On-demand content covers long- and short-form audio content made available to listeners, outside the linear (broadcast) stream. It can be anything from content already broadcast (‘listen again’) to downloads and clips made to supplement shows on air (eg.podcasts). This content is not the same as music downloads where users may or may not pay to…
Mobile apps are the second major way that listeners can enjoy your station’s output. Radioplayer provides apps for most of the major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows 8 Phone and on Kindle. There are a few things you need to do and provide in order to ensure your station is featured in the apps. These…
What’s new in the web player v3.1? Improved audio engine supporting HLS in Flash and AAC in HTML5 Responsive layout First-run familiarisation experience EU Cookie Compliance notices Video ad support for VAST and AdsWizz Now Playing ticker improvements Improved Audio Engine The Radioplayer audio engine keeps on getting better. We now support HLS in Flash…
Welcome! We’ve put together a handy guide to get you set up quickly in Radioplayer. As you know, the Radioplayer console is a browser-based application which is hosted by your station, so before you begin, you’ll need someone who knows their way around your website and has FTP access. Before you begin Before you begin,…
What if there was one large, strong, committed, well-funded, connected organization devoted to increasing radio’s tuning? What if radio could actually and cumulatively measure digital tuning on and across all devices accurately? What if there was one organization that national advertisers could work with to execute their digital advertising, rather than having to deal with…
Introduction Stations appear in the Radioplayer system by having a desktop web player (called ‘console’) and by submitting information (metadata) and images that are compatible with certain specifications. By providing compatible information the station will appear correctly in search results and in the mobile apps. The stations must provide audio streams in a compatible format…
We’ve made it reasonably simple to manage your Radioplayer account – there are a few things which still need to be done manually however so read on and find out how we can help one another Changing your Station Control Panel password when you know your current one We’ve added a feature that lets you…
What is an overlay? Overlays are a new feature which allows a station to reveal a piece of content over the top of the plug-in space. This is particularly useful for video prerolls but because of the flexibility we’ve built, you can in fact load any page of HTML into this space. You can…
Interstitials are going away – The next generation Radioplayer console will no longer support interstitials. If you are using this ad format, we recommend you migrate to alternatives such as in-console display advertising or VAST video advertising What are interstitials? We’ve built a new commercial feature into the browser player, called an Interstitial. This ad…
Often broadcasters have to make significant changes to their services. Sometimes this takes the form of re-branding a station, sometimes multiple stations are merged into one and sometimes a broadcaster may launch a new station. This guide will tell you everything you need to know about how such changes might affect your Radioplayer account. Adding…