Podcasting
Podcasting is a word creation of "iPod" and "broadcasting".
Podcasting describes the distribution of audio or video files over the web for listening on mobile devices and personal computers.
A podcast is placed on the Internet as a web feed in XML format (RSS or Atom syndication) for anyone to download or subscribe.
The subscription feed of automatically delivered new content is what distinguishes a podcast from a simple download or real-time streaming.
Subscribing to podcasts allows a user to collect programs from a variety of sources for listening or viewing either online or off-line through a portable device, whenever and wherever it's convenient.
The easy accessibility via RSS or ATOM feeds plus the convenience of listening to podcasts any place and any time will make them a major content distribution channel in the future.
What can be distributed via podcast? Speeches, books, news, regular programs, videos, websites, white papers...
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