podcast A podcast (or non-streamed webcast) is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are re- leased episodically and of- ten downloaded through web syndication. The word replaced webcast in com- mon use with the success of the iPod and its role in the rising popularity and in- novation of web feeds.
Where comes the name podcast The term "podcasting" was first mentioned by Aled Williams in The Guardian newspaper in a February 2004 article, along with oth- er proposed names for the new medium.[4][5] It is a portmanteau of the words "pod"— from Apple's iPod —and "broadcasting".[6] The name may be misleading, as despite the etymology, it has never been necessary to use an iPod, or, indeed, any other form of port- able media player, to use podcasts; the content can be accessed using any computer that can play media files.[7] Use of the term "podcast" predates the addition of native support for podcasting to the iPod, or to Apple's iTunes software.[8] To avoid a term suggest- ive of "iPod", some use the term netcast instead of podcast , such as the TWiT.tv podcaster Leo Laporte[9] (though the older[10][11] [12] term is also used in the broader sense of any internet-delivered realtime media transmission).
history Podcasting began to catch hold with the public in late 2004, though during the 1998 – 2001 dot-com era there were multiple "podcasts".[ citation needed ] Many in- dividuals 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 early emergence and popularity of podcasts.[13] Adam Curry, VJ, is credited with coming up with the idea to automate the delivery and syncing of textual content to portable audio players[14] . The first application to make this process feasible was iPodderX, developed by August Trometer and Ray Slakinski. Since the 1930s there have been radio talk shows and news programs. Today, through the evolution of the internet capabilities, along with cheaper hardware and software, audio pod- casts are doing what was historically done through radio broadcast stations.[15] In June 2005, Apple released iTunes 4.9 with native support for podcasts. While this made receiving podcasts more convenient, it effectively ended advancement of the podcast medium by independent developers. To add to the cooling factor, Apple issued Cease and Desist orders to many podcast application developers and service providers for using the term "iPod" or "Pod" in the name of their product.
Community podcast A community podcast is a collaborative podcast set up to support multiple contributors podcast- ing through generally simplified processes, and without having to host their own individual feeds. A community podcast also refers to podcasts that allow members of the community (related to the podcast topic) to contribute to the podcast in many different ways. This method was first used for a series of podcasts hosted by the Regional Educational Technology Center at Fordham University in 2005.
Public service Unofficial audio tours of museums.[1] Official cultural or historic au- dio tours of cities A way for news organizations to distribute audio or video as an addition to their existing text (or mostly text) news products. For example, Wikinews began to podcast its News Briefs in 2005. Companies are also using podcasts as a way to distribute their multimedia news to journalists and consumers through companies like MultiVu. In 2006, the online magazine Slate began textcasting art- icles to their readers, by attaching a written article to a blank audio file and delivering the content to readers through their regular pod- casting mechanism.[2] Advocacy. The 5,500 locked out staff (editors, journalists, technicians, hosts, etc.) of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation were podcasting news and other programming during August and September 2005. Youth media. Pod- casting has become a way for youth media organizations, such as Youth Radio, to bring youth perspectives to a wider audience
WHAT IS A PODCAST Definitions The word “podcasting” is a port- manteau combining the words “broadcasting” and “iPod.” In case you have had your head in the sand recently or don’t keep up with popu- lar technology an iPod is a portable music player produced by Apple Computers. Apple was lucky/smart enough that their brand was wrapped into a term for a new technology much like the Sony Walkman becoming the popular name for a portable radio/cassette player or inline skates being called “rollerblades”, which is brand name for a company that produced inline skates
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