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January 30, 2006

Top of the pods - BBC publishes "podcast charts"

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Posted by Nicole Simon

When you hear the words "podcast charts" - would the second thought coming to your mind be "from the BBC"? No?

It should, because the BBC website published their numbers for on demand content for December and named the press release "Best of Moyles tops BBC podcast chart".

The experiment was started last year and the BBC plans to continue and study this new phenomena:

Simon Nelson, Controller of BBC Radio & Music Interactive, said: "It's fantastic to see how the demand for radio downloads has grown since we first offered them in 2004. These figures underline the enduring relevance of radio in the digital world."

Twenty programmes were made available in BBC Radio's download and podcast trial last May.

At the end of the 2005 it was announced that the trial would be extended into this year and would include more programmes, in order to gain a better understanding of listeners' preferences.

While for the moment the BBC programs are "just" redistributed as podcast, I am sure we will see the day when Radio itself will serve as "just second" distribution channel!

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