{"id":547965,"date":"2006-02-10T06:29:16","date_gmt":"2006-02-10T06:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/547965-podcast-directory-goes-live.html"},"modified":"2006-02-10T06:29:16","modified_gmt":"2006-02-10T06:29:16","slug":"podcast-directory-goes-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/547965-podcast-directory-goes-live.html","title":{"rendered":"Podcast directory goes live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">A podcast is a feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The IS Podfarm serves as a catalogue of a variety of local and international podcasts, says IS product specialist Jeff Fletcher. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;As the technology catches on, more and more people want to access specific podcasts, so we have anticipated the need for a single public repository,&quot; adds Hillel Shrock, new business development director at IS. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.podfarm.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><font size=\"2\">Podfarm<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"> links to 11 podcasts, from a &#8216;Moneyweb power hour&#8217; to Rodger Goode on 5fm. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">The programmes vary in length, depending on their nature. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Fletcher believes the directory will help to unearth grassroots podcasters by giving them a promotional avenue. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;So far there have been no concentrated efforts to further the South African podcasting industry, in contrast to the enormous international growth of the phenomenon,&quot; he notes. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">IS could not put a figure to the costs of sponsoring the site, but Fletcher explains that since it is not actually hosting every podcast, the server hosting costs are negligible. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Shrock adds that most programmes can be downloaded with an ordinary PC with the suitable software and soundcard &#8211; an iPod or MP3 player is not essential. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Podcasting, which arrived in SA in mid-2004, was named word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary in 2005. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><i>INet-Bridge<\/i> <\/font><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A directory for South African podcasters and listeners went live this month, hosted by Internet Solutions (IS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}