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From 91Èȱ¬ Radio Labs blog: RealMedia - an update

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Mark Kortekaas Mark Kortekaas | 10:51 UK time, Thursday, 8 October 2009

Editor's notes: this is a joint posting from: Mark Kortekaas (91Èȱ¬ Audio & Music), Ian Myatt (91Èȱ¬ Nations & Regions) and Karl Kathuria (91Èȱ¬ World Service)

At 91Èȱ¬ Radio we try to deliver the best experience for users of our streaming services. We constantly review our services to make sure they deliver 'public value'. The four drivers of public value are: Reach, Quality, Impact and Value.

When streaming services are evaluated against these measures, we take into account where different formats might need to be implemented, evolved or deprecated.

The streaming service provided in RealMedia format has been with us at the 91Èȱ¬ since 1996. At the time it was the best option available, but more recently alternative methods of delivery have become just as important. These include Windows Media and Flash.

When evaluating services with our public value tests, which includes the costs of the services, we came to the decision that RealMedia was something we needed to phase out.

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