CBS Radio cuts off streaming outside the U.S.

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Posted by Isolation on February 16, 2010 at 15:06:24:

The policy change happened quietly on Friday, but was quickly detected by listeners. The CBS decision is apparently due to music royalties.

The CBS talk-based stations (news, talk, sports) are collateral damage, because their Internet streams are also now unavailable to users outside the U.S.

Why is a sports station in Boston or a news station in Los Angeles affected, when they don’t play music? The issue is the CBS/AOL player software. It’s the common platform shared by all the CBS Radio terrestrial stations which stream. Pulling out the stations that don’t play music is a logistical problem.

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: The policy change happened quietly on Friday, but was quickly detected by listeners. The CBS decision is apparently due to music royalties. : The CBS talk-based stations (news, talk, sports) are collateral damage, because their Internet streams are also now unavailable to users outside the U.S. : Why is a sports station in Boston or a news station in Los Angeles affected, when they don’t play music? The issue is the CBS/AOL player software. It’s the common platform shared by all the CBS Radio terrestrial stations which stream. Pulling out the stations that don’t play music is a logistical problem.

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