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The podcasts are played directly from the BBC's servers. The BBC already have all the consumption data that they would expect - IP address, device, time listen
by jamescridland 8y ago
The podcasts are played directly from the BBC's servers.
The BBC already have all the consumption data that they would expect - IP address, device, time listened, etc - in their own server logs. Just like a normal podcast player.
So... what user analytics do the BBC actually want?
- shermozle 8y agoThose user analytics aren't very useful. You get IP address, device and time _downloaded_. You get nothing about "listened". There's a standard NPR have written to improve this, but it requires the podcast players to implement it. It's very privacy-respecting but I doubt Apple will implement it, so it's probably going to be a non-starter unless the big podcasters like the BBC hold the line.
- jamescridland 8y agoThe standard is RAD. The BBC hasn't implemented it. For Google Podcasts, "downloaded" = "listened", since it has no auto-download feature. So they are (excepting the minority who manually download) actual listens. You remind me that I should add a sniffer for RAD support in my Podnews pages, so I'll go and do that. My own podcast has RAD tags in it.