AOL Introduces New Podcast Offerings.NEW YORK -- America Online, Inc.
Podcasting 101 on AOL.com Features Popular Podcasts from KCRW,
"This Week in Tech," "Reel Reviews," AOL's Own "Sports Bloggers Live"
and More
Advanced Podcast Search and Discovery Options Available through a
New Version of the Popular Winamp Media Player; AOL Strikes Deal with
Podscope to Bring More Podcast Search Options to AOL Search this Fall
E[acute accent]Bringing the podcasting craze to a new level, America Online today announced new features designed to deliver the best of the web's podcasts to the more than 100 million unique visitors* to AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (R)'s network of web properties including the AOL.com(R) portal (http://www.aol.com). Currently available at http://www.aol.com/podcasting, listeners can easily discover, experience and download some of the web's most popular podcasts, including programs from KCRW KCRW Kansas City Roller Warriors (women's roller derby league; Kansas City, Missouri) , "This Week in Tech," AOL's "Sports Bloggers Live," "Reel Reviews," the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. and more through the comprehensive Podcasting 101 feature, or enjoy a 24/7 stream of standout programming on AOL(R) Radio's new Podcasting station. Fans are also able to search for thousands of additional podcasts with the new version of AOL's Winamp(R) 5.1 media player. Enhanced podcast search ability is coming to AOL(R) Search (http://www.aolsearch.com) this fall. E[acute accent]"Podcasting has exploded in the past six months, and we're excited to be at the forefront of this trend. Our goal is to make it easy for our visitors to discover some of the best of what's available so they can enjoy the benefits of listening to great audio content on the go," said Bill Wilson, Senior Vice President of Programming for AOL. "The programs we are featuring are great for novices and experts alike. Over the next few months, we will be expanding our podcast experience with more exclusive and original programming -- from AOL and from partners -- and adding more advanced search options." E[acute accent]Podcasting 101 and the AOL Radio Podcasting Station E[acute accent]With step-by-step instructions on getting started, Podcasting 101's guide to podcasting lets visitors pick from the most popular podcasts available - from big names to small - for one time download or subscription. To sample some of the hottest podcasts, visitors can also tune in to AOL Radio's new Podcast station, featuring a non-stop stream of these popular programs. E[acute accent]Highlights of AOL's currently featured podcasts include AOL-hosted "best of the web" talk format programs such as: E[acute accent]--KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic Morning Becomes Eclectic is an influential, three-hour triple-A radio program broadcast live every weekday from KCRW in Santa Monica, California. Nic Harcourt has hosted the program since 1998; previously it was hosted by Chris Douridas and Tom Schnabel. ," "Music Exchange," "Le Show," "Left, Right & Center," and "Bookworm bookworm, popular name for the larvae of several beetles that bore through books, e.g., the drugstore, spider, and deathwatch beetles. ;" E[acute accent]--the hugely popular "This Week in Tech" and "Security Now!;" E[acute accent]--AOL's first original podcast, "Sports Bloggers Live;" and E[acute accent]--Michael Geoghegan's "Reel Reviews," on of the first movie-related podcast on the net. E[acute accent]Other offerings include podcasts from CNN, Science at NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , Adam Curry's "The Podfinder," BBC's "Today" and "From Our Own Correspondent “Fooc” redirects here. For other uses, see Fooc (disambiguation). From Our Own Correspondent (also known as FOOC[1]) is a BBC radio programme in which BBC correspondents broadcast monologues on topical current events from countries outside the UK. ," Battlestar Galactica, Engadget, Grape Radio, Gamespot.com and more. E[acute accent]Over the coming months, AOL will introduce more original programming podcasts from AOL(R) Music, Moviefone, AOL(R) Coaches and the KOL KOL Kings of Leon (UK band) KoL Kingdom of Loathing (online game) KOL Key Opinion Leaders KOL Key Opinion Leader KOL Kiss on Lips KOL Key Objects Library KOL Knights of Labor KOL Key-Oriented List (R) (kids) and RED(R) (teens) services. E[acute accent]Podcast Search E[acute accent]In addition to the new podcast programming launched today, AOL's popular Winamp 5.1 media player includes a new podcast directory called SHOUTcast Wire. The directory gives users the ability to discover, download and subscribe to hundreds of podcasts from podcasters around the world. E[acute accent]In a separate announcement today, TVEyes revealed that its Podscope search engine will be integrated with AOL Search (http://www.aolsearch.com). In the coming months, AOL will offer visitors the ability to discover thousands of additional podcasts through the integration of Spoken Word Indexing(TM). This innovative search capability will allow fans to get audio search results and sample from tens of thousands of search-specific audio clips. E[acute accent]Winamp 5.1 Surround Edition is available now for download from http://www.winamp.com/. Launched in January 1998, Winamp is a world leading advanced media player application with more than 48 million monthly worldwide users**. Winamp supports high fidelity playback of CD, MP3, aacPlus, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). , WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. , WMV (Windows Media Video) A family of digital video compression technologies from Microsoft based on MPEG-4. Version 9 of the WMV codec was released to the SMPTE organization and became the SMPTE 421M standard, otherwise known as VC-1 (see VC-1). , NSV NSV Net Sales Value NSV Nullsoft Streaming Video NSV Noise Shaped Video (Sony) NSV No-Scalpel Vasectomy (Chinese puncture technique) NSV Nationalistische Studentenvereniging and other popular digital audio and video formats, skins and plug-ins. Winamp (http://www.winamp.com) and SHOUTcast (http://www.shoutcast.com) were acquired by America Online, Inc. in May 1999 and are part of AOL Music's leading offerings (http://www.aolmusic.com). E[acute accent]AOL(R) Music is a leading online destination for music, reaching nearly twenty million music fans a month* through a rich array of programming, products and services that make it easy to discover, experience, listen to and buy music online. AOL Music's offerings include original programs such as AOL Music Sessions, AOL Music LIVE! and AOL Music Breakers, and special features such as First Listen and First View. They are available through aolmusic.com, the AOL Music Channel, the AOL(R) Radio Network, Netscape(R) Music, CompuServe(R) Music, AIM(R) Music, ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. (R) Music, Winamp(R) and SHOUTcast(R) services. Integrated commerce options make it easy for consumers to purchase the music they hear on AOL Music through MusicNet@AOL, iTunes on AOL, AOL's CD/DVD shop and AOL's Entertainment for Mobile store. E[acute accent]About America Online, Inc. E[acute accent]America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner Inc. Based in Dulles, VA, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. E[acute accent]*August 2005, comScore Media Metrics US E[acute accent]**July 2005, comScore Media Metrics Worldwide |
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