Podcast and Vodcast News 9 - Your Favorite Shows

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Your Favorite Shows, to go
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Want to listen to your favorite radio shows and audio and video programs anytime? Just subscribe to the podcasts you want and iTunes takes care of the rest. Updates occur automatically. New episodes appear like magic.

Podcasts sync to your iPod as soon as you dock it. Fast. Easy. Free. Podcasts on iTunes.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 8 - Podcast to Paidcast

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From Podcast to Paidcast
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Until recently, most podcasts have generated revenue through advertising or drawing traffic to their web sites. A few networks such as The Podcast Network have formed as centralized commercial organizations, but so far, sponsorships have been their only source of income.

This week marked a major milestone in the young and fast growing medium of podcasts- two popular podcasts are experimenting with two very different payment models and a third one is turning the world of film distribution on its head.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 7 - iPods Become Education Tool

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iPods To Become Education Tool At Metro State
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DENVER Students at Metro State College will soon be able to offer a new way to learn anywhere, anytime. Apple iPods will soon be as vital on campus as textbooks and laptop computers.

Metro State College is planning to join the computer maker's iTunes U program. It's a free service from Apple. The program will make the iPod an educational tool.

"You know, download lectures they have missed and check out cool things on campus," Julie Rockwell, a Metro State student said.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 6 - Tegrity and Blackboard

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Tegrity and Blackboard
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Tegrity and Blackboard Partner for Enhanced Podcasts

Tegrity, a provider in student achievement systems, and Blackboard Inc., a provider of technology to educational institutions, have announced a partnership so that college students can watch and listen to class lectures on their iPods at any time and from any location.

Through Tegrity Campus enterprise software and the Blackboard Learning System, recorded instruction from class can now be automatically converted to enhanced podcasts for students to review later.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 5 - Podcasting Trend

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Podcast and Vodcast News - Podcasting Trends
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Podcasting has all the ingredients to become a major technology trend. Podcasting has started with little fanfare but has the potential to become a giant wave due to a number of factors going for it. The word Podcast might have been roughly derived from iPod and broadcast (it sure sounds like that to me so don’t hit me if I am wrong! ).

The process works pretty much like radio except that the broadcast is done via mobile devices and the power of content delivery via the internet. This new form of broadcasting of information opens up tremendous opportunities for dispersion of information, entertainment and news.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 4 - New Book Review Copies

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Podcast and Vodcast News - New Book Review Copies Finally Available
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This is a short post.

Edition #1 of the iPods and Online Video eBook is ready. There are a total of only 20 copies available for only $19.95 (first-come, first served.)

The book will retail for somewhere between $49 and $99 once it is released. This offer is good through midnight 3/15/06 - or until the 20 review copies are gone - whichever comes first.

Think about grabbing one fast ... at http://www.ipods-and-onlinevideo-reviews.com.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 3 - Java Podcasters

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The Java Podcasters, Part 1

by Chris Adamson

Listen and you'll hear the voices of Java: talking about success stories and embarrassing failures, great innovations and over-engineered monstrosities. This could easily describe the realm of Java blogging, but now it applies to the audio space as well. In the last year, a number of Java-related podcasts have sprung up across the Web. The Java podcasters employ a variety of formats--one guy's opinions, group conversations, interviews with prominent developers and authors--to say nothing of sub-topics, rants, reactions, and audible musings.

All you need to listen to a podcast is an MP3 player--iPods are nice, but your PC will do just fine--and the RSS feeds to get the new shows to you. In this article, we're highlighting five interesting Java-related podcasts with brief interviews of the podcasters. As you'll see, the field has already diversified, so tune in to discover something that might just catch your ear.

This week, we talk with the voices of two of the best-known Java podcasts: The Java Posse and Swampcast. Next week, we'll continue with three more Java podcasts you might not know about, but should.

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Podcast and Vodcast News 2 - Cell TV

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Story courtesy of http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,325984,00.html
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I Want My Cell TV

By Mike Hogan - February 2006

When Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's video iPod, the biggest names in media moguldom started scrambling to get their shows on the tiny screen. A half-million cell phone owners were already tuned in to MobiTVand Verizon Wireless' VCast. But Jobs' announcement catapulted video podcasting into prime time.

Within weeks of the debut, Apple iTunes had sold a million episodes of popular TV shows at two bucks a throw. Suddenly, it's hip to watch TV on a 2- to 3-inch display. Better yet, video podcasting--or vodcasting--is a marketing medium any entrepreneur can afford.

Vodcasts can be made with any videocam or even some cell phones and can be shared through a growing list of free or low-cost distributors. For example, the nonprofit Open Media Network offers free distribution, while MPEG Nation charges just $5 to host a video for six months. Sites like FilmLoop and Pic2Vid let you build a video using digital pictures and a voice-over. You have to use their players for clip creation and digital rights management, but videos are easily reproduced for different communities.

Web-savvy ad agencies like Los Angeles-based IndieClick can help produce your videos and find the right audience. A video marketing campaign might not only be low-budget--it might even be self-supporting, says IndieClick President Heather Luttrell. Distributors like Revver have ways to track viewers and will share the revenue from ads that get displayed at the end of clips or as small, transparent overlays.

"We might start by spending $1,000 this month on three different podcasting initiatives and generate $1,100 in revenue," explains Luttrell. "We see what works and then target the highest revenue-generating venues."
Who's watching? Basically, your kids and millions of other cell phone-packing young folk already dialed into text messaging, blogging, online gaming and, of course, MTV. You need a message that plays in those venues.

If you have one, it can really work for you: One recent IndieClick vodcast garnered 1 million downloads.
Youth market not on your radar? Don't worry, says Luttrell: Distribution networks and audiences will broaden to other demographics over time.

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