Streaming your station on the web is a great way of getting your content out to your listeners. Streaming is technically easy, your stream can be accessed on a number of devices and you do not need a broadcast license.
In fact, the only thing you will need to consider before taking your station 'on line' is that if you want to include commercial music in your broadcasts (i.e. play the latest Girls Aloud etc) then you will need to speak to PPL and PRS regarding music licensing for web broadcasts.
To stream your station on the web, you will need to use a streaming service provider to host your streams. This means that listeners never actually connect to your school network having bandwidth and security issues. P Squared have more than a decade of experience in providing streaming solutions and have hosted some of the worlds top radio stations over the past eight years.
School Radio Streaming & Podcasting Packages
These special combined Streaming and Podcasting packages
are
only available to educational establishments.
Steaming & Podcasting Bundle - Small
30 x Windows Media Streams at 64kbps plus
30MB Podcasting Space plus
Live Streaming Graphical Statistics
£30 per month (12 month minimum)
Steaming & Podcasting Bundle - Medium
60 x Windows Media Streams at 64kbps plus
50MB Podcasting Space plus
Live Streaming Graphical Statistics
£50 per month (12 month minimum)
Steaming & Podcasting Bundle - Large
100 x Windows Media Streams at 64kbps plus
75MB Podcasting Space plus
Live Streaming Graphical Statistics
£75 per month (12 month minimum)
Please note that whilst no broadcast license is necessary for
web streaming, if you include any commercial music (or other
copyright material) then you will need to obtain the appropriate PPL and PRS
licenses. You will need a Small Web Broadcast license from PPL and
a LOEL license from PRS. For more schools, the combined cost
will be below £400 a
year although it is based on music 'used' so this figure could
rise.
All prices exclude VAT.
Please note that larger packages are available upon request. All prices are based on a 12 month contract. Redundant server options are also available.
Customer Undertakings:
a. The customer should ensure that they have permission to
stream any
copyright material before commencing the service. Broadcasters
must still inform
copyright owners, or their locally appointed royalty collection
societies (PRS,
MCPS, PPL etc) of their activities. The customer will be
responsible for all
fees, taxes, royalties and any other expenses incurred due to
their streaming.
b. The customer agrees not to broadcast material that infringes
any
copyright, trademark, or any privacy or patent right or similar
rights of any
third party, or transmit any text, graphics, sound recordings,
communications,
video or other (materials) information that is indecent,
intrusive, obscene,
fraudulent, racially offensive or abusive. Similarly, no materials
may be
transmitted which violate any local, regional, national, or
international
law.
c. The customer agrees not to exceed the bitrate they have
agreed
with The Planetwide Radio Company Ltd / P Squared Ltd.
d. The customer agrees to provide a means of delivery of data to
the
server (such as ADSL) which has been agreed with The Planetwide
Radio Company
Ltd / P Squared Ltd. The customer will not divulge information to
any third
party which may allow unauthorized access to streaming facilities.
The customer
may not transmit data to the server from any other locations than
those agreed
with The Planetwide Radio Company Ltd / P Squared Ltd.
