BBC to stream The Proms in super high quality lossless audio in a UK first

published 17 April 2017

The BBC has announced that it will deliver The Proms this year with FLAC level audio for super high-quality sound.

The Proms, celebrating its 90th anniversary, will be streamed for its full eight weeks via BBC Radio 3 in FLAC quality in a UK first.

BBC Radio 3 controller, Alan Davey, said: “We’ve always innovated around the Proms, and this new lossless audio stream will let our audience experience the whole season in spectacular, unprecedented quality. The Proms are the biggest event in the classical music calendar, and this year listeners will feel as if they were standing in the arena of the Royal Albert Hall.”

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