[access-uk] 20 more shows to download from BBC
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The following item from BBC News Technology lists more shows available for
Podcasting. Also, there is mention of the IMP (Interactive Media Player)
trial, no email contact given, (smile).
Ray
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BBC NEWS
BBC Radio podcasts 20 more shows
The BBC is making 20 more radio shows available for listeners to download onto
their
digital music players.
People will be able to download shows, such as technology programme Go Digital
and
some Radio 1 audio, in a trial.
The move extends the BBC's successful trial of the Radio Five Fighting Talk and
Radio
4 In Our Time podcasts.
Podcasts are essentially radio shows on demand. Listeners subscribe for free to
a
show, the latest of which is then sent automatically to music players.
"These technologies can transform the value we deliver to audiences and make our
programmes more accessible for both new and existing audiences," said Simon
Nelson,
controller of BBC Radio and Music Interactive.
"The BBC was the first British broadcaster to podcast when we made In Our Time
available
last year and this trial will enable us to further explore the editorial,
technical
and distribution issues involved."
The previous podcasting trials, which also included digital radio station
1Xtra's
TX Unlimited show, were highly successful. The three podcasts were downloaded
as MP3 files a total of 270,000 times in the first
four months of the trial.
Thousands online
The programmes which will be made available as podcasts are mainly talk-based to
avoid problems over music rights issues.
BBC PODCASTS
Today (Radio 4, daily) - 8.10am interview
In Business (Radio 4, weekly)
From Our Own Correspondent
(Radio 4, weekly/twice weekly)
In Our Time (Radio 4, weekly)
Reith Lectures (Radio 4, run of six)
Sportsweek (Radio Five Live, weekly)
Rumour Mill - (Radio Five Live, weekly)
Mark Kermode film review slot
(Radio Five Live, weekly)
Radio 1 speech highlights - to be confirmed
Go Digital (World Service, weekly)
Documentary archive
(World Service, twice weekly)
TX documentaries
(1Xtra, weekly) - various subjects
Gaelic Letter
(BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal, weekly)
The 8.10am interview from Radio 4's Today programme will be the first daily
podcast.
Radio 1's podcasts will take the form of highlights from interviews or other
speech-based
shows, not music.
The new podcasts will begin in May.
There are now thousands of podcasts available on the net, ranging from fishing
tackle
talk shows, to gadget talk, exercise workouts, political chat, and film reviews.
US politicians are also experimenting with podcasting after finding success with
blogs during the presidential elections last year.
Virgin Radio has also started to make talk-based highlights of its breakfast
show
available as podcasts.
Easy to do
Podcasts have become popular partly because millions of people own digital music
players and want content to listen to. They are also easy to make if people
have the right equipment and a net connection.
But they have also caught people's attention because of programs people have
developed,
such as iPodder.
Listeners can tell the program details of the shows they want to listen to.
The iPodder, or similar application, will then collect the shows and
automatically
send the most recent one to music players when they are connected to a computer.
In a different trial, the BBC is also to make certain radio shows available to
download
through its Interactive Media Player (iMP).
Based on peer-to-peer technology, iMP lets people download TV and radio
programmes
which the BBC owns the rights to, within seven days of first being broadcast.
The trial is intended to give people the chance to watch or listen to programmes
they might have missed, when they want to. It is part of the BBC's drive to use
new
technology to give licence fee payers more value for money.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/technology/4447557.stm
Published: 2005/04/15 10:03:11 GMT
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