New Audio only Podcasts?

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I do whatever Lisa tells me to do. :wink:

Weā€™ll still launch shows on video when we feel itā€™s needed (like Hands-on Photography, for example). But being able to launch some shows in audio-only means we can try more things. If theyā€™re hits, weā€™ll add video.

Most podcasts, after all, are audio-only. And 90% of our downloads are audio. We totally understand that video is what distinguishes TWiT from the other guys, and weā€™ll still do all our existing shows that way. And even when itā€™s an audio-only show, weā€™ll stream it live whenever we can. Feel better?

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nope we need video so i am not gonna we need video can you tell her that

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Iā€™ll tell her Caleb says we need video.

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yes,piz do ww need video so piz do or i wll wich uptv so, piz do

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haha we need video
so subscribe

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@leo and @Lisa, I totally understand. Iā€™ve been advising small businesses for over 30 years so I understand and agree you have to do what makes economic sense. Iā€™d much rather have audio only TWiT than no TWiT. I appreciate your ā€œgrandfatheringā€ existing shows.

So tech questionā€¦is there a way to record the live video screen? I use a program called FastStone Capture that will do it. Any better methods?

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Iā€™d say Iā€™m running the asylum now & I want to do more shows, not less. 2 more shows are dropping this quarter because they are audio only. We plan to launch 2-3 shows per quarter next year. If we did video as well it would be 2-3 per year tops.

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Fantastic. Love all the recent additions and canā€™t wait to see what else is coming.

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This is your legacy @Leo as a TV star. This is how I ā€œmetā€ you and probably how most people who have followed you for a significant period of time also got to know you. Despite the weird ā€œdisaster is slow motionā€ that TechTV/G4 became, I donā€™t think ā€œThe Screen Saversā€ was ever anything but nerd catnip :slight_smile:

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Here I go replying to myself again. LOL

For others (i.e. not Leo who lived it): Someone else recently introduced me to the podcast, but if you want to relive some of the story of TechTV and G4 there is these two episodes: https://www.techstuffpodcast.com/podcasts/the-techtv-story.htm https://www.techstuffpodcast.com/podcasts/the-rise-and-fall-of-g4-tv.htm

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I would bet thereā€™s another large group of people that discovered the TWIT network from listening to the weekend radio show. Iā€™d be surprised to hear that most TWIT followers came from the TechTV/Screen Savers universe.

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No doubt, but those shows donā€™t air outside the USA and he has a pretty large international following it seems to me, so theyā€™re not all coming from the radio show either.

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I think sadly the majority only listen, but I love watching. Really it comes down to economics and I assume its just way more practical for TWiT to start to favor audio only :disappointed:

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Leo probably has a large international audience because he got on podcasts early. Personally, I found him on TechTV, on the Australian cable network called Foxtel.

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Iā€™m so happy to hear this! More variety is great! Iā€™m still waiting for a gaming show thoughā€¦

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Iā€™m quite late to the game. I found TWiT by listening to Tom Merritt (and Jason Howell) on Buzz Out Loud.

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The only show I watch the video version of, Hands-On Tech, wouldnā€™t really make sense to only listen. Other than that, itā€™s just audio for me.

So for me it doesnā€™t really matter, if we get video or not.

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Buzz Out Loud! Molly Wood should guest host on Twit again. Itā€™s been ages.

Speaking of ages, Tom left Buzz in 2010, so I think you can consider yourself an old timer here now. Itā€™s been almost 10 yearsā€¦

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I second that. The Tom and Molly show continues on ā€œItā€™s a Thingā€ podcast.

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@lisa @leo If I subscribe via the app Downcast do you get that data; is it counted toward the 30K subscriptions?

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