BBC extends podcasting options
The BBC is extending its podcasting trial by making another 20 shows available on-demand to listeners with digital music players.The corporation's trial of the format started last year when it made the Radio 4 show In Our Time available for podcasting. This was followed by the podcasting of Radio Five show Fighting Talk and the 1Xtra programme, TX Unlimited.
The three podcasted shows were downloaded as MP3 files some 270,000 times in the first four months of the trial, and the success has led to 20 more shows becoming available.
New shows made available for download include the agenda-setting Radio 4 show Today and Radio Five Live's weekly Mark Kermode film review slot.
All the BBC's podcast shows are currently talk-based to avoid problems concerning music rights issues.
In a separate trial, the BBC is also making various shows available for download through its interactive media player or iMP. The technology allows the download of TV and radio programmes owned by the BBC within seven days of the original broadcast
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