http://www.ukpa.info protecting our members' rights and promoting podcasting Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:56:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The UK national awarding body, the NCFE has established a school grade in podcasting which is to sit alongside the many vocational awards in the Arts, media and publishing sector. From the Times: The UK’s first qualification in podcasting, in which pupils will learn how to make audio and video broadcasts available ... http://www.ukpa.info/2008/06/27/ncfe-establishes-gcse-podcasting/ Independent podcasters: the Guardian are holding an in-house "festival" called Fuure of Journalism - yesterday's topic was audio on the web. Your thoughts on this Guardian discussion on podcasting are welcome: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/06/future_of_journalism_internet.html http://www.ukpa.info/2008/06/20/comments-please/ We've released the videos from last Saturday's sessions at the Guardian as two long videos available here. Also see James Cridland's notes on the sessions. http://www.ukpa.info/2008/04/02/ukpa-podcast-2/ Guardian Session 1: Regulation and Podcasting Guardian Session 2: Music and Podcasting http://www.ukpa.info/2008/03/30/ukpa-org-guardian-sessions-qik-videos/ UKPA is hosting a seminar on rights with the Open Rights Group at the Guardian, Farringdon, London, Saturday March 29th 2pm - 5pm and it would be great if you would come and take part. Becky Hogge and Matt Wells (heads of ORG and Guardian Audio respectively) will be there, as ... http://www.ukpa.info/2008/02/29/podcasting-rights-and-music-ukpa-event-at-guardian-audio-london-march-29th-2008/ New UK Podcasters Association rates as from Jan 1st 2008: Basic membership: Free Full membership: £3 pcm, £36 per year Corporate 1 (turnover up to £100,000 p.a.): £120 per year Corporate 2 (turnover over £100,000 p.a.): £250 per year The new Corporate 2 tier has been arrived at in discussion with members and prospective members ... http://www.ukpa.info/2008/01/02/new-ukpa-membership-rates-2008/ There is a new initiative afoot to try and bring a new, physical space to the UK, the Social Media Café. UKPA member Lloyd Davis discusses what it is and how he hopes it will work in the UKPA podcast. http://www.ukpa.info/2007/11/23/social-media-cafe/ Back in April 2006 when the UK Podcasters Association started, we were given advice and support by the Open Rights Group. As a new organisation, we needed all the help we could get, and ORG gave it. Their intelligence enabled us to go into high-level meetings confidently, fully aware of our ... http://www.ukpa.info/2007/11/19/open-rights-group-2/ Another major media corporation has joined the UK Podcasters Association - Guardian Unlimited. At the same time, they have joined the Radio Academy, strongly signifying their further ambitions in the area. Head of audio Matt Wells said: "We are now a significant force in quality speech programming, with hundreds of thousands of ... http://www.ukpa.info/2007/11/16/guardian-unlimited-joins-ukpa/ Commercial radio giant, GCap Media, operators of radio stations such as Capital Radio, Xfm and Classic FM has joined UK Podcasters Association, in a move that spearheads the radio industry’s integration with digital and online media. GCap is the first radio/media company to join the UKPA, which has been attracting ... http://www.ukpa.info/2007/08/31/gcap-media-joins-ukpa/