SR DRS: Demand for podcasts more than doubles
More and more people are consuming radio broadcasts as podcasts. Swiss Radio DRS recorded a total of around 35 million downloads of broadcasts in mp3 format in 2009, 130 percent more than in the previous year.
SR DRS offers a total of 74 podcasts for free download on its homepage. By far the most successful radio podcast was the news program "Echo der Zeit", which was downloaded around 9,600 times a day on average. The most successful weekly program was "DRS 3 Digital" with an average of around 14,500 downloads, followed by the DRS 3 programs "Input" with 14,300 and "Focus" with 11,300 downloads.
The culture and knowledge program DRS 2 doubled its podcast usage in 2009. The most-used podcast was "Kontext," with 7,400 downloads per program. The biggest percentage increase, over 300 percent, was recorded by "100 Seconds of Knowledge". The increase for "Musikmagazin" was over 230 percent, and for the DRS 2 film podcast 198 percent. At DRS 1, "Doppelpunkt," "Persönlich" and "Espresso" were among the most downloaded programs.
The culture and knowledge program DRS 2 doubled its podcast usage in 2009. The most-used podcast was "Kontext," with 7,400 downloads per program. The biggest percentage increase, over 300 percent, was recorded by "100 Seconds of Knowledge". The increase for "Musikmagazin" was over 230 percent, and for the DRS 2 film podcast 198 percent. At DRS 1, "Doppelpunkt," "Persönlich" and "Espresso" were among the most downloaded programs.
Music shows also on offer
For about a year now, SR DRS has also been offering music programs as podcasts - there are currently 19 of them. This has become possible thanks to a copyright agreement with the IFPI (International Federation Of Producers Of Phonograms And Videograms), according to a statement from SR DRS.
