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RADIO MUST RESPOND TO 'NET

The Internet continues to relentlessly drain participants and market share from traditional media outlets. Fmqb.com reports that, increasingly, radio listeners are going to a radio station's Web site to access streaming radio and podcasts.

Fmqb quotes an extensive survey conducted by MediaSpan, which observed: “Clearly broadcasters who offered integrated online programming via innovative features such as podcasting and streaming will meet audience demands and strengthen their relationship with their audiences. By providing these services in a local environment, stations can compete online with the large streaming portals that have been challenging them for listener mindshare.”

http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=2050

Leading design and marketing firm has begun podcasting services for colleges and universities as a way to attract students and keep alumni involved in campus activities

The Lime Twig Group, well known for its creative and marketing services in the higher education market, has launched TwigPod Productions -- a new company focused exclusively on podcast production and hosting for colleges and universities.

TwigPod Productions will enable campus administrators and admissions officers to use the vastly popular podcasting technology to market campus events and target students for admissions. Podcasting is the distribution of radio-type content that uses RSS, Really Simple Syndication, an XML-based format, to deliver MP3 audio files. Although named after Apple Computer's popular iPod player, the device is not required to listen to the audio clip. In fact, podcasts can be listened to with any computer or MP3 player that has Internet connectivity.

http://press.namct.com/content/view/4156/2/

Audio and videocasts are a big hit
with New Yorkers on the go

Every time you turn on the radio or surf the Internet, there's that word again: Podcast.

ESPN has one. NPR has several. Even funnyman Al Franken tells his listeners and visitors to go to his Web site: Download my podcast, and pronto.

But what exactly is a podcast, and why should you care?

Simply put, podcasts are spoken word audio files that you can download from the Internet and put on your portable mp3 player. Many podcasts are traditional radio shows, such as NPR's "All Things Considered." But podcasts can also be recordings made by individuals and groups and made available for download.

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/365178p-310596c.html

Disney Debuts Official

Disneyland Podcast

The Disneyland Resort in southern California has premiered the Official Disneyland Resort Podcast, a monthly show featuring a "Behind-the-Magic" look at what's new and exciting at

Disneyland. The shows are produced by podcast pioneer Michael Geoghegan, host of the Reel Reviews podcast.

"Our initial podcasts in May and July were so well received by listeners that we have decided to produce a monthly magazine-style show emanating from the

Disneyland Resort," states Duncan Wardle, vice president of press and publicity for the resort. "These podcasts will be an entertaining and engaging way for people to stay connected to our great heritage, find out what's new and hear what's coming in the near future."

http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/11/disney_debuts_o.html

Portable Media Expo Update; Podcasting Arrives

Show founder Tim Bourquin did a fantastic job of organizing the show; the facility was great, the sessions were varied, and both days were packed with content. Discussion topics included audio production, ecommerce tools for selling audio and video, the future of music licensing, citizens media, business models for portable media, podcast hacking, audience metrics and podcasting legal issues. We only hope that next year, there will be time in the schedule for networking over lunch.

http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/11/portable_media_2.html

Talk to your TV

TODAY'S digital consumers want the best of every experience - including TV watching.

And promising to do just that and redefine the way we watch television is IPTV, which might just be the biggest revenue generator in the entertainment sector soon. By the end of this decade, 25.9 million IPTV subscribers will generate more than $10 billion in revenue globally, says a report from analyst firm Informa Telecoms and Media.

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2005/11/14/stories/2005111400230400.htm

Feds Using ISPs to Spy on Internet Users

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USA stands on the threshold of a far more ominous threat to privacy that will force ISPs to allow a wide range of law enforcement agencies direct real time access to their own systems.

Having recently reported how ISPs are being pressurized into revealing information on internet users, the USA stands on the threshold of a far more ominous threat to privacy that will force ISPs to allow a wide range of law enforcement agencies direct real time access to their own systems.

http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=990

You think Sony's DRM is bad?

Continuing the Sony BMG DRMS (Digital Restriction Management Spyware) saga, here's the EFF's (Electronic Frontier Foundation) Fred von Lohmann on the EULA.

Under it, among other - many other - things, Sony-BMG can install and use backdoors to "enforce" its "rights" at any time and without any notice

http://p2pnet.net/story/6968

RIAA attempts to add new, tougher laws in war against piracy

GristyMcFisty, Hypnosis4U2NV and yes, even TrueAudio  used our news submit to tell us that the battle of the RIAA against piracy is escalating. With studies showing a doubling of downloads in the wake of it's legal wrath against P2P, the war against technology has been uphill to say the least. In a new effort to litigate against this progression of crime, the RIAA and the membership that funds it, has turned to it's favorite ally..the legal system of the

United States of America. Even though the news submittals came from several separate sources, the message is the basically same, so we will go with the article from PC Pro.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/12676