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.
Podcasting is a fairly new technology and people are building up refined
applications to use this medium effectively. Advantages of Podcasting are making
the proposition attractive enough for major companies to consider it a serious
communication mode. RSS 2.0 is the chosen form for podcasts and newer versions
of this feed system are expected soon.
Inherent advantages of podcasts are:
No need to invest in a new piece of hardware: Podcasts are easily available to
all users of iPod and similar mobile .The sheer size of the iPod cult if I can
call it that, is increasing at a scorching pace. All a user needs to do is
choose the subscriptions which he or she would like to subscribe to and download
the programs.
New lease of live to radio programs: Radio programs have been revived by the new
generation of podcasters. A number of old radio programs which have had a mass
following in their hey days are now being evaluated to be cast via podcasts. A
huge chunk of high quality content becomes available thanks to this revival.
Can advertisers be far away? Advertisers have the ability to identify new
advertising opportunities at the slightest whiff and Podcasting forums are
already working hard to get the advertising industry hand in glove with the
Podcasting community. Influx of advertising dollars will lend more credibility
to Podcasting and this medium will be taken more seriously as well.
On demand broadcast: Podcasters and listeners rule this medium by offering a
high level on-demand listening. You can use this service at the time when you
want to, pretty much like video on demand but has greater success due to the low
demand of bandwidth. This is probably one of the biggest advantage of Podcasting
and might be the core reason for it to success phenomenally.
Your own Podcast studio and very little investment: So who are podcasters? A
podcaster can be anyone who has access to the internet, a decent computer and
some software knowledge. Podcasting requires very little investment by way of
hardware and software. This advantage of Podcasting can thus be done by almost
anyone who has an interest in it and has some content to share with the rest of
the world,
Creativity is highly rewarded in the podcasters world: Content is king and high
quality creative content is instantaneously rewarded by the Podcasting community
which can be measured by the number of subscribers. Thus it is quite easy to
gain overnight success if the content of the broadcast is unique and exciting.
Podcasting thus has number of benefits both the for the community within and
without. A unique mass media which does not cost a lot to distribute and develop
content for. Like all new technologies, the technology will have some teething
issues but the force promoting it should be good enough to get the technology
roaring with success in the very near future.
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