BBC News has begun a 12-month trial, under which it is making available free video podcasts based on its flagship "Ten O'Clock News" and "Newsnight" programs. It is currently offering three separate video podcasts (at http://www.bbc.co.uk/newspodcasts): "Ten Weekly," a weekly selection of stories from the "Ten O' Clock News"; "Newsnight," weekly highlights from the eponymous show, presented by the show's regular team; and "STORYFix," which it describes as taking "a high- speed tongue-in-cheek look at the last week's news on the BBC." "Ten Weekly" is available every Wednesday, while "STORYFix" and "Newsnight" are published on Friday evenings. Later in the year, BBC News plans to offer a video podcast that will feature highlights from each week's episode of the talk and current-affairs show, "Question Time," as well as a video podcast that will provide a "daily news briefing" aimed at the morning commuter. The BBC also plans to offer video podcasts that will feature non-news content. "We view video podcasting as a convenient way for our audiences to consume BBC News content at a time and place of their choosing--both established programs such as the 'Ten' and 'Newsnight' but also content they may not have come across such as 'STORYFix,'" Adam Van Klaveren, deputy director of BBC News, said in a prepared statement.
The video podcasts appear to be popular with consumers: the "Newsnight" video podcast shot straight to number one on the iTunes news podcast chart, while "Ten Weekly" reached number six.
This article was originally published on August 9, 2006 within the [itvt] newsletter.
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