podcasting
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 [...]
Podcasting Growth “Massive” - Universal McCann
New research from leading ad agency Universal McCann shows that “new media” is now actually mainstream media.
The comparative study looks at social media trends through three “waves”:
Wave 1 - September 2006
Wave 2 - June 2007
Wave 3 - March 2008
Research highlights:
Social media is a global phenomenon happening in all markets regardless of wider economic, social and [...]
Audio Podcast Listening Jumps Significantly
Tom Webster at ADM reports on the continuing rise of podcasting in the United States:
This year, our third annual Podcast Consumer Revealed report (derived from the 2008 Arbitron/Edison Media Research Internet and Multimedia study) details significant gains in both audio and video podcast consumption. The audience for downloadable media is not only growing, but also [...]
ADM Moves To Establish Podcast Metrics
The Association for Downloadable Media has opened up two key metrics for public comment and debate - Ad Units and Download Measurement.
Your comments are requested…
Podcasting, Rights and Music
Saturday March 29th 2008 at the Guardian newspaper, London, UK, in a seminar entitled Podcasting, Rights and Music the UK Podcasters Association hosted a seminar highlighting both the impact of legislation upon podcasters and media producers, and also outlining an established legal framework for fully licensed music podcasting.
Becky Hogge from the Open Rights Group lead [...]
UKPA Meets ORG at Guardian March 29th 2008
UKPA is hosting a seminar on rights with the Open Rights Group at the Guardian, Farringdon, London, Saturday March 29th 2pm - 5pm.
Becky Hogge and Matt Wells (heads of ORG and Guardian Audio respectively) will be there, as well as representatives from MCPS-PRS and AIM (Association of Independent Music).
ORG will discuss how the EU AVMS [...]
Radio Academy Podcast: Future of Radio 2
Continuation of the Radio Academy event, January 15th 2007, including questions from the floor.
Radio Academy Podcast: Future of Radio
On 15th January in London, UK, Radio Academy Director Trevor Dann hosted a seminal event about podcasting.
The panel included Nathalie Schwarz from Channel 4, Matt Wells, Head of Audio from Guardian Unlimited, Sarah Prag from the BBC, and noted independent radio / podcast producers Hermeet Chadha and Karen Pearson. The session covered many issues around [...]
Talking Voices Video Showreel
We have a new video showreel online, demonstrating our online video production work. Online video is being commissioned much more frequently these days than when we first started Talking Voices. As 2008 begins, audio podcast production remains the majority of our production work. We expect to be producing more genuinely new media formats including video, [...]
