Read The History And How Podcasting Using RSS Works Here.
Traditional broadcasters were extremely
quick to pick up on the pod casting format, especially those whose news
or talk formats spared them the complications of music licensing.
The American syndicated radio show Web Talk
Radio became the first to adopt the format, in September 2004, followed
within weeks by Seattle news radio station KOMO and by individual
programs from KFI Los Angeles and Boston's WGBH.
The BBC began a trial in October 2004 with
BBC Radio Five Live's Fighting Talk.
These trials were extended in
January 2005 to BBC Radio 4's In Our Time. January 2005 also saw CBC
begin a trial with its technology show /Nerd. United States National
Public Radio affiliates WNYC and KCRW adopted the format for many of
their productions.
In April 2005 the BBC announced it was
extending the trial to twenty more programmes, including music radio and
in the same month Australia's ABC launched a pod casting trial across
several of its national stations.
In May, 2005, the trend began to go the
other way, with amateur pod casts becoming a source of content for
broadcast radio programs by Adam Curry, Christopher Lydon and others.
Coping with growth
While podcasting's innovators took
advantage of the sound-file synchronization feature of Apple Computer's
iPod and iTunes software -- and included "pod" in the name -- the
technology was always compatible with other players and programs.
Apple was not actively involved until
mid-2005, when it joined the market on three fronts: as a source of
"podcatcher" software, as publisher of a pod cast directory, and as
provider of tutorials on how to create pod casts with Apple products
GarageBand and Quicktime Pro.
The pod casting selection views of iTunes 4.9
When it added a pod cast-subscription
feature to its June 28, 2005, release of iTunes 4.9, Apple also launched
a directory of pod casts at the iTunes Music Store, starting with 3,000
entries.
Apple's software enabled AAC encoded pod casts to use
chapters, bookmarks, external links, and synchronized images displayed
on iPod screens or in the iTunes artwork viewer.
Two days after release of the program, Apple reported one million pod cast subscriptions.
iTunes Pod cast directory lists top 100 pod
casts based on the number of new subscriptions in a given 24-hour
period, which explains the wild fluctuations in top-20 panel rankings,
initially suspected to be an active count of total number of pod cast
subscribers.
Some pod casters found that exposure to
iTunes' huge number of downloader’s threatened to make great demands on
their bandwidth and related expenses.
Possible solutions were proposed,
including the addition of a content delivery system, such as Akamai; a
peer-to-peer solution, BitTorrent; or use of free hosting services, such
as those offered by Ourmedia, BlipMedia and the Internet Archive.
There's no charge to download the pod casts. Pod casting is a term coined to describe making audio files available for download through RSS feeds.
Pod
casting is being used as a way to distribute weblogs, radio broadcasts
and other content.
What business models can you use with your new pod cast recording?
1.) Audio CD (user pays shipping)
2.) Audio CD (sell CD)
3.) Audio CD (package with transcripts and/or workbook)
4.) Audio CD (bundle with existing product
5.) Pod cast (giveaway)
6.) Pod cast (giveaway part – promote full version)
7.) Pod cast (create membership site)
8.) Pod cast (use to enhance blog or website copy)
How can you create a pod cast?
1.) Just talk about a subject (at least prepare an outline first)
2.) Read your articles
3.) Read your e-books (audio – by chapters)
4.) Read your blog post
5.) Read your sales copy
6.) Read other people’s articles
7.) Record/edit interviews with experts
What can you package with your pod cast to enhance the perceived value?
1.) Create transcripts of your recording
2.) Create a ‘workbook’ to go with your recording
3.) Collect articles on the subject of your recording and publish a report.
