Tools for Open Society

LiveSupport will be an Open Source radio automation system that will allow stations to manage their daily broadcasts through an intuitive, end-user-centered multi-lingual interface. LiveSupport will be accessible over the Internet, allowing for remote management of on-air radio broadcast.

As a studio tool, LiveSupport will take care of all fundamental broadcast operations and needs, such as playlist management, scheduling, accurate transmission logs, support for a range of audio formats and seamless inclusion of Internet audio streams into on-air programming.

As a remote broadcast management tool, LiveSupport will take full advantage of the Internet by allowing users to manage files stored locally or in the LAN, the WAN, over WiFi connections or satellite uplinks. It will also be able to play files from a central server over a satellite TCP/IP connection. Anything that LiveSupport can reach in a network environment can be scheduled and played or shared with other LiveSupport systems. As such, LiveSupport could become invaluable in the developing world.

LiveSupport aims not only to become an Open Source project that will match the functionality available in the most widespread commercial radio automation tools, but also to revolutionize the concept of TCP/IP based audio distribution.

The grant is given to MDLF/CAMP.

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