Mechano
join:2004-05-30
Antarctica | Podcast
What is podcast ?  |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD | I only listen to one podcast......Battlestag Galactica
It's the only one I am interested in right now.
Basically, it's an audio commentary on the show (like on a DVD.)
It might be a niche concept unless there is some new idea behind it. |
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Phylop
Premium
join:2002-11-17
Reston, VA | Meh...
I might listen to podcasts... but that's if I'm ever away from my computer again. I think hell will freeze over before that happens again, the last time I went "AFK" monkeys flew out my butt. |
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Brianv5
Low Level Functionary
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join:2001-01-20
Keyser, WV | reply to Mechano
Re: Podcast
Yeah, that's what I was going to ask!
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lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL | Ah DUH!
I have never liked the term Podcast. I think it is more of a fad and does not convey exactly what it is. I would prefer the term On-demand Pre-Recorded Broadcast. Of course that is too long for most people to remember, or spell for that matter. |
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chibianh
join:2002-04-14
Denver, CO | 1% is still a lot
the population of north america is over 500,000,000. So that's over 5,000,000 people that are listening to podcasts on a regular basis. The podcasts I listen to regularly also has a lof of european, asian, and australian listeners. |
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HiVolt
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join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
clubs:
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·Bell Sympatico
| reply to Mechano
Re: Podcast
Thankfully I've never gotten hooked on the podcast hype. I use my iPod for music, not for listening to pre-recorded talk shows.
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
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join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| a Pod here, a Pod there..
we average between 7000 and a few hundred listeners per 'cast (varies, I guess, on the podcast's subject) though we are very narrowly focused on ours.
I do hope the trend reverses and more people find podcasts as these things are quite fun to make and all that..
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jtimson
join:2000-08-10
Tuckahoe, NY
| reply to lordfly
Re: Ah DUH!
How 'bout Pre-recorded On-Demand BroadCAST ? 
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psychomf
join:2000-06-01
Silver Spring, MD
| no video = no interest
until they come up with video in podcasts, its really not a useful medium. esp with talk radio as an easy switch on in the car alternative.
Podcasts involve hooking up your ipod to your computer every day and moving stuff over. too much work for the lame offerings available (esp since ricky gervais podcasts ended). Until they have video so we can see shows on it, who cares....
not to mention my video i-pod is was useless upgrade without it too |
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garmst
join:2000-09-17
New York, NY
·Speakeasy
| Podcasts are too new
It is all about the adoption rate. Few new things hit mass market adoption immediately. It is a premature study conclusion. For such little claimed adoption there is a lot of podcast devlopement going on in both the big corporate and investment houses. |
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SLick856
@charter.com | huh?
The population of the US isnt no 500,000,000 lol... Its not even 300,000,000 yet |
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Noah Vail
Premium
join:2004-12-10
Lorton, VA
·RoadRunner Cable
| Is it out there?
The only ones I know of are the syndicated ones charging for their content, and a few free ones I'm not interested in.
It never occurred to me to search out alternatives. Do they even exist? I'm probably a pretty average consumer in this regard.
To make this work, our mp3 players must interface easily with our car stereos/work radios. They could broadcast on a fm freq, to avoid one more accessory to carry around. Having a decent mp3 player in your cell (w/ fm broadcast) would make users search out something to play on it.
If your bluetooth, earset (or cell) had the right mic, any personal/car stereo becomes a conference phone accy.
I'm a thinker.
NV |
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damonlab
Premium
join:2001-05-02
Detroit, MI
clubs:
| online compressed audio file
I find it obligatory to post the following in every thread where the word podcast is mentioned:
»www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net···u=banish
"Podcast: Someone had the revolutionary idea of taking a compressed audio file and putting it online. Yeah, doesn't sound so sexy when I describe it for what it is, does it you morons? It would have been a great idea if streaming audio wasn't already around for over a decade before the word "podcast" entered the lexicon. Man, I can't stand the word "lexicon." Talking about all these shitty words has made me start using shitty words. I'm so pissed, I just slammed the door shut on some kid's nuts." |
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footballdude
Premium
join:2002-08-13
Imperial, MO | Timing
Did they accumulate that data before or after Rush Limbaugh got into the podcasting game? |
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rideboarder
welcome to the social
Premium
join:2003-07-28
Snohomish, WA
clubs: | reply to lordfly
Re: Ah DUH!
Concurred. I have always hated that term as well and I'm glad when that fad finally dies off. |
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mlundin
join:2001-03-27
Lawrence, KS | reply to jtimson
LOL |
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lordfly
join:2000-10-12
Homestead, FL
·AT&T Southeast
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said by jtimson  :How 'bout Pre-recorded On- Demand Broad CAST ? haha, I knew there was a way to turn it all around. It was too early of a post for me. |
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nolancj
join:2002-06-30
Long Beach, CA
| Hold on
This is BS. It's a glass 1/2 full 1/2 empty analogy.
When were podcasts launched (in mass)? A year ago?
In that year (assuming a population of about 500m) about 5m people have adopted it? And they're predicting 12m by 2010?
That's entirely feasible. It's a 19% CAGR.
Forrester sucks. |
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BVT
join:2004-10-25
Mount Juliet, TN
| reply to chibianh
Re: 1% is still a lot
I sure as hell hope you are kidding. There is under 300 million in the US & barely over 30 million in Canada. No other country in NA is above the poverty line far enough for the most people to have an internet connection.
Now, how many people in Canada & USA is on the internet? I think the total number will be between 1 & 2 million listening to PODcasts. You can add all the Hispanics you want, the total will not be over 2 million. |
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