Podcast

A podcast is a blazon of agenda media consisting of an anecdotal alternation of audio files subscribed to and downloaded through web alliance or streamed online to a computer or adaptable device. The chat is a neologism acquired from "broadcast" and "pod" from the success of the iPod, as podcasts are generally listened to on carriageable media players.

A account of all the audio or video files currently associated with a accustomed alternation is maintained centrally on the distributor's server as a web feed, and the adviser or eyewitness employs appropriate applicant appliance software, accepted as a podcatcher, that can admission this web feed, analysis it for updates, and download any new files in the series. This action can be automatic so that new files are downloaded automatically. Files are stored locally on the user's computer or added accessory accessible for offline use, giving simple and acceptable admission to anecdotal content.12 In this way it is assorted to webcasting (Internet streaming).

As discussed by Richard Berry, podcasting is both a converged average bringing calm audio, the web and carriageable media player, and a confusing technology that has acquired some in the radio business to amend some accustomed practices and preconceptions about audiences, consumption, assembly and distribution.3 This abstraction of aggro is abundantly because no one being owns the technology; it is chargeless to accept and actualize content, which departs from the acceptable archetypal of 'gate-kept' media and assembly tools.4 It is actual abundant a accumbent media form: producers are consumers and consumers become producers and appoint in conversations with anniversary other

Name

The appellation "podcasting" was aboriginal mentioned by Ben Hammersley in The Guardian bi-weekly in a February 2004 article, forth with added proposed names for the new medium.67 It is a blend of the words "pod"— from iPod —and "broadcasting".8 Despite the etymology, the agreeable can be accessed application any computer that can play media files and not just carriageable music players.9 Use of the appellation "podcast" predates the accession of built-in abutment for podcasting to the iPod, or to Apple's iTunes software.10 To abstain a appellation evocative of "iPod", some use the appellation netcast instead of podcast, such as the TWiT.tv podcaster Leo Laporte11 (though the older121314 appellation is aswell acclimated in the broader faculty of any internet-delivered realtime media transmission).

History

Many individuals and groups including Dawn and Drew of The Dawn and Drew Show, Kris and Betsy Smith of Croncast and Dan Klass of The Bitterest Pill contributed to the aboriginal actualization and acceptance of podcasts.15 Former MTV VJ Adam Curry is accustomed with advancing up with the abstraction to automate the supply and syncing of textual agreeable to carriageable audio players.16 The aboriginal appliance to accomplish this action achievable was iPodderX, developed by August Trometer and Ray Slakinski. Since the 1930s there accept been radio allocution shows and account programs. Today, through the change of the internet capabilities, forth with cheaper accouterments and software, audio podcasts are accomplishing what was historically done through radio advertisement stations.17

In June 2005, Apple appear iTunes 4.9 with built-in abutment for podcasts. While this fabricated accepting podcasts added convenient, it finer concluded advance of the podcast average by absolute developers. To add to the cooling factor, Apple issued Cease and Abandon orders to abounding podcast appliance developers and account providers for appliance the appellation "iPod" or "Pod" in the name of their product.

The logo acclimated by Apple to represent Podcasting

editTrademark applications

February 10, 2005, Shae Spencer Management LLC of Fairport, New York filed a brand appliance to annals podcast for an "online prerecorded radio affairs over the internet". On September 9, 2005, the United States Patent and Brand Office alone the application, citation Wikipedia's podcast access as anecdotic the history of the term. The aggregation adapted their appliance in March 2006, but the USPTO alone the adapted appliance as not abundantly differentiated from the original. In November 2006, the appliance was apparent as abandoned.18

As of September 20, 2005, accepted trademarks that attempted to capitalize on podcast include: GodCast, Podcast Realty, GuidePod, Pod-Casting, MyPod, Podvertiser, Podango, ePodcast, PodCabin, Podcaster, PodcastPeople, PodShop, PodKitchen, Podgram, GodPod and Podcast.19 By February 2007, there had been 24 attempts to annals trademarks absolute the chat "PODCAST" in United States, but alone "PODCAST READY" from Podcast Ready, Inc. was approved.20

editApple brand protections

On September 26, 2006, it was appear that Apple started to able down on businesses appliance the acronym "POD", in artefact and aggregation names. Apple beatific a cease and abandon letter that anniversary to Podcast Ready, Inc., which markets an appliance accepted as "myPodder".21 Lawyers for Apple arguable that the appellation "pod" has been acclimated by the accessible to accredit to Apple's music amateur so abundantly that it avalanche beneath Apple's brand cover.22 It was speculated that such action was allotment of a bigger attack for Apple to aggrandize the ambit of its absolute iPod trademark, which included trademarking "IPODCAST", "IPOD", and "POD".23 On November 16, 2006, the Apple Brand Department declared that Apple does not article to third affair acceptance of "the all-encompassing term" "podcast" to accredit to podcasting casework and that Apple does not authorization the term. However, no account was fabricated whether Apple believes they authority rights to it

Variants

Video podcasts

A video podcast on the Crab Nebula by NASA

A video podcast (sometimes beneath to vodcast) includes video clips. Web television alternation are generally advertisement as video podcasts.

On 1 January 2004 Steve Garfield launches his video blog25 and declares that 2004 would be the year of the video blog.2627 On 1 November 2004 Steve Garfield launches Steve Garfield's VideoPodcast28 to analysis administration of RSS video enclosures with a video blog.2930 On October 1, 2005 Terra: The Nature of Our World launched authoritative it the aboriginal Natural History video podcast. It is produced in affiliation with the MSU MFA Affairs in Science & Natural History Filmmaking at the Montana State University – Bozeman, Filmmakers for Conservation, and PBS.31 On October 14, 2005 Steve Jobs alien the new "iPod with video" at the Keynote accent of Macworld 2005. The Video podcasts Tiki Bar TV and Rocketboom are mentioned, and Jobs shows a abrupt blow of Tiki Bar TV to the audience. The angel of Kevin Gamble, one of the co-creators of Tiki Bar TV, is featured on Apple's homepage for a ages next to U2's Bono. On June 8, 2006, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, launched her video podcast via the Chancellor's website, authoritative her the aboriginal arch of government to affair a approved video podcast.32 On December 16, 2006, Time annual alleged its Person of the Year as "You", apropos to absolute agreeable creators on the web and video podcasters in particular. Crash Analysis Kitchen, a video podcast amorphous in April 2005 by home cooks Waz and Lenny, was featured in the annual as an archetype of this phenomenon. The annual itself was a characteristic affair that featured a adjustable mirror on the cover. On April 13, 2007, the British console bold Accept I Got News for You started to advertisement a vodcast alleged Accept I Got News for You: The Inevitable Internet Spin-off. The aboriginal HIGNFY vodcast was presented by Jeremy Clarkson. May 10, 2007, Feed Me Bubbe featured in The Wall Street Journal by Jessica E. Vascellaro who wrote an article, discussing "Feed Me Bubbe" that was advertisement by The AP Datastream ("Using Youtube for posterity," May 10, 2007) Another British console game, QI, aswell appear that it would actualize a vodcast, starting in Alternation E. However, this was afflicted into a set of "Quickies", not downloadable and alone arresting from the BBC website.33 On November 25, 2007, Neil Fairbrother was featured in the Sunday Observer's Courvoisier Future 500 for creating pod3.tv, a web TV approach that creates and distributes TV shows as video podcasts.

editEnhanced podcasts

An added podcast can affectation images accompanying with audio. These can accommodate affiliate markers, hyperlinks, and artwork; all of which is synced to a specific affairs or device. If an added podcast is played aural its specific affairs or device, all the adapted advice should be displayed at the aforementioned time and in the aforementioned window, authoritative it easier to affectation materials. Added podcasting is advised to be a actual applied way to present information. This new abstruse abnormality is acceptable added arresting in schools, universities and businesses; as it is an able way to present academy and university lectures, accelerate shows, video clips, and added presentation abstracts of the like.

editPodcast novels

A podcast atypical (also accepted as a after audiobook or podcast audiobook) is a arcane architecture that combines the concepts of a podcast and an audiobook. Like a acceptable novel, a podcast atypical is a plan of continued arcane fiction; however, this anatomy of atypical is recorded into episodes that are delivered online over a aeon of time and in the end accessible as a complete plan for download. The episodes may be delivered automatically via RSS, through a web site, blog, or added alliance method. These files are either listened to anon on a user's computer or loaded assimilate a carriageable media accessory to be listened to later.

The types of novels that are podcasted alter from new works from new authors that accept never been printed,3435 to able-bodied accustomed authors that accept been about for yearscitation needed, to archetypal works of abstract that accept been in book for over a century.3637 In the aforementioned appearance as an audiobook, podcast novels may be elaborately anecdotal with abstracted articulation actors for anniversary appearance and complete effects, agnate to a radio play. Added podcast novels accept a individual narrator account the argument of the adventure with little or no complete effects.

Podcast novels are advertisement over the Internet, frequently on a weblog. Podcast novels are appear in episodes on a approved agenda (e.g. already a week) or anyhow as anniversary adventure is appear if completed, and can either be downloaded manually from a website or blog, be delivered automatically via RSS, or added adjustment of syndication. Ultimately, a after podcast atypical becomes a completed audiobook.38

Podcast novelists use giving abroad a chargeless podcast adaptation of their book as a anatomy of promotion.39 Some novelists accept even anchored publishing affairs to accept their novels printed.3435 Podcast novelists accept commented that podcasting their novels lets them body audiences even if they cannot get a administrator to buy their books. These audiences again accomplish it easier to defended a press accord with a administrator at a after date. These podcast novelists aswell affirmation the acknowledgment that absolution a chargeless podcast assets them makes up for the actuality that they are giving abroad their plan for free

Uses

Communities use collaborative podcasts to abutment assorted contributors podcasting through about simplified processes, and after accepting to host their own alone feeds. A association podcast can aswell acquiesce associates of the association (related to the podcast topic) to accord to the podcast in abounding altered ways. This adjustment was aboriginal acclimated for a alternation of podcasts hosted by the Regional Educational Technology Center at Fordham University in 2005.

Free hosting services

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