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Eurovision Insight Podcast: The passports and tickets are ready. Written by on April 26, 2011 | 6 Comments

Strange to think that this is going to be the last weekly news podcast for around month – with the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest less than a week away from the first tech rehearsals at the Esprit Arena the ESC Insight team are gathering in Dusseldorf this weekend.

But before then, a quick round up of the news highlights from the last week, including the results from the Scottish Preview party and music fro Kati Wolf.

Eurovision Insight Podcast: The passports and tickets are ready.

It’s the last weekly news round-up before ESC Insight set up the studio in Dusseldorf next week, with news of live shows, documentaries, commentators and music from Kati Wolf.

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British Academy (BAFTA) nominated broadcaster and writer Ewan Spence is the voice behind The Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast and one of the driving forces behind ESC Insight. Having had an online presence since 1994, he is a noted commentator around the intersection of the media, internet, technology, mobility and how it affects us all. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, his work has appeared on the BBC, The Stage, STV, and The Times. You can follow Ewan on Twitter (@ewan) and Facebook (facebook.com/ewanspence).

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6 responses to “Eurovision Insight Podcast: The passports and tickets are ready.”

  1. Michael says:

    Wow, another English version of “Szerelem, miért múlsz?”!

    I wonder if Kati will modify the 3-minute version to be 100% English on the stage at Dusseldorf. I actually think that might work better than the mixed version, although the original Hungarian 4-minute version is still my favorite.

    Looking forward to the daily podcasts from Dusseldorf! I’ll be traveling around Iceland during Eurovision week (and flying from Reykjavik to New York during the final!) because my Eurovision partner couldn’t get out of work this year, so I may not be listening then to avoid spoiling it for me when I get back to States and am able to watch the shows, but I do appreciate it.

  2. Ben says:

    I love your podcasts but I find your Helllooooo Internet intros intensely irritating 😉

  3. Ewan Spence says:

    There are far worse catchphrases, and it is over very quickly (wink back at ya!)

  4. Seán says:

    The “Helllooo internet” is very nice. Imagine something cheesy like “Nice to see ye, to see you …..”
    (I could be sick if that was the first thing I heard on a Podcast in the morning)

  5. Zolan says:

    There was a time when websites had useless splash images as their home page and you had to click through to reach the actual content.
    I imagine people will lose patience with the 22 second (350kB) ident once numerous podcasts compete for their attention, and something like a 3-5 second audio icon will replace it.
    Of course, one already clicks some identifier to get the podcast in the first place, so it’s more like the copyright text on images.

  6. Ewan Spence says:

    Zolan, we still have a splash image to click through to get content, but that’s alongside the top three stores and other links. As for the “Helllooooo” thoughts, it is noted, and there are arguments both for and against. In a sea of podcasts having something that quickly says “this is the podcast you want” is important, and right after the Hello there is a summary of the show in a sentence or two so you can work out what’s coming up.

    And nobody ever got bored of “Space, the Final Frontier…”

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