Learn a bit about the evolution of buzzwords related to modern channels of entertainment
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| Keith: Hi, I’m Keith. |
| Sadia: Hey and I’m Sadia. The focus of this Buzzwords lesson is webcasting. |
| Keith: Okay, webcasting. Will it "kill" the television? |
| Sadia: First there was TiVo, the digital video recorder that was introduced in 1999. |
| Keith: Ah, memories, 1999! Well, what it did was it allowed television fans to record their favorite shows for future viewing-- without the use of a videotape or any other analog recording technology. |
| Sadia: Today, however, the wonders of TiVo have been replaced with the wonders of webcasting and streaming video websites like YouTube and Hulu. |
| Keith: Yeah, webcasting has actually become a very "big business." |
| Sadia: The word "webcast," is a combination of the words, "broadcast," and "world wide web." |
| Keith: A webcast is a media file-- music or audio-- that is sent to many viewers and listeners over the internet, much like how a radio delivers a song or a television delivers a television show. |
| Sadia: In fact, some radio stations actually "stream" their output to internet users, allowing the users to listen to the station just as they would on the regular radio. |
| Keith: Yeah, and some television stations stream some of their shows-- sometimes short clips, and sometimes entire episodes-- on their websites. |
| Sadia : Some TV stations "simulcast" special programs like presidential speeches-- and simulcast means that they show these programs on their website at the same time that the show is being broadcast on television. |
| Keith: And why do you think that is? Why do they do that? |
| Sadia: Well, I think it's become increasingly popular for people to spend a lot of time on their computers. So, to hold peoples’ interest, I think television networks, they have to kind of be mindful of this and do whatever they can to keep people interested in television. |
| Keith: So they’re using the internet to keep people interested in television. And one website that's been getting more and more popular recently is Hulu.com. |
| Sadia: I use Hulu! Hulu offers streaming video of TV shows and movies from a group of TV networks. |
| Keith: Viewers can log on to Hulu and select the shows that they want to watch, and they can watch it whenever they want to watch it. It's like a television lover's dream! |
| Sadia: Listeners, are you TV fans? Do you ever use sites like Hulu, or watch webcasts of your favorite shows online? |
| Keith: Do you think all this webcasting will make television disappear? |
| Keith: Let's take a look at some of the vocabulary for this Buzzwords lesson. |
| Sadia: webcast [natural native speed] |
| Keith: webcast [natural native speed] |
| Sadia: a media file distributed over the internet |
| Keith: webcast [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: webcast [natural native speed] |
| Keith: to record [natural native speed] |
| Sadia: to record [natural native speed] |
| Keith: to make a permanent record of something for future |
| reference |
| Sadia: to record [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Keith: to record [natural native speed] |
| Sadia: to allow [natural native speed] |
| Keith: to allow [natural native speed] |
| Sadia: to permit; to give permission |
| Keith: to allow [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Sadia: to allow [natural native speed] |
| Keith: to introduce [natural native speed] |
| Sadia: to introduce [natural native speed] |
| Keith: to present for the first time |
| Sadia: to introduce [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Keith: to introduce [natural native speed] |
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