Thursday, August 18, 2005

Raymond Snoddy on podcasts

- The growth in podcasting - subscribing to radio programmes, which are delivered to your PC - is such that the term 'podcast' has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

- Most of the statistics on podcast focus on the US market, which has taken off in the past year. Research by The Pew Internet and American Life Project claims 22m US adults own an iPod or MP3 player, with 6m listening to podcasts.

- Jupiter Research has forecast a rise in US digital music-player sales from 12.4m in 2004 to 56m by 2010.

- The BBC has started a podcasting trial across 20 radio shows. Other broadcasters to embrace the technology include ABC News and Disney.

- Since August, the White House podcasts the US President's weekly address to the nation.

- The first podcast from space took place on 8 August.

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