A senior executive at Sprint PCS today says he is interested in speaking to companies that could offer podcast services to subscribers, according to an answer to a question I e-mailed during an online chat.
Dale Knoop, general manager for multimedia products at Sprint PCS, participated in one-hour “BigTalk” online chat sponsored by Wireless Week. I said in my e-mail to Knoop, “Podcasting seems like a natural for cellular operators to increase voice revenues in two ways: User-created podcasts via a cellular phone (such as how Audioblog.com enables it) and offering short podcasts for listening over a phone. Does it make sense for Sprint to offer one or both services in the near future?”
Knoop replied, “If there's a content provider interested in bringing us this kind of content we are very open to reviewing it with them.”
Good idea
I’ve previously written that I believe podcast services make sense for the cellular industry. I also posted a podcast (on another weblog) about how podcasts could help the wireless industry to generate revenues and provide a useful servicde to subscribers.
Taken literally, Knoop wants “content,” but I think it also makes sense for companies offering podcast creation tools to speak with Sprint — and other operators, too.
Okay Audioblog, Odeo andand others involved in developing podcast services — perhaps oyu should consider speaking to Sprint.
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