[BC] Question/Statement About The Cost of Streaming

[Tom]

They probably run a portal that allows a couple hundred simultaneous 
wide-band connections.  64kbps mp3 streams or higher, instead of 24 kbps 
AAC, and limiting it to something manageable, like 10-20 simultaneous 
listeners.  I'm in the process of setting up RadioXTZ's stream, so I've 
been pricing this stuff.  Also contributing factor is the FOUR licenses 
- ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and SoundExchange.  SESAC is notoriously high; they 
charge as much for a stream license as for a small-market broadcast 
license - and do NOT offer Internet stream licensing as part of their 
Broadcast license, which both BMI and ASCAP do.  And the SoundExchange 
fees are based on either revenue or cost, so....  I plan to address 
those costs, at least, by buying into one of the JPL (Joint Provider 
License) stream providers - specifically, SWCast and Spacialnet, for 
about $25.00/mo or a bit less. 

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> On one stations "Friends Of" website at http://www.friendsofmvyradio.org/ they
> say their streaming cost $500,00 a year.
>
> That's nearly $42,000 a month.. more in a month thensome make in a year.
>
> What in the world causes it to cost so darn much?
-- 
Tom Spencer
PG-18-25453 (nee' P1-18-48841)
http://radioxtz.com/