Weekly Listening Thread March 15-19

[The Butler]

Originally Posted by Silent Jesus diversify diversify diversify didn't O&A hock their terrible show all over the place?

He;s not that motivated. He'll get a huge payday from one or the other.

[SJ]

and honestly - if bubba or howard leave Sirius - the podcast is the only uncensored option left

[SJ]

Originally Posted by The Butler He;s not that motivated. He'll get a huge payday from one or the other.

why not create something that pays and pays and pays - and the better it does the more you make?

and Howard has enough money to take a couple mil loss if the thing tanks and then he can come back for an even bigger payday (well if Sirius is still around which I doubt)

[The Butler]

Originally Posted by Silent Jesus why not create something that pays and pays and pays - and the better it does the more you make?

He already has FU money and is not going to put up any of his own to earn more. Heeb.

[milkman]

Why does it have to be podcast, and not their own internet radio player, kind of like the Sirius player? Fuck, all the FM shows have live streams now, and the quality is decent. Could do it live and playback, and charge other talent to be on it, as opposed to paying them!!

All it really requires is the studio, which they have, a good internet connection, which is fairly cheap now, and a web dept, which they need!!

[SJ]

Originally Posted by milkman Why does it have to be podcast, and not their own internet radio player, kind of like the Sirius player? Fuck, all the FM shows have live streams now, and the quality is decent. Could do it live and playback, and charge other talent to be on it, as opposed to paying them!! All it really requires is the studio, which they have, a good internet connection, which is fairly cheap now, and a web dept, which they need!!

you think sluggo is up to that task?

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Silent Jesus you think sluggo is up to that task?

No, that's why I said they need a web dept!!

[The Butler]

Isn't "podcast" just a term that is internet broadcast? I don't think it precludes being live.

[Chob]

Originally Posted by milkman Why does it have to be podcast, and not their own internet radio player, kind of like the Sirius player? Fuck, all the FM shows have live streams now, and the quality is decent. Could do it live and playback, and charge other talent to be on it, as opposed to paying them!! All it really requires is the studio, which they have, a good internet connection, which is fairly cheap now, and a web dept, which they need!!

That's sort of implied, live and archived for later listening. A lot of "podcasts" are done live and I hate the term because it's misleading.

And how the hell would charging talent work?

[milkman]

I thought podcast was like a software package that you could get and basically create a recorded show and upload it. Like real low quality shit. I'm talking like more of a live radio channel.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by Chob That's sort of implied, live and archived for later listening. A lot of "podcasts" are done live and I hate the term because it's misleading. And how the hell would charging talent work?

How many people would like to pay to have the studio setup etc, then they charge a subscription for their content? Bubba is the provider!!

[Chob]

Originally Posted by milkman I thought podcast was like a software package that you could get and basically create a recorded show and upload it. Like real low quality shit. I'm talking like more of a live radio channel.

It's pretty much a blanket term for any sort of show that's archived for later download.

And I can't tell you the amount of comments saying "but I don't have an iPod" when Bubba first discussed the possibility. That's why we need another term.

[milkman]

Basically, Bubba sets up the stream system, charges the talent to use it, then those people could charge their followers to subscribe to that channel!! On the internet it is no more than having several multicast addresses for different channels.

[SJ]

Originally Posted by milkman I thought podcast was like a software package that you could get and basically create a recorded show and upload it. Like real low quality shit. I'm talking like more of a live radio channel.

podcasts can be high quality 192k or even higher - but most that are an hour or more cut the bitrate back so the file is only 5mb or so - for quick downloading and so it doesn't eat up your ipod memory

the ipod (which podcasting was pretty much designed for IMO) doesn't like large files - it kills the battery as it must read and index more shit.... they say you should split any large files to help promote a longer battery life

yadda yadda yadda

but I digress - podcasts can sound awesome... the problem though is streaming audio live - that becomes a problem in good quality as huge streams suck unless you got wicked highspeed

[SJ]

I dunno about charging talent - but if you had a way to keep track of podcasts being downloaded you could pay them a commision of what they sell basically