Posts Tagged ‘internet radio’

Poll: should YouTube yank the Erie cop video?

Last week we asked you to share the last time you listened to internet radio. A quarter of respondents said that they had tried it, but it’s been a month since listening. Another fifth said that they had listened to both internet-only and terrestrial radio station streams within the past week, with an additional 16% listening to just radio station streams in the past week.

My take is that there is much to like from regular-old radio stations and people are able and willing to listen. You just need to provide them the compelling content.

The hottest story to hit Erie this year is arguably the YouTube video of an Erie policeman ridiculing a murder victim and the Bureau’s response to the situation. That response included a formal request to YouTube to pull the video, as well as seeking a court order for its removal. Both attempts by the Erie brass have failed.

Do you think that there are any extenuating circumstances that would justify the removal of the video? Is there any validity to the Police Bureau’s concern about wiretapping or recording of someone without their knowledge?

Answer the poll and then share your justification in the comments.

Is there any circumstance under which you feel that the YouTube video of the Erie City police officer should be pulled?

  • No: the event that was videotaped was in a public place thereby in the public domain (80%, 48 Votes)
  • Yes: the officer was off-duty and did not know he was nor did he give permission to be videotaped, so there should be some recourse for him and for the Bureau of Police (13%, 8 Votes)
  • I don’t know; I’m ambivalent (7%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 60

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Poll: do you do internet radio?

In a straight comparison of the three Erie TV stations engagement of new social media, 62% of poll respondents said that WSEE was the best user of Facebook, Twitter, blogging and the like. It makes sense, considering that Scott Bremner’s Under The Hat was Erie’s first blog from a media personality, beginning in 1998, long before the term “blog” was common.

Last week American Media Services released a survey showing that internet-only radio stations were gaining fast acceptance, even while terrestial radio was holding its own. A third of those under 50 have tried internet-only radio. The impact of online radio will only greatly increase upon the release of internet browsers in vehicles.

What are your online radio listening habits?

Do you listen to internet radio?

  • It has been over a month since I've listened to any radio online (25%, 8 Votes)
  • I have listened to both internet-only and streams of terrestrial radio stations in the past week (19%, 6 Votes)
  • I have listened to streams of terrestrial radio stations in the past week (16%, 5 Votes)
  • I have listened to streams of terrestrial radio stations in the past month (16%, 5 Votes)
  • I have listened to both internet-only and streams of terrestrial radio stations in the past month (9%, 3 Votes)
  • I have listened to internet-only radio stations in the past month (6%, 2 Votes)
  • I've never listened to radio online (6%, 2 Votes)
  • I have listened to internet-only radio stations in the past week (3%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 32

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The Feed for Weekend of January 10th & 11th

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What’s hot at CES 2009?

The focus at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show seems to be the living room, observers say.

DVICE reports that Web-enabled TV’s, which allow consumers to download online content without a computer involved, are being released by all of the prominent screen manufacturers. They note a study done by Toshiba that when allowing participants the opportunity to connect to RSS feeds through internet-connected TV’s, 25% of them did so. That’s a huge acceptance rate for a new technology.
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