Internet Radio

Internet radio is also known as web radio, net radio, streaming radio or e-radio is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting is done through the Internet referred to as webcasting because it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. Internet Radio has a streaming media channel that can provide continuous audio and no operational control of broadcasting as a traditional broadcast media in general. Many Internet radio stations associated with a traditional radio station (not internet radio station), but for internet radio network using the Internet only and is not associated with traditional radio, the radio stations are independent and not affiliated in any broadcasting company.

Internet radio service can be accessed from anywhere around the world, for example, people can listen to Australian radio station from Europe or America. However, there are also several networks like Clear Channel in the U.S. and Chrysalis in the UK that restrict broadcasting in their own country due to licensing certain types of music and advertising. Internet radio is popular among expatriates and listeners because of the many interests and needs that are often not good enough provided by local radio stations (such as alternative music, entertainment and info-info is not accessible at local radio). Like most radio, internet radio has also fixed services programs contained in the traditional radio.

Streaming

The way in which the internet radio broadcast is via streaming technology, ie technology that can receive and send information from one party to another party using a device that can receive streaming media streams as well. This streaming technology using a lossy audio codec, which is a computer program that serves to compress audio and video based on the data that is formatted via streaming internet radio sound to. Streaming audio formats including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Windows Media Audio, RealAudio and HE-AAC (sometimes called aacPlus).