Triple J have finally released an app, joining the likes of Southern Cross Austereo, DMG and ARN in providing a hand-held extension of on-air broadcast. The free Triple J app for smartphones includes a swathe of features designed to complement on-air programs and extend user accessibility to Triple J content.
The app, launched this morning includes a live stream at 48kbs, which uses approximately 360k a minute. According to Triple J, listening to the live stream for one hour will use no more than 22mb. On-air playlists are accessible through the live stream function, where the last twenty tracks played on air during general programs are listed. Users can flag these tunes in the ‘Tracks I Love’ section, where they can watch footage connected through YouTube. Paired with the stream is an in-built text line to the studio, where users are also encouraged to ‘join in’ by logging into Twitter to contribute to the conversation @triplej.
Users can access missed programs and interviews with the On Demand tool, which enables users to listen to the entire show of Triple J specialist programs, Sunday Night Saffran and Hack for one week after broadcast. An archive of segments and interviews from other shows such as Breakfast and Drive is available and users can also access all Triple J podcasts from their phone, including the wisdom of Dr Karl, live sets and reviews. The content works with a ‘no more than one megabyte per minute’ rule, so listening to half an hour of Home and Hosed would use no more than 30MB of data.
Users can also read and share information through the Music News section that provides band, tour and festival updates and the app also assists users wanting to listen to the station when travelling with a handy Frequency Finder.
This is not Triple J’s first endeavour into app-dom. January 2010 saw the release of the free Triple J Unearthed app, which allows users to access tunes from the Unearthed site, browse genres and Triple J ‘hand-picked’ recommendations and make playlists of new material from over 20,000 tracks.
Source: The Music Network, written by Shannon Connellan