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BBC media streaming and download service
BBC Sounds is a British over-the-top audio streaming and download service from the BBC that includes live radio broadcasts, audio on demand, and podcasts. The service is available on a wide range of devices, including mobile phones and tablets, personal computers, cars, and smart televisions. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BBC SoundsA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Simple music and sound effectsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Radio, music, podcasts – BBC Sounds: Public service radio and podcasts in a platform worldCited 22 times
- Go sideways: AudacyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BBC Radio 4A closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Radio, music, podcasts – BBC Sounds: Public service radio and podcasts in a platform world
For Science, Broadcasting, and Conservation: Wildlife Recording, the BBC, and the Consolidation of a British Library of Wildlife Sounds
Reframing public service radio: The case of BBC Sounds
Sounds Useful: a Primary Music Project with the BBC Micro
A sympathy with sounds: Ray Bradbury and BBC Radio, 1951–1970
BBC Sound Recordist
đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕Simple music and sound effectsJonathan Inglis · 1984
Making music on the BBC computerIan Waugh · 1984
BBC Micro Graphics & SoundSteve Money · 1983- 📕BBC sound effects library index · 1991
- 📕Using Sound and Speech on the B. B. C. MicrocomputerM.A. Phillips · 1984
Exploring Music With The BBC Micro And ElectronKevin Jones · 1984
Electron Graphics And SoundSteve A. Money · 1984
Special soundLouis Niebur · 2010
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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