunday, November 28, 2004, at 11:00  PM, John Figliozzi wrote:
>
> > It appears that the BBC World Service has made some changes to the
> > stream it provides to Sirius Satellite Radio, which is carried on
> > channel 114.  Up to now, the World Service has provided the "full
> > service" Americas stream over XM Satellite Radio and a modified
> > version of the "all news" stream to Sirius.  This weekend, I noted
> > that the BBC World Service on Sirius contained some programs
> > heretofore not carried there.  These included "Outlook", "The Ticket"
> > and a program that is part of a six installment documentary series on
> > European cities.  I also noted that at least one regular program
> > heretorfore carried was not. "Sportsworld", unfortunately, appears to
> > be a casualty of this apparent modification.
> >
> > On the half-hour today, I also heard an underwriting announcement used
> > by and specifically identifiying PRI (Public Radio International) as
> > the provider of BBC World Service in the U.S.  However, the apparently
> > new schedule I'm observing does not track the proprietary PRI schedule
> > either.
> >
> > The BBC has willingly tailored World Service schedules for various
> > clients, in addition to its eight international streams and two
> > internet streams.  This past weekend on "Write On", a listener who
> > tunes in via Worldspace complained of a unannounced change in schedule
> > for the satellite service's "in the clear" World Service channel that
> > adds 90 minutes of non-English programming.  The reply stated that
> > World Service was now providing two channels--a "full service" 24 hour
> > English channel that was now available only by subscription and a 24
> > hour modified "all news" channel (including the new 90 minute
> > non-English segment) that would remain "in the clear" and not require
> > extra payment.  Dilly Barlow, at the end of her reply to the letter
> > writer, stated that the BBC had "no current plans" to add further
> > non-English programming to the "in the clear" channel.
> >
> > I am surmising that the described adjustments to the Sirius stream are
> > part of an overall reassessment of the various schedules that the BBC
> > tailors for specific requests or needs of its clients.  I've used the
> > word "apparent" in my descriptions just in case the noted changes are
> > anomalies resulting from an inadvertent mistake or other cause.  I
> > have contacted the BBC Press Office and the World Service directly
> > requesting an explanation.  If and when I receive one, I will pass it
> > along on these forums.
> >
> > John Figliozzi
> > Halfmoon, NY
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