my favorite iPhone app…
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009 at 11:47 am by Brian Ales
The keynote event at the Future of Television East conference here in New York a few weeks ago was a conversation with Paula Kerger, President & CEO of PBS. During the discussion, the subject of the iPhone NPR app came up as a model of what digital distribution of PBS content could someday look like.
Although the tremendously successful BBC iPlayer might have been a more apt example, I was happy nonetheless to hear one of my favorite iPhone apps getting some recognition.
Of course, the ability of internet radio to provide access to any station regardless of the geographical limitations of its over-the-air broadcast range were touted - Kerger, as it happens, enjoys listening to Maine public radio (where she has a summer home) while traveling. However, what was left unsaid about the NPR iPhone app was what I feel is its most notable feature: the “Programs” section, a comprehensive implementation of all available on-demand streams organized by program rather than station. Not only that, but news shows such as “All Things Considered” are broken down by individual segments, so one can actually browse within the show (of course, for a more passive experience you can still play all segments sequentially via a playlist).

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