About Streaming Media
Streaming
Audio a method of playing audio files from the web. The
audio is played as it arrives off the Internet. The file is
not preserved on the computer, so an internet connection
must be sustained to play the audio file. In simplest
terms, it's an audio signal, carried to your computer by the
wonders of the internet. It can be either "live" or
"archived" (saved at a website for later listening).
Here at
Ballparkradio, it means live "internet radio" broadcasts of
your favorite men's fastpitch teams, bringing the games
right into your home or office.
You sit down
at your computer, click a couple of links, and wait for the
"streaming audio" to load and play through the speakers
hooked up to your computer. Once you're connected, it is
virtually the same as listening to radio. Our
streaming audio broadcasts are carried by a company called
"Sportjuice", the leading provider of streaming audio for
minor league baseball teams all over the country. (They
take our signal and "stream" it to you).
Streaming
Audio Pioneers for Men's Fastpitch
David Blackburn
(R) & Ron
Chambers (L) Pioneered the
Use of Streaming Audio for
Men's Fastpitch and have produced
streaming audio broadcasts for the ISC World Tournament
since 2001
The use of
live, "streaming audio" broadcasts of men's fastpitch games
was pioneered by one of Southern California's own, David
Blackburn. David who is still an active player/pitcher, is a former ISC State
Commissioner for California, and now heads up the ISC's
internet broadcasts with broadcast partner, Ron Chambers,
pictured above. (That's Ron at left, David at right). Ron
has been a mainstay of the past ISC World Tournament since
2001, broadcasting as many as seven games in a single day!
David
Blackburn included Fastpitchwest in some of his early
"trial" broadcasts from the 2001 Best of the West
tournament, where we got a first-hand look at the technology
for streaming audio. It wasn't long ago that we only
dreamed of broadcasting fastpitch games on the internet.
Hard to believe that 2004 was their fourth (4th) year of
bringing us live broadcast of the ISC World Tournament.
In 2004,
David Blackburn pushed the envelope further still, with the
first ever streaming video broadcast of the ISC World
Tournament Championship game.
