The Podcast Stuido

One of the “hottest” things on the Internet is the ability to both broadcast and download “Podcasts”.  Kind of like “radio”, except far more powerful and customizable.  Don Ashley’s Valrico studio offers induviduals and companies alike the opportunity to tell their story, promote their products or services, report the news, share a talent, reach out to loved ones, etc… the list is virtaully endless.  Like other high-end podcast studios this one offers the ability to produce high quality audio as well as coupling video.  Whether pre-recorded for airing at a later date or live, this studio offers the full power of the Internet.

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WHAT IS A PODCAST?
A podcast is a series of digital computer files, usually either digital audio or video, that is released periodically and made available for download by means of web syndication.

The syndication aspect of the delivery is what differentiates podcasts from other ways of accessing files, such as simple download or streaming: it means that special client software applications known as podcatchers (such as Apple Inc.’s iTunes or Nullsoft’s Winamp) can automatically identify and retrieve new files in a given series when they are made available, by accessing a centrally-maintained web feed that lists all files currently associated with that particular series. New files can thus be downloaded automatically by the podcatcher and stored locally on the user’s computer or other device for offline use, making it simpler for the user to download content that is released episodically.

Like the term broadcast, podcast can refer either to the content itself or to the method by which the content is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. A podcaster is the person who creates the content.

The term is a portmanteau of the words “iPod” and “broadcast”,the Apple iPod being the brand of portable media player for which early podcasting scripts were developed (see history of podcasting), allowing podcasts to be automatically transferred from a personal computer to a mobile device after download.[2] Despite the source of the name, it has never been necessary to use an iPod, or any other form of portable media player, to use podcasts; the content can be accessed using any computer capable of playing media files. As more mobile devices other than iPods became able to synchronize with podcast feeds, a backronym developed where podcast stood for “Personal On Demand broadCAST.”