[Internet Radio Streams] no clue whatsoever: localized adverts
by Michael Uplawski from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6FJCW)
Good morning
If you do not like vague ideas about opaque layers of technology which are of no big impact on anything, anyway.., then maybe do not read on.
As some may know, I listen to a few radio stations via an i Internet Radio i. For those who do not remember, this device looks like a radio.
But it receives streams via Wifi or - in ancient times - via cable. Most of the time, the streams are chosen from a really big bunch of pre-configured radio stations. While I can add stream-URLs, it has turned out, that those that I wanted to add had already been included by the manufacturer, though sometimes been filed under the wrong category.
The event:
When I listen to a radio-station (called Web-Radio" sometimes) in my Web-Browser, I know the URL that I have requested and sometimes can anticipate this kind of advert. It appears (to me) that those radio stations delegate their hosting to some platform which might or might not choose to send out adverts sometimes or - like in my case - at the moment of a new connection.
But...
The Question
Have a nice week-end.
Michael
If you do not like vague ideas about opaque layers of technology which are of no big impact on anything, anyway.., then maybe do not read on.
As some may know, I listen to a few radio stations via an i Internet Radio i. For those who do not remember, this device looks like a radio.
But it receives streams via Wifi or - in ancient times - via cable. Most of the time, the streams are chosen from a really big bunch of pre-configured radio stations. While I can add stream-URLs, it has turned out, that those that I wanted to add had already been included by the manufacturer, though sometimes been filed under the wrong category.
The event:
When I listen to a radio station which is situated in California, upon turning on the radio or just after choosing the stream, first of all, I hear that a local supermarket has received a new delivery of fresh carrots from Spain. (Yeah. It is a mystery - fresh" and from Spain")Though would the supermarket be in San Diego, I would appreciate the information. But I live in Normandy (France) and they talk of a place about 8km from here that I know, although I would not buy my carrots there.
When I listen to a radio-station (called Web-Radio" sometimes) in my Web-Browser, I know the URL that I have requested and sometimes can anticipate this kind of advert. It appears (to me) that those radio stations delegate their hosting to some platform which might or might not choose to send out adverts sometimes or - like in my case - at the moment of a new connection.
But...
The Question
Could you imagine a way for me to know *who* is responsible for the adverts in my Interet Radio ?The question is *not* how to get rid of them. Not yet, at least.
Have a nice week-end.
Michael