Inspiration
I am an international student from Bangladesh studying and working in the US. I always miss listening to the stations that I grew up listening in my country. My girlfriend also has the similar issue. But one day, she suggested, "I Wish I could have online website that streams Bangladeshi radio stations for free!" And we immediately started working on it :)
What it does
You can register with an account and then you are able to select the radio stations that you want to play for free.
How we built it
HTML5 audio element, getting stream urls from popular radio stations and making a fabulous integration
Challenges we ran into
Stream urls continuously change, so there is a everyday maintenance challenge
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We got over 500 hits in the first month of launching the development phase of the site without even marketing about it
What we learned
We need to monetize this, but we believe the service should be free. So we are going to put advertisements every 15 minutes of playing with the option to Skip and a monthly ad free service of $2 per month.
What's next for BanglaStream - online radio streaming service
Add more stations and build a stronger UI, also make an iOS and Android App