Podcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Podcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Podcasting" is a usage pattern in which audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) are periodically made available on the network, and client software periodically checks for new files at various sites and (more or less automatically) downloads them for later listening at the user's convenience.
The term "podcasting" is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. Although an iPod is currently the playback device of choice for many early adopters of podcasting, a portable music player is not required to take advantage of this method of content distribution. Podcasting is functionally similar to the use of timeshift-capable digital video recorders (DVRs), such as TiVo, which let users record and store television programs for later viewing.
A podcast is much like an audio magazine subscription: a subscriber receives regular audio programs delivered via the internet, and she or he can listen to them at her or his leisure.
Podcasts differ from traditional internet audio in two important ways. In the past, listeners have had to either tune in to web radio on a schedule, or they have had to actively download individual files from webpages. Podcasts are more flexible and much easier to get. They can be listened to at any time because a copy is on the listener's computer or portable music player, and they are automatically delivered to subscribers, so no active downloading is required.
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Adding to a number of ad-hoc, proto-podcasting techniques for automatically downloading audio files, podcasting proper became popular through association with blogs (in particular MP3 blogs), the XML-based file format called RSS (Really Simple Syndication), and the polling applications called feed readers or news readers that poll and download RSS files.
Blogs, often being self-published websites, provided a convenient means for individuals to self-publish audio files online. RSS already gave websites and blogs a means to summarize or list new content added to the site. Individuals already used RSS to poll websites for new content. Thus, the addition of audio file listings to RSS, and the addition of audio file downloading to RSS feed readers built upon the feed reader's existing methods for polling and downloading files, and upon the existing "reader driven" interaction with content publishers.
Oct 8, 2004. "Podcasts: New Twist on Audio" - Wired News article by By Daniel Terdiman.
Oct 23, 2004. "Podcast: Time-shifted radio listening gets a new name" - webtalk Radio.
Oct 28, 2004. "New Food for iPods: Audio by Subscription" - New York Times article by Cyrus Farivar. (subscription required.)
Dec 2, 2004. "Personal soundtracks" - The Guardian article by Ben Hammersley.
Dec 7, 2004. "Tivo for your iPod" - A Newsweek article by Brian Braiker that describes podcasting to the layreader.
Dec 8, 2004. "The people's radio" - An article on audiobloggers featured in The Independent.
Dec 10, 2004. "'Podcast' your world" - Christian Science Monitor article by Stephen Humphries on podcasting.
Dec 30, 2004. "Podcasts bring DIY radio to the web" - BBC News Online article on podcasting.
Jan 7, 2005. "Podcasting: The Next Big Thing?" - KUOW 94.9 FM Puget Sound Public Radio (NPR) segment on podcasting.
Feb 7, 2005. 'Podcasting' Lets Masses Do Radio Shows - USA Today article by Matthew Fordhal.
Feb 7, 2005. 'Podcasting' takes broadcasting to the Internet - CNN
Feb 8, 2005. "Wave goodbye to radio" - Portland Tribune article by Anna Johns
Feb 9, 2005. "Radio to the MP3 Degree: Podcasting" - USA Today article by Byron Acohido.
Feb 13, 2005. "'Podcasters' deliver radio-on-demand" (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6982) New Scientist article by Celeste Biever.
Feb 16, 2005. "Millions buy MP3 players in US" - BBC describes the take up of digital music players in the US.
Feb 19, 2005. "Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here" - New York Times
Feb 22, 2005. "Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star" - Wired
podCast411 - How to Information for Podcasting. Including How to hand code an RSS Feed and How to Explain Podcasting to the Technically Challenged (Flashing 12s).
Yahoo! Podcasters mailing list - A mailing list for podcasters and podcast listeners to communicate about podcasting for the iPodder platform.
iPodder.org - The official IPodder website.
excerpt:
"Podcasting" is a usage pattern in which audio files (most commonly in MP3 format) are periodically made available on the network, and client software periodically checks for new files at various sites and (more or less automatically) downloads them for later listening at the user's convenience.
The term "podcasting" is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. Although an iPod is currently the playback device of choice for many early adopters of podcasting, a portable music player is not required to take advantage of this method of content distribution. Podcasting is functionally similar to the use of timeshift-capable digital video recorders (DVRs), such as TiVo, which let users record and store television programs for later viewing.
A podcast is much like an audio magazine subscription: a subscriber receives regular audio programs delivered via the internet, and she or he can listen to them at her or his leisure.
Podcasts differ from traditional internet audio in two important ways. In the past, listeners have had to either tune in to web radio on a schedule, or they have had to actively download individual files from webpages. Podcasts are more flexible and much easier to get. They can be listened to at any time because a copy is on the listener's computer or portable music player, and they are automatically delivered to subscribers, so no active downloading is required.
...
Adding to a number of ad-hoc, proto-podcasting techniques for automatically downloading audio files, podcasting proper became popular through association with blogs (in particular MP3 blogs), the XML-based file format called RSS (Really Simple Syndication), and the polling applications called feed readers or news readers that poll and download RSS files.
Blogs, often being self-published websites, provided a convenient means for individuals to self-publish audio files online. RSS already gave websites and blogs a means to summarize or list new content added to the site. Individuals already used RSS to poll websites for new content. Thus, the addition of audio file listings to RSS, and the addition of audio file downloading to RSS feed readers built upon the feed reader's existing methods for polling and downloading files, and upon the existing "reader driven" interaction with content publishers.
Oct 8, 2004. "Podcasts: New Twist on Audio" - Wired News article by By Daniel Terdiman.
Oct 23, 2004. "Podcast: Time-shifted radio listening gets a new name" - webtalk Radio.
Oct 28, 2004. "New Food for iPods: Audio by Subscription" - New York Times article by Cyrus Farivar. (subscription required.)
Dec 2, 2004. "Personal soundtracks" - The Guardian article by Ben Hammersley.
Dec 7, 2004. "Tivo for your iPod" - A Newsweek article by Brian Braiker that describes podcasting to the layreader.
Dec 8, 2004. "The people's radio" - An article on audiobloggers featured in The Independent.
Dec 10, 2004. "'Podcast' your world" - Christian Science Monitor article by Stephen Humphries on podcasting.
Dec 30, 2004. "Podcasts bring DIY radio to the web" - BBC News Online article on podcasting.
Jan 7, 2005. "Podcasting: The Next Big Thing?" - KUOW 94.9 FM Puget Sound Public Radio (NPR) segment on podcasting.
Feb 7, 2005. 'Podcasting' Lets Masses Do Radio Shows - USA Today article by Matthew Fordhal.
Feb 7, 2005. 'Podcasting' takes broadcasting to the Internet - CNN
Feb 8, 2005. "Wave goodbye to radio" - Portland Tribune article by Anna Johns
Feb 9, 2005. "Radio to the MP3 Degree: Podcasting" - USA Today article by Byron Acohido.
Feb 13, 2005. "'Podcasters' deliver radio-on-demand" (http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6982) New Scientist article by Celeste Biever.
Feb 16, 2005. "Millions buy MP3 players in US" - BBC describes the take up of digital music players in the US.
Feb 19, 2005. "Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here" - New York Times
Feb 22, 2005. "Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star" - Wired
podCast411 - How to Information for Podcasting. Including How to hand code an RSS Feed and How to Explain Podcasting to the Technically Challenged (Flashing 12s).
Yahoo! Podcasters mailing list - A mailing list for podcasters and podcast listeners to communicate about podcasting for the iPodder platform.
iPodder.org - The official IPodder website.
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