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The year was 2005. The month was November. The setting was the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California. The event was the first podcast media expo. The phenomenon of podcasting, brought to life by Adam Curry and Dave Winer, was a bit over a year old. At least a couple of thousand podcasters as well as many podcast listeners showed
I remember it well. Back around October of 2004, I first heard the word “podcast” used on The David Lawrence Show via my XM Satellite Radio. It sounded interesting, and I wrote it down on my driver logbook cover with the idea of looking it up later. I heard David mention it again once or twice over the next few
OTT, short for “over-the-top-television” is an up-and-coming acronym that we are all likely going to become familiar with in the near future, provided someone doesn’t come up with a different marketing name. The concept is simple – it’s TV that comes “over the top” of traditional channels on a cable system via the Internet delivered in digital packets. It can
So now that I’ve cut the cord with Dish Network, I’ve started digging deeper into the instant streaming material available on Netflix. It seems that most of the programs I would have watched on Discovery, TLC or History – the three channels I watched 99% of the time -- are available as season DVD sets streaming via Netflix. There are
There was a recent article at Arstechnica.Com describing how The Times in the U.K. ended up cutting its web traffic in half by simply requiring registration so that viewers could read their articles. Prior to this, the articles on the site were freely available. The registration requirement is in anticipation of their future paywall plans. I have to admit that
On Tuesday night I fly out to Blog World and New Media Expo. This is one of my most looked forward to trips of the year. It's more a family reunion than anything. My team from RawVoice is joining me and we have a booth as always. So while it will be part business it is going to be part
Over the past several months my team at RawVoice has been working with a thought leader in the Travel New Media space. Yesterday we launched a new vertical podcast portal called the Travel Cast Network. What my team learned very early on, is that there is significant value in vertical new media sites, so long as you have a category