Video podcasting: news on the move

Darren Jordon demonstrates the Ten Weekly video podcast

Want to catch up with BBC TV News when you're on the move?

Well you can now watch a weekly video podcast - or vodcast - of the BBC's Ten O'clock News.

The latest service adds to the ways you can now access BBC News programmes.

The video podcast will be in addition to the other new services including a TV news summary which you'll be able to download to your mobile phone (if the phone is video-capable).

The new service, called The Ten Weekly, will have the best of the week's Ten O'clock news reports. Other video podcasts which are sometimes known as vodcasts - available include a service from Newsnight.

If you want to know more about how to download video podcasts from the BBC, visit the website below, which has links to the available BBC News television and radio podcasts and television vodcasts..

Round-up of Podcasts from BBC News

There are also comprehensive guides on how podcasting works and what sort of equipment you'll need, but we've provided a very simple guide below.

And from the links on the right-hand side of this page you'll find lots of useful information about BBC podcasting and vodcasting.

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What do I need to know about video podcasting?

Video podcasting allows you to download video - such as BBC News programmes to your computer - and transfer them to your podcast player

You'll need a video podcast player - in other words a way of viewing the video while on the move, and you'll need a computer to download your podcasts to first. The mobile video player could be a mobile phone or a play station portable, amongst other devices. These will connect to your PC via a cable to load the video from the computer to the player.

There are several computer applications you can download to help organise and view podcasts on your computer such as iTunes and Google Video.

To search for the new BBC video podcasts, click on the links from the BBC's dedicated podcast page - follow the link towards the top of this page

You can also search for BBC podcasts via software installed on your computer, for example, iTunes or Google Video.

You won't be able to watch live news programmes on your portable video player, just yet. But it's likely to be possible in the future

There are plans for Breakfast to launch a video podcast in the next couple of months or so - we'll have all the details about this on the Breakfast website when the service is about to start

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To find out more about the wider implications of vid eo podcasting, day on Breakfast we spoke to Tom Dunmore, the editor of Stuff magazine

Tom said that although the BBC is not the first to get into video podcasting, its entry into the market is significant.

It's the start of the move away from scheduled TV and radio to people getting what they want, when they want Tom Dunmore, Stuff magazine

According to Tom there is a real demand for audio podcasting - with video podcasting set to take off as the devices on which people access the service become more common.

Tom added that with the advantage of new software, which now automatically downloads your selected videos, vodcasting is set to become ever more popular.

There are also comprehensive guides on how podcasting works and what sort of equipment you'll need, but we've provided a very simple guide below.

There's also a helpful frequently asked questions page from a link via the main story above