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Conference Podcasting - Where IT and Great Minds Meet
Brian Greene, Talking Voices’ podcasting, blogging and social media consultant in Ireland, was recently interviewed for the Irish Independent Newspaper speaking about the uses of podcasting in conferences and how the conference scene is changing.
“The recording and on-demand broadcasting of audio, is not just for those who can’t make it on the day”, he explains. [...]
Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best Podcast is Critic’s Choice for the Independent
Rob da Bank’s Sunday Best Podcast appeared as Critic’s Choice in yesterday’s Independent newspaper.
Rob’s twice-monthly, 30 minute podcast is described as ‘an insight into the eclectic world of Rob da Bank, the Radio 1 DJ and Sunday Best supremo’. Catch up on the Bestival with live tracks from XX Teens, Candie Payne [...]
John Cleese to release new video series in conjunction with The Podcast Network
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John Cleese to release new video series in conjunction with The Podcast Network.
British actor, writer and comedian John Cleese is to release Headcast, a series of online videos, which he describes as “some humorous, some more thoughtful, giving me a chance to sound off in my old [...]
Web 2.0 in Supermarkets?
This is a fascinating take on the social media, social networking and Web 2.0 scene. It is very funny, but it does make you stop and wonder where it will all end.
Straight Talking Bank at No 1 with Talking Voices
The TalkingVoices.com produced podcast for Rabobank has entered at number one in the Irish iTunes Business chart. First recorded in February 2007, a second series was commissioned and recorded in May 2007, the episodes of which will be released between July and December.
“It has been an interesting first venture into podcasting for the bank [...]
Dame Shirley Bassey’s Diamond-Encrusted Boots
Paul Carey, Talking Voices PR expert, appeared recently in PR Week. Paul works for Dame Shirley Bassey and is responsible for the whole diamond-encrusted boots idea, securing much press coverage. Paul attended the Glastonbury Festival with Dame Shirley, where she put on a stunning performance.
RSS - Shown Really Simply
RSS De-mystified: Here’s a really simple explanation of how RSS can help you and also how to set it up. It’s well worth spending a couple of minutes watching this great video from the The Common Craft Show:
There are two types of Internet users, those that use RSS and those that don’t. This video is [...]
Significant Advertising Dollars Could Soon Begin to Flow Towards Podcasting
ComScore released a study this week focusing on users who downloaded podcasts via iTunes in October 2006.
The study reveals that although the 18-24 year old share of the iTunes audiences represents 29%, it appears that people between 35-54 represent about 50% of the podcasting audience and are also more likely than average to download [...]
New Media Age; Podcast producers win licence to include full music tracks
The UKPA has agreed a deal with AIM which gives UKPA members a preferential rate on their podcast licence. This allows broadcasters, publishers and brands producing podcasts to feature any of the 30,000 tracks available under the AIM licence.
All tracks are no-DRM and are full length. Read more.
BECTU: Future Distribution
Dean spoke last night at the BECTU: Future Distribution event.
BECTU is the Broadcasting, Entertainment and Cinematograph and Theatre Union.
Speeches covered various topics including video content for mobile phones, digital distribution of films and of course podcasting.
Listen to Dean’s speech:
