The Podcast Network

The Podcast Network

Infobox Network
network_name = The Podcast Network (TPN)
network_
country = AUS and UK
network_type = Podcast and videocast
available = International (via the internet)
owner =
key_people = Cameron Reilly
Ewan Spence|Scott Shermanlaunch_date = 2005
founder = Cameron Reilly and Mick Stanic
slogan = "Listen, Learn, Evolve"
past_names =
website = [http://www.thepodcastnetwork.com/ www.thepodcastnetwork.com]

The Podcast Network (TPN) is a company founded by Cameron Reilly and Mick Stanic, two Australian media identities. The company is one of the world's first podcasting businesses, having launched on February 14, 2005. It currently produces over 95 podcasts and has a claimed monthly global audience of over five hundred thousand people. The company's stated goal is to produce high quality digital programming on a wide variety of niche topics to global audiences and to attempt to re-invent media business models and formats by leveraging emerging production and distribution technologies and harnessing the global increase in citizen media content.

History

Having produced [http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/2004/11/29/gday-world-website-opens-for-business/ Australia's first podcast] Fact|date=October 2007 ( [http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/ "G'Day World"] on November 26, 2004), Reilly and Stanic also produced the world's first "Skypecast" by recording individual sides of a Skype call and stitching them together in post-production.Fact|date=October 2007 Joining them for the launch of TPN on Valentine's Day were Richard Giles and Ewan Spence, bringing together [http://gadget.thepodcastnetwork.com/ The Gadget Show] and [http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2006/05/the_podcast_net_5.html The Mobiles Show] podcasts respectively.

Mark Hunter, previously signed with PodShow, joined TPN in March 2006 with [http://mellowmonday.thepodcastnetwork.com/ The Mellow Monday Show] .

Mick Stanic announced on his personal blog that he had left TPN on May 19, 2006, as his presence was holding back both the growth of TPN and his own life. [cite web | title=SplaTT's Blog: The future of Mick and my time with The Podcast Network | url=http://www.splatt.com.au/blog/archives/2006/05/the_podcast_net_5.html | accessdate= 2007-01-007]

Brian Ibbott (from the Coverville podcast) joined TPN in October 2006 bringing with him the podcast [http://todayinmusichistory.thepodcastnetwork.com/ Today in Music History] [cite web | title=Goundbreaking Music Podcaster Brian Ibbott joins The Podcast Network | url=http://todayinmusichistory.thepodcastnetwork.com/2006/10/30/press-release-groundbreaking-music-podcaster-brian-ibbott-joins-the-podcast-network/ | accessdate= 2006-10-30] .

On October 31, 2006, TPN announced a pilot joint production with Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, launching an entertainment gossip podcast called [http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/interactive/0,,5001501,00.html 'Showbuzz'.]

On September 27, 2007, TPN [http://tpn.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/09/27/john-cleese-to-release-new-video-series-in-conjunction-with-the-podcast-network/ announced] it had signed a deal with British actor, writer and comedian John Cleese to produce a series of video podcasts called HEADCAST to be published on TPN's website.

In April 2008, TPN was successfully hacked due to software updates not being applied over the previous six months [cite web | title = TPN troubles | publisher = Cameron Reilly | date = 2008-04-10 | url = http://tpn.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/04/10/tpn-troubles/] .

Awards

2005 saw [http://edinburghfringe.thepodcastnetwork.com/ The Edinburgh Fringe Show] nominated for a Scottish BAFTA Award for Interactive Media [cite web | title=Edinburgh Festival Coverage Nominated For BAFTA | url=http://edinburghfringe.thepodcastnetwork.com/2005/11/02/podcasting-reaches-the-mainstream-edinburgh-festival-coverage-nominated-for-bafta/ | accessdate=2006-11-02] .In December 2006, The Podcast Network was selected by [http://www.econtentmag.com/ EContent Magazine] as one of their Top 100 "companies that matter most in the digital content industry". [cite web | title=EContent Magazine's 2006 EContent 100 | url=http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=18642&PageNum=3 | accessdate=2007-02-04] .

Notes

External links

* [http://gdayworld.thepodcastnetwork.com/ G'dayworld Blog] - The blog for both TPN founder Cameron Reilly and his show G'day World
* [http://tpn.thepodcastnetwork.com/ Official TPN blog site] - TPN's announcements blog
* [http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=153201 Nine MSN The geeks shall inherit the earth]
* [http://www.bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=138477 Nine MSN Podcasting: the new blogging]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/04/18/1113676683378.html?oneclick=true Sydney Morning Herald Podcasts make waves for radio]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/meet-the-podfather/2007/01/17/1168709762972.html Sydney Morning Herald Meet the podfather]
* [http://businessnetwork.smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/05/2200.html Sydney Morning Herald The frequency of Generation C]
* [http://www.anthillonline.com//article_detail.php?id=344 Australian Anthill Magazine 24 Hour Podcast People August 2007]


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