Podcasting WTF?
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- AssassinAve
Is it just me or is anyone else think that podcasting is just a clever way of saying MP# audio.
I mean the whole idea of recording sound that comes from my mouth is revolutionary.
I remember a few years back when the restriction for internet radio stations were less stringent and you could link to high quality broadcasts of people doing there own shows.
Are they the same thing, except for the downloading aspect?
- sparker0
different technolog. but, yes. it is simply a way to broadcast audio.
mainly in the form of talk radio.
basically an audio blog. just like a talk show on am radio. only available to download and listen when you feel like it instead of when a station tells you to listen.
- Hym0
the distribution is different, almost radio on demand, listen where and whenever you like
Sure seems very trivial now but i can't remember that being done before with radio type of audio
but yeh the name could as well be Mp3casting
- sparker0
yea, the name is dumb. but the culture and technology is pretty powerful.
it has given myself and my superiors here something to think about.
if we (terrestrial radio) don't adapt and utilize this type of technology...it will only hurt us.
- nburlington0
Al Franken does it for his show.
http://airamericaplace.com/archi…
No commercials. I didn't understand the point until I started using it. I'm not die hard into it but I see how its useful.
- Mimio0
Radio is dead.
Except for maybe cellphones.
- sparker0
"Radio is dead.
Except for maybe cellphones.
Mimio
(May 3 05, 09:58)"
----------------------------funny. keeps paying my salary.
:)
- mg330
It's just another dumb way for nobodies to think they're somebody.
Just like *gasp!, blogs.
- Mimio0
I mean as a technology. There's massive buyouts happening and de-investment all across the US. It's considered one of the least profitable communication mediums.
The waiters on the Titanic were well paid too.
- mg330
I will point out that my comment above doesn't pertain to legitimate reasons for this type of audio distribution. Sparker, I agree with what you said, it is likely very useful for those situations.
But I have read several articles in papers about the growing popularity of podcasting, and, well, sorry, but I don't put much stock in the average Joe who wants to ramble on about the Cubs, or fixing cars, or whatever.
To that point, blogs probably have an advantage in that the content can be searched, rather than sitting through an hour of a podcast to hear what you need to know in the final 5 minutes of airtime.
- 305artist0
PODCASTING= Hip marketing term for playing a recorded online radio show on your iPod...
- mg330
- sparker0
ah. but it is niche marketing. much like design.
i don't give two craps about someone's fancy flash animation...but 'someone' does.
see, you may not care about a show on fixing up old cars. but people who like shows about fixing up old cars will. podcasting offers people the ability to cater to a niche audience.
for example. i listen to lug radio from europe. it's a talk show about linux. something so niche that no traditional radio service would cover it. and, you wouldn't care about the content...but i find it interesting.
from a business point of view, it is an incredible marketing opportunity. you can tailor ads and such directly to a certain demographic. and, at a more fine grain level than ever before.
a couple of friends who no longer work here at the station are starting a podcast show on and for fantasy sports dorks. they already have a localized following and hints of start-up capital are starting to materialize.
and, as far as radio technology...digital audio deliver and audio over ethernet technologies are making it quite interesting, again.
boards, mixers, etc...that all work over cat6 and gb switches...no more heafty audio cabling in studios...better interaction with voip and automated delivery systems...
:)
- 305artist0
So what if you have an iRiver... would it be called Rivercasting?
- sparker0
305, are you trying to be funny? or are you just stupid?
- Meeklo0
Radio is dead.
Except for maybe cellphones.
MimioI agree...
But, I won't include internet radio, wich to me is one of the best things ever. Pick a music style, no comercials, and 24hs a day, on top of that is free and most of them is quality music, in contrast with regular radio that, well..:)
- sparker0
i disagree that radio is dead. i do, however agree that radio sucks (most of the time).
i don't listen to the stations i work for. i don't listen to the radio period. unless i have to relating to work; ie engineering - like marti testing and such.
which is why i like the idea behind podcasting and streaming.
podcasting more so because it's not limited by riaa, fcc or other stupid shit.
:)
- Meeklo0
oh it very dead..
you just don't know it yet.. :)technically, is still there is still there, I just got tired of same music being played over and over untill it makes you hate the song you once loved. Commercials are also a huge turnoff for me.
I just wish there was a way to take internet on the road, (not mx or sirus).
:)
- Meeklo0
I ment takeinternet radio on the road..
- 305artist0
I was trying to be funny, but Im actually pretty serious... branding something to another brand is idiotic.
My 2 cents.
- dahl0
"To that point, blogs probably have an advantage in that the content can be searched, rather than sitting through an hour of a podcast to hear what you need to know in the final 5 minutes of airtime."
mg33Just give it time, soon you will probably be able to search in a MP3 file. Just like you can hjave chapters in a QT file.
Time will weed out the bad podcasts, just like the bad blogs.