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Podcasts Boost Radio Audiences, Says UK Industry Researcher
All of the RAJAR-commissioned data reported in this Guardian article is pretty good news for the humble podcast, with one exception: “Although podcasts were popular with listeners, media organisations have found difficulty turning them into significant moneyspinners”.
Agreed – media organisations, with top-down attitudes and old-media thinking continue to invest in podcasting as part of their [...]
BECTU at BAFTA
Dean Whitbread from Talking Voices spoke today as part of the Digital Futures panel for BECTU’s Freelancers’ Fair.
Here’s an embedded player which uses content from Phreadz (a threaded multi-media social network currently in closed beta) and Qik (live mobile streaming) which contains the presentation from two different angles – plus replies to the thread as [...]
Changes at Talking Voices
We’re pleased to be able to make several announcements at once regarding the future of the company.
Brian Greene and Sinéad Murnane from doop in Dublin, have been making a great success of Talking Voices Ireland. Both join the board of Directors.
Michael Franklin, formerly of TalkSPORT and The Wireless Group joins the board as Financial Director [...]
Apple Backs ADM: New Podcast Metrics Body
The internet has a new association with a new acronym, the ADM – Association for Downloadable Media.
Key players from many sides of the podcasting industry, including Apple Inc., BlogTalkRadio, Kiptronic, Wizzard Media/LibSyn, NPR, Nielsen Online, Personal Life Media, Inc., Podbridge, PodTech, PodShow, Podtrac, Porter Novelli, Rev3 and Vogele & Associates have taken on the [...]
John Buckley Joins Talking Voices
Talking Voices is delighted to announce that John Buckley is joining the company. John is a skilled exponent of many social media phenomena such as Second Life, as well as being a well-established blogger, and a prominent podcaster and citizen journalist.
Based just outside Manchester in the north west of England, John is extremely [...]
Brands In Second Life
For a long time now, major brands have been using Second Life, the massively popular online virtual world, for a variety of purposes.
This article is an overview of how corporates are embracing the new medium, including Reuters, C|Net, Adidas, Reebok, Toyota, Nissan, Sun Computers and IBM.
Here’s Talking Voice’s Egg Desoto putting his feet up [...]
PodCamp Europe
We will be attending PodCamp Europe, June 12th – 13th in Stockholm, Sweden. Hope to see you there.
Talking Voices Social Media Seminars
Talking Voices regularly runs seminars for people interested in knowing more about social media.
With plenty of chances to ask questions and the opportunity to discuss social media in depth with experienced producers and active business users, these seminars are a priceless addition to your fund of knowledge, offering you insight and a putting [...]
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 [...]
Talking Voices Podcast #6
We produced and helped to promote a compilation selection of the best of British podcasting, Podcast Tasters, delivered on that most conventional of media, an audio CD, at the Internet World Expo, Earl’s Court today.
Jamie Riddell’s well received Web 2.0 keynote speech covered podcasting, social bookmarks, UGC, CRM, Second Life and Twitter.
What I really like [...]
