BBC Sounds

[Cockney Sparrow]

James Purnell on Today, R4 at about 07:50. Much more interested in the 97% of under 30's who don't listen to BBC Radio. Tailored podcasts to serve their interests. I presume the present platform being available, whatever the front page /portal looks like, until its expedient to abandon it.
We don't know for sure that podcast BBC Radio will take off sufficiently to replace the present pattern though, so who knows what will actually happen to catch up on iPlayer by schedule and programme.
Enjoy while we may, and try out those continental services linked to from these boards in readiness? (certainly, before midday).

[antongould]

Just downloaded the app - I think - and seems to work very much like the iplayer radio app but with bells and whistles ..... The first "Classical fix from Radio 3" playlist has Travesty in Blue and the Slavonic Dance Op 46 No.3 by Antonn Dvo?k (really!) which will come as no surprise to many hereabouts .......

[teamsaint]

James Purnell on Today, R4 at about 07:50. Much more interested in the 97% of under 30's who don't listen to BBC Radio. Tailored podcasts to serve their interests. I presume the present platform being available, whatever the front page /portal looks like, until its expedient to abandon it.
We don't know for sure that podcast BBC Radio will take off sufficiently to replace the present pattern though, so who knows what will actually happen to catch up on iPlayer by schedule and programme.
Enjoy while we may, and try out those continental services linked to from these boards in readiness? (certainly, before midday).

If 97% of under 30's don't listen to BBC radio, who are the millions who listen to R1, which is specifically aimed at under 30's (?)

https://media.info/radio/stations/bbc-radio-1/listening-figures

[teamsaint]

Just downloaded the app - I think - and seems to work very much like the iplayer radio app but with bells and whistles ..... The first "Classical fix from Radio 3" playlist has Travesty in Blue and the Slavonic Dance Op 46 No.3 by Antonn Dvo?k (really!) which will come as no surprise to many hereabouts .......

It seems that you are, as expected, and early adopter, AG.

[french frank]

Just downloaded the app - I think - and seems to work very much like the iplayer radio app but with bells and whistles ..... The first "Classical fix from Radio 3" playlist has Travesty in Blue and the Slavonic Dance Op 46 No.3 by Antonn Dvo?k (really!) which will come as no surprise to many hereabouts .......

I think I read somewhere that with the BBC presenters' mixes you can't (easily?) skip tracks. That will make them of nil interest to some .

[antongould]

I think I read somewhere that with the BBC presenters' mixes you can't (easily?) skip tracks. That will make them of nil interest to some .

Indeed

[Zucchini]

James Purnell on Today, R4 at about 07:50. Much more interested in the 97% of under 30's who don't listen to BBC Radio …

Surely you misheard or misunderstood. BBC Service Review 2015 confirms R1 alone was reaching around 40% of 15 -29 year olds each week!

[Cockney Sparrow]

Surely you misheard or misunderstood. BBC Service Review 2015 confirms R1 alone was reaching around 40% of 15 -29 year olds each week!

Yes indeed. Correction:
Purnell - BBC Sounds App - at 07:44, Today program R4 29/10/2018 :
"All of BBC radio at your fingertips - all 80,000 hours….wider range of programs…..innovate more…." ".....hope that every body will love this app, our existing app has a very loyal older audience but its only used by 3% of people under 35 every week. So yes we want to lean into this podcast revolution….but we want it to please everyone…"

Also :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/46017079

[antongould]

I think I read somewhere that with the BBC presenters' mixes you can't (easily?) skip tracks. That will make them of nil interest to some .

Well you can actually move through the playlist in the time honoured radio app manner by either banging the 20 second forward “button” until the Slav stops dancing or by moving the ball along the line - if you see what I mean. I’ve just tried it and landed happily on the first bar of Revelry in Blue ....

[cloughie]

Well you can actually move through the playlist in the time honoured radio app manner by either banging the 20 second forward “button” until the Slav stops dancing or by moving the ball along the line - if you see what I mean. I’ve just tried it and landed happily on the first bar of Revelry in Blue ....

How do you load the app on Windows 10?

[Cockney Sparrow]

Don't know if there is an "app" on Win 10 (which I am avoiding, sticking with Win7). On a web browser page - here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

[french frank]

How do you load the app on Windows 10?

My usual state of confusion. I thought these apps were only for mobile phones. I was trying to work out how to download the Travelwest buschecker and decided I could only do so with iOS, not OSX.

I've never used my phone for listening to or watching anything, just train and bus times, booking hotels &c, clock alarm, weather, going online/emails, while on the move. [And, to be fair, I don't want to use it for much else: I suppose a whole world of opportunity awaits me … ]

[Bryn]

My usual state of confusion. I thought these apps were only for mobile phones. I was trying to work out how to download the Travelwest buschecker and decided I could only do so with iOS, not OSX.

I've never used my phone for listening to or watching anything, just train and bus times, booking hotels &c, clock alarm, weather, going online/emails, while on the move. [And, to be fair, I don't want to use it for much else: I suppose a whole world of opportunity awaits me … ]

As far as I am concerned, battery capacity is at too much of a premium for streaming audio or video on a mobile 'phone.

[Nick Armstrong]

Just downloaded the app - I think - and seems to work very much like the iplayer radio app but with bells and whistles

You spurred me on, and so have I.

Was about to come on here and about the apparent absence of the ability to save local downloads for listening when out of signal (one of the most-used aspects of iPlayer for me, when out and about so I can listen without using data allowances etc)

Then wading through "FAQs" I found you can do that, by clicking on the "..." which I often forget is the very discreet way a lot of apps indicate what other options there are available.

So yes, seems like pretty much the same thing, dolled up in livid orange rather than livid pink. There seem to be a number more clicks to get where I want on the new app, but that may be lack of familiarity - perhaps it can be configured so that the home 'page' is something I want rather than what they want (or they think I want).... especially so that logging on doesn't get things playing instantly, which surprised me as the volume was way up and it was late at night.... Need to configure so that it starts playing when I want it to (anyone else had this?)

[Dave2002]

My usual state of confusion. I thought these apps were only for mobile phones. I was trying to work out how to download the Travelwest buschecker and decided I could only do so with iOS, not OSX.

I've never used my phone for listening to or watching anything, just train and bus times, booking hotels &c, clock alarm, weather, going online/emails, while on the move. [And, to be fair, I don't want to use it for much else: I suppose a whole world of opportunity awaits me …

I suspect that some of us here are very much in the minority. "Everyone" else uses their phones almost all the time. I have an older phone - with Bluetooth, which I use - mostly as a phone - and it'll work in my car. I have a smartphone, but it's not too smart, and I hardly use that at all. Neither phone is normally switched on unless I really need to make calls. In the case of the smartphone it's often not on because the battery runs down in a day or two even if I don't use it - what a useless piece of kit!

I wouldn't worry about the "opportunities" you are missing!

Re the Windows 10 question - I don't know - but some phones do use a cut down version of MS operating systems. I think we have one of those, but I don't mess with that, and leave it to the "other" user. So it's possible that there are apps which will work on Windows 10.