Show from Mon Mar 13 10:59:16 CST 2006
PCR 2006-03-13 #023Last program description:
PCR Monday March 13, 2006
(Updated 3/16/06 to fix links to “MyExtraLife.com” and “The SG Show”)
Warning! Dangerously scattered and incomplete show notes ahead!
Test driving MixCast Live today (Windows only!)
Just $12 for the full version
- FTP uploading
- Keyboard assignments, with on-screen keyboard map
- Automatic playlist sequence, with ability to set stop/pause points
- Set audio levels on each clip
- EDIT EACH instance of a clip without changing the actual file! - That’s HUGE!
- Seperate control of the playlist audio levels from the ‘instant/keypad’ clips
- Configure multiple profiles if you have multiple podcasts
- A file browser, with drag-and-drop support for the playlist and the keyboard assignments
Will I color-code my keyboard (with nail polish?) to make it even easier for me?
Thanks to everyone who submitted comments at Podcheck.com regarding what they used. PodProducer, Podcast Station, Propaganda
(Complete show notes after the jump…)
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http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002117377
HBO has elected to use a relatively small medium to generate buzz for its new series Big Love. The pay cable network has signed a deal to run ads within 31 podcasts via Podtrac, a startup company which sells ads within 1,300 podcasts and tracks podcast audience size.
Most of the podcasts selected for the buy are produced either once or twice a week
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Podtrac’s big HBO promotion started early last week - Big Love, a new series on HBO starring Bill Paxton. Bill plays a polygamist married to three women… I saw him on Regis and Perky. No, Podcheck was not one of the 31 podcasts that got the advertising deal. I think they wanted podcasts that would put out an episode before the new series was cancelled. - Oh SNAP!
Podtrac has placed ads for a HBO’s new show “Big Love” in a record number of 31 targeted podcasts. Big Love, starring Bill Paxton, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Chloë Sevigny, Ginnifer Goodwin and Harry Dean Stanton, that will air Sundays at 10pm beginning March 12 immediately following Season Six of The Sopranos®.
The podcast advertising campaign includes: All You Can Eat, American Cliché, Art of Gracious Living, Associated Press Celebrity Focus, Baby Time, Better Day, Boomers, Catfish Show, Cinecast, (Cool) Shite on the Web, DineAndVine, DVD Weekly, Entertainment as I See It, Feast of Fools, Gabber Jaw, Goddess Cast, Hollywood Podcast, Keith and the Girl, Left of Center, Makena, Nate and Di, PCN Weekly Film Update Show, Pete and Renee, PK and J Show, RFF Reality TV Podcast, Sloppy Seconds, Success Unwrapped with Heather Vale, Velvet Voice, Water Cooler, Wedding Podcast Network, and Wine for Newbies.
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What’s my buy-out price? $175/show
I would do shows every day for that!
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The previous two 10-minute episodes were released on the same day, just minutes apart from each other. Note, if you do TWO shows a day, remember that iTunes will only catch one of them. 316 members of the Podcheck audience use iTunes, and I heard from Bruce Murray (of Bruce Murray’s Zedcast) that he had to visit the Podcheck website to get the second show. Bruce also said that he only releases one show a day for that very reason. (show off! sure, he’s limited to one show a day!)
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I’ll be at the Podcast & Portable Media Expo again this year. Registration has not yet begun, but be sure to listen to the Podcast Brothers podcast to find out when you can register. You can also subscribe to their Announcement Feed, or subscribe to the not-yet-quite-Monthly Newsletter.
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Adam Curry talks about the 100-million-listener march. Maybe he should call one of my favorite bands, They Might Be Giants!!!
OH MY GOD!!!!!!
They Might Be Giants - Podcast!!
http://www.tmbg.com/pod.html
“When I fall in the water, do I get wet,
Or does the water get “me” instead?” - They Might Be Giants
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(Check out the Jawbone interviews with John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton)
BEARDO 2006 Tour! Cities so far include DC, Baltimore, Asheville, Charleston, Atlanta, Savannah, Nashville, St. Louis, Knoxville, Philly and Albany – full info at the bottom of this email.DO A COMMERCIAL FOR THEM HERE - FeelGoodIntroEverybody wants a rock to wind a piece of string around.Everybody wants prosthestic foreheads on their real heads.features a number of exclusive recordings and some unusual tracks we suspect you’ll find interesting. http://www.tmbg.com/_media/_pod/podcast.xml
Plans are to record this event and podcast it later. We plan on special guests, presenting some very special material (both brand-new and brand-old) for the event, and putting some of our horn-playing friends to work.
Sign up for their newsletter for tour schedule updates, and also get a free song.
Here is just a piece of the last song… (clip)
www.myspace.com/theymightbegiants
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A new network on the block - TryPodNetwork.com -
Featuring -
- Scott Johnson’s ExtraLife Radio, (I fixed the link - ScottF)
- the SG Show - (I fixed the link - ScottF)
- Israelisms,
- Manic Mommies,
- The Big Show with Aaron and Jenny,
- and one the best World-Of-Warcraft podcasts available - The Instance.
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and another one poped up …
The Podriot network is a consortium of dedicated podcasters that are taking over the world one computer at a time. All of our shows are high quality and highly entertaining.
http://www.podriot.com/Interesting to note which are simple affiliations of inidividual podcasters, and which “networks” are also providing administrative support and vehicles for monetization.
- Podcast Outlaws
- Teen Podcaster Network
- The 138’s
- New: Negative Penguin Media, and Podcasting network
- …and many more
And some are in between:
- Sci-Fi Podcast Network
- Tech Podcast Network
- The Podcast Network
- …and more
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I resist because the “network” problem is not a technology problem; it is a marketing problem.
When Podcheck does join a network, it will be because it brings some kind of value to Podcheck and ultimately to you, the Podcheck listener. and not just because Podcheck would bring value to the network.
Whatever you decide, it will ultimately need to meet your criteria of “worth-it-ness.” A sweet deal that meets your financial or social standards might never come, but you’ve should make it clear that you are willing to hold out for such a deal. THAT is our power. THAT is what makes us independent.
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Video Podcasts have come into the mainstream meme - Saturday Night Live (with Matt Dillon) had a video podcast skit, set in the back of a Bennigans. The lighting was too good.
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I’m using Juice Podcast Receiver, too! - Over 1.6 million downloads (Thanks Garth!)
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I need a new portable media player. The h10 is giving me grief, and I now have to use the cradle’s audio jack instead of the built-in jack. Looking at the new Toshiba GigBeat S (with video) but doesn’t have a mic or recording capability. Also looking at the LG PMP - it’s way cool, but probably pricey (Lucky-Goldstar… a.k.a. “LG”). I am also holding out hope that the new UMPC - Ultra Mobile PC (Origami) device from Intel and Microsoft will be affordable.
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Windows Media Player gets a face-lift in version 11
http://businessweek.com.com/4831-11405_1-6413031.html?tag=txt
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Thanks for filling out our Podtrac Audience Survey - a total of 69 people have completed the survey, and it would be GREAT if another 100 or so could fill it out!
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Also othanks to Gary, Jeff, and Mike over at the “Today in Podcasting” show for asking me to be a guest host on show #5.
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CORRECTION! It was Charles Hodgson of Podictionary that did the “podfader” audio clip that I played in the last show. It was totally my mistake. The audio file that *someone* sent me was labelled “WordNerds” and, in the midst of my battle with the live show, I completely missed the fact that it was Charles’ voice talking! My humblest apologies!
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Listener e-mail:
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Regarding going “LIVE” - from Conrad at SpainfulFilms.co.uk
Hi ScottGood to have you back.regarding this live thing, I’m really sick of it. I’ve unsubscribed to three shows now that have gone live because I can’t stand them anymore. The quality of the shows go down - simple as that, in favour of the gimmickry of live broadcasting. Barefoot radio, NLO and the weekend edition of Keith and the girl have just become irritatingly super self conscious.As far as I’m concerned the best shows are those which are well edited.Please don’t go live.
Conrad
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Special thanks to Andy, Scott, John, Tokyo Dan, Dave, Tom, C.C. and others who have been commenting on the recent shows (and lessons learned) as Podcheck moves to a live performance production. Lot’s of interesting comments, and I encourage everyone to visit the site and peruse the comments.
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Thanks for listening, and we welcome your e-mail at show-at- podcheck.com or you can call our voicemail line at (206) gag-ipod.