Streaming live audio involves using bitrates. Bitrate is the bandwidth used to send a stream to the listener. If you are going to broadcast via the internet you must choose a bitrate to send the content to the listener. When choosing bitrate you must take into consideration your target audience. Will my listeners be using a broadband connection such as dsl or cable, or will they be using a dial up connection.

Streaming at a bitrate higher than the listener can download results in buffering. This basically means the stream is stopped while the listeners player downloads enough of the stream to resume playing. Obviously the listener will not want to continue listening to the stream if he has to wait 30 seconds or so in the middle of a song.

Generally a dial up listener can listen to a stream that broadcasts between 8kbs and 32kbs without experiencing buffering depending on the individual listeners connection. Dial up modems can accomodate a maximum band width of 56k although the actual bitrate can vary from 21k to around 52k dependant on the phone line.

Broadband listeners can listen to audio streams at a much higher bitrate. The highest bitrate recommended to stream music to broadband listeners is 128kbs. Why? Music cd’s are recorded at 128kbs. Any streaming above this bitrate is just a waste of your bandwidth

Whats the alternative if you wish to include multiple bitrates? The alternative is to get stream hosting that allows you to broadcast at multiple bitrates. Many stream hosts offer packages that include several different bitrates to effectively let you stream to a larger audience. You send the stream from your computer to said stream server and it sends the stream to your listeners at the multiple bitrates. You can also send your stream to multiple stream servers if you choose in the event that one stream server fails, your stream will still be up and running.

Fort Lauderdale’s newspapers, in both English and Spanish, provide news about these events. These newspapers cater to the mixed population of American, Latin, Mexican and Hispanic origin in Fort Lauderdale. Like newspapers from any other city, Fort Lauderdale newspapers too cover a variety of issues like business, travel, politics, sports, local events, culture, etc.

Fort Lauderdale is served by two English newspapers- the South Florida Sun Sentinel and the Miami Herald.

The Sun Sentinel, owned by Tribune Publishing (one of the giants in the publishing world) is Fort Lauderdale’s primary newspaper with over a million subscribers. Focusing mainly on local issues, Sun Sentinel offers great coverage of all the happenings in Fort Lauderdale. It covers issues like politics, travel, business, sports, weather and all issues that affect the Fort Lauderdale and Broward County.

The Miami Herald’s primary market is South Florida (Dade, Broward and Monroe counties). The Miami Herald serves South Florida’s multi-ethnic population with special focus on the American continent, tourism, international trade and commerce. It has over a million readers daily.

Fort Lauderdale is also served by two Spanish language newspapers – El Sentinel and El Heraldo.

El Sentinel is the name used by two Spanish language newspapers in Florida. El Sentinel del Sur de la Florida published in Fort Lauderdale, is a weekly Spanish-language newspaper. It is a Sun-Sentinel Company publication. El Sentinel (Orlando) is a weekly newspaper based in Orlando. This newspaper serves the Central Florida region

El Heraldo is a newspaper in Spanish mainly targeting Latin, Mexican and Hispanic readers. It covers the general news and happenings in the Fort Lauderdale area.

The newspaper also provides links to local news, entertainment, politics and business, education, web links, recommendations and web links to various other specific areas of interest.

There is also the South Florida Business Journal which covers general business news in Fort Lauderdale. City Link is another newspaper in Fort Lauderdale covering local events, entertainment and the youth culture. Another newspaper in Fort Lauderdale is Fort Lauderdale News.

Fort Lauderdale newspapers provide enough information to stay in touch with the happenings locally and from around the world. Almost all the newspapers in Fort Lauderdale have websites too. This allows people to access news from anywhere in the world and know what is happening in Fort Lauderdale, be it politics, weather, sports or just about anything.