ericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)
#askfedi cuz google isn't giving me anything

in the netherlands, there are some radio stations (e.g. 538 and Qmusic) that have video feeds which play music videos in sync with the station, cutting to the studio whenever the presenters talk. do other countries do this too?
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Show threadericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)Nov 4
went down the rabbit hole myself: RTL2 and fun radio in france also do this

of course, there are TV feeds of radio stations all over the world, but not all of them play music videos. i find it interesting that the tech exists to seamlessly sync them up with the radio
Show threadericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)Nov 4
seems to also be common in italy
Show threadericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)Nov 4
going down this rabbit hole made me realize just how much more fun european popular music is than american popular music. lots of dancey, poppy, feel-good tunes over there while all we get is traditionalist bullshit
The LEAST American Songs, According to Chart Data

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Show threadericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)Nov 4
and maybe that's because america at its core is a traditionalist country whose culture is rooted in traditionalist (and puritanical!) beliefs… the more i think about it, the more i look forward to seeing it all come crashing down, assuming it ever does

it has to, eventually… right?
Show threadAlairNov 4
@ericjames Eurobeat forever!
Show threadthis avali will trap ur plasmaNov 4
@ericjames is the radio version actually a separate playout? for me it would make more sense if they were just grabbing the audio part of the feed
Show threadericjames* 🐺‼️ (they/it)Nov 4
@zaki it is, but the TV playout probably detects what song is playing and pulls the music video from a drive and syncs it
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 4

@ericjames Depends.

Some #US stations do only stream the studio, amd in #Germany most don't or only few shows like legendary #Domian from @[email protected] #WDR...
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domian

You can see this with @tagesschau at @[email protected] livestreams when they replace the #video with a "we can't show the images due to lack of licensing" banner, as they only license 3rd party media for #broadcasting in #Germany via DVB-S(2(X))/-T2/-C(2) and not #online - #livestreaming!

  • Pretty shure #DWnews / @dw_innovation literally avoid 3rd party content as much as possible for that reason alone as they want to broadcast the same unified program online and conventionally.
Domian – Wikipedia