[BC] Tracking digital listenership

[Goran Tomas]

On 10/21/07, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
>
> If it's WiFi or similar... the devices are truly two-way. You tune into a
> stream, and a server, somewhere, logs it. ARB will be *old hat*.
> Lisnership can
> still remain 100% anonymous, but now, "stations" will have something I
> fantasized about as a kid... a realtime "Listenometer"! On a screen or
> wherever they
> chose to display it (a big sign in the Control Room?) they will have a
> live-updated display of the number of units that are receiving their
> stream *right
> now*.


Yep, the current number of listeners can be pulled from streaming server
very easily.... And various stats (number of listeners during the day, week,
which streams, etc) are also not hard to compile.


Regards,
Goran Tomas