Want To Watch Your Favorite Radio Show On The Internet?
Radio – Video On Demand!
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Apr. 26, 2005 – Digitcast, The Internet
BroadcastingNetwork along with the Sports Byline USA Radio Network, home of
America’s # 1 Radio Sports Talk Show, have launched “RADIO-VIDEO
ON DEMAND internet broadcasting”. Unlike other Video on Demand web sites
that charge a pay per view or a monthly access fee, watching The Sports Byline
USA Radio Show is FREE. Hosted by Emmy Award Winner Ron Barr, Radio-Video On
Demand is available at http://digitcast.com/sportsbyline/archivesmarch2005/archive1.htm.
"The time was right to integrate a radio show with television quality video,"
says Jeff Vaughn, founder of Digitcast LLC and producer of the show. “More
than 60% of the homes in the United States are now connected to high speed Internet
Broadband service and the technology advancements of video internet players
provide a high quality viewing experience.”
Radio-Video On Demand Internet Broadcasting creates an opportunity for the internet
radio audience to experience the visual aspect of a radio broadcast. Viewers
see how the host and their guests interact, as well as see their emotional expressions
come out as the guests tell their stories. Radio-Video On Demand also creates
the opportunity for the internet radio audience to watch a radio show when they
want to. Missed your favorite radio show while you were sleeping, out to dinner,
running errands, or just too busy to listen? Simply go to “R-VOD".
Radio-Video on Demand is advertiser supported. Video technology on the internet
has seen major improvements and television quality ad spots can be viewed as
if you were watching them on your home television. According to a Borrell Associates
study, advertising spending on online radio Web sites increased 94 % from 2003
to 2004, and there is plenty room for growth. “The advertising will not
be intrusive," says Darren Peck, Sports Byline USA President. "It
will reach a targeted audience with no waste and the ads will be embedded into
the video stream”.
By offering Radio-Video on Demand, Digitcast is pioneering a new type of viable
radio programming much like Ron Barr did when he created Sports Byline USA 17
years ago.
About Digitcast
Digitcast is an online internet broadcasting network that provides traditional
radio and talk show programming as well as live events such as sporting, recreational,
consumer and trade shows the ability to expand their audience and markets via
live and archived internet video webcasts. Digitcast provides radio, entertainment,
sports and political talk show personalities a digital internet network to broadcast
their shows and information via the internet enabling viewers to see and hear
programming worldwide. www.digitcast.com
About Sports Byline USA
Now in its 17th year, Sports Byline USA has become the most popular interactive
sports talk radio network in the country. It's heard on nearly 200 syndicated
radio stations and reaches more than 2.5 million listeners per week, as well
as 100,000 plus unique visitors each month to the web stream at sportsbyline.com.
Additionally, Sports Byline USA is heard internationally on 500 stations of
The American Forces Network as well as in Canada, the Virgin Islands and on
Radio New Zealand. Sports Byline USA can also be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio
channel 122.