The last reason to ever listen to Radio 1 is going
What? No more innuendo bingo?
The last reason to ever listen to Radio 1 is going
No idea who this guy is but I would be interested in hearing Noel Edmunds back on Radio 1 thats for sure!
Excellent post, I concur.This is so depressing.
Zane is the greatest radio presenter of all time - I mean he launches careers, that shows the power he has, and it's due to his amazing abilities with radio.
I'm sure he'll be fine on iTunes Radio.. but what about people without iOS, or even more broadly, without data/cellular connection?
He is listened to by millions worldwide, and the defining man of Radio 1. I don't care what Apple offered him, I'm so disappointed he would move away from ad-free, international radio available on any device, to what is going to be an extremely limited service. (There are around 11 million iOS users in the UK, but over 15 million Radio 1 listeners in the UK alone, and it's available nationwide on FM).
I just wish Apple had had more sense to do some kind of partnership, maybe like a future push from Podcasts, (similar to what Blinkbox Music has been doing) than to do this corporate and cold move, of buying the best and making them device exclusive. Apple is no longer the company I've admired all my life, after all, how can you be thinking differently if you're the largest company in the World. How sad![]()
I suspect he will be joining Rolf Harris....
Ohhh would you like to clarify what you mean by that? Not so clever to say that on a public forum!
No ads but loads of pointless talking about rubbish in a really annoying way. These days I prefer radio 2s waffle to radio 1, less teenagery.
you don't have to have the screen/tv on you know and a lot of people have their apple tv hooked up through their home cinemas and hifi systems so iTunes radio on tv off
the fact is that different audio channels may be one thing, but its the only thing...
Since (1 your hooking to a hi fi system, and (2 if the tv is not on, then your probably just using the tv speakers... pointless since what is a screen doing there then ?
As i said, I can't grasp this concept... The only thing i would say is if users wanting to enjoy the wealth of digital audio stations, as the ONLY reason why anyone would do this,,,, and the fact its only convenient because they have an Apple TV right there.... Ok.... 2 things ...
If users never had an Apple TV, it would be different. So that would confirm it.
You've not understood how a Hifi or home cinema set up works.
Also listening through tv speakers if the tv is not on is eh impossible![]()
Anyway if someone wants to listen through tv with some swirly screen saver music sync pattern they can and to alot of people this would be the same quality as listening to a small transistor radio.
Just because you don't get the usage doesn't mean others are the same![]()
Some TV's have a fairly decent sound, though the low end is obvious not good ;-). Pretty good for most things you watch on TV, but not everything obviously and certainly not movies.
huh?
we were discussing iTunes radio listening
Its about being able to get great music to an audience on a global level. I know that there is an opportunity to come out here and to build something that will reach parts of the world that Ive never reached before.
Another dead end Apple is going down. Music (as a profit center) is dead while the future is in visual media (movies). Music had its place before everyone had screen in their pocket.
No. Just no! Look at the way tech is heading. It's not that simple. 50 years ago everyone was expecting video calling was the natural progression in communications tech. It turns out, here we are, we can have video calls for free and people, generally... don't. In fact, if anything they've even moved away from audio conversation back towards the most basic form of text messaging! Why? Because a video conversation requires all of your time and attention, an audio conversation let's you do a little more, but still takes a large degree of attention, whereas you can have text conversations and get on with your life. It's lack of intrusiveness which wins. And so it goes for media consumption. People absolutely will consume visual media, but it does require more of their attention, whereas you can listen to music while walking, driving, working etc. The ways of monetising it may change, but if the internet has proven anything, it's that you can monetise pretty much *anything*.
I never said people wouldn't consume it, just that because of business models like Spodify or Pandora there is no longer a profit center in the medium.
People can consume tons of music, that doesn't mean it is long term viable revenue stream.
Haha your post just shows how little you know. Zane is good, he wouldn't have lasted this long if he wasn't. He knows his stuff.
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Mind you, since you claim to have ditched radio 1 for the last 10 years, you don't really have a reliable or valid opinion on the matter....![]()
Doesn't that come close to some kind of music snobbery though?