Listener’s Choice: The you pick-it podcast
Have you ever been listening to CBC Radio and heard something so good you wanted to hear again? Maybe it’s an interview that excited you. Or a documentary that touched you. Or maybe it’s something you remember from years ago that you just want to hear one more time. CBC Radio One’s Sirius channel and CBC’s podcasting group are coming out with a new show called Listener’s Choice. To get your pick selected, fill this form out and tell them what you’d like to hear, and why.
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Spin Cycles on a podcast please!
I have only heard bits but each time I am stuck in my car unable to leave.
Is there an official reason why the CBC can’t just archive all their shows for on-demand re-broadcast like the BBC or NPR? It seems silly that we have to beg for CBC re-broadcasts.
Yes, there is. It’s because CBC doesn’t own some of the content it airs — commercial music, for instance, is licenced for specific use… in our case, for terrestrial broadcast and Internet streaming.
We’re still trying to negotiate rights for Internet download (podcasts) so it’s really in the rights-holders’ hands.
Though Spin Cycles isn’t a proper podcast, you can at least grab an MP3 of the first episode (with pod-friendly music) here.
Todd does your answer to Mita’s question also apply to material on the CBC archives site? It would be really nice to be able to download some of that program content for offline listening rather than having to just listen to it while connected to the internet.
Hmmm… I’m not sure. I’ll ask Paul to weigh in on that one, since he works for Archives…
Be glad to. Yes, the copyright question is a key factor in why the CBC Archives site is streaming only, as are the many unions that have a stake in how CBC content is made available.
There’s a fair bit of content on the Archives site that isn’t strictly owned by CBC, or which was not originally clear for internet use. If a clip contains music, actors, dancers, puppeteers, a script, work by freelancers, photos, artwork, sports footage, video from other networks, etc., etc. – often that requires permissions and sometimes payments to other parties and unions.
When we do clear that stuff for use on our site, we do so for streaming, in part because because many rights holders have flatly refused to allow downloading.
That said, there’s also a fair bit that is straight up CBC content. Outside of copyright and union issues, there are a few technical and political hurdles we have to clear before we can offer downloading (and believe me, we’re looking into it.)
Some of our content has traditionally been sold for home, school or broadcast use, so there are revenue questions to address. There’s also the journalistic question of putting CBC content out there for others to manipulate and possibly misrepresent.
I know most web users don’t care about these concerns, but they do account for some of the traditional reluctance to open up the archives for downloading. (Fortunately, access to an internet connection is becoming less problematic in many places.) I’m happy to say that over the time I’ve been at the Archives, attitudes have changed significantly, and I think we’ll see downloading of at least some content available in the near future. I’m certainly pushing for it!
Well, I guess that answers my question as to why Terry O’Reilly and the Age of Persuasion (a fine, fine show) isn’t part of the CBC podcast realm.