by Jason Salas, KUAM News Thursday, January 26, 2006 Subscribe to Jason's newsfeed   E-mail this article Printable version KUAM Toolbar Web Widgets Get RSS headlines

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Much to my chagrin, I've learned to accept the fact that not everyone watches television all the time. Traditional broadcast media - TV and radio - are predicated on consumer synchronization, meaning that you're forced to have to tune into a certain channel/frequency at a certain time and pay attention for a certain period. Rebroadcasts don't adequately address the problem of delivering the advantage of time-shifting to the user. Failing any of those requirements, you've lost out...with little recourse.

It's obviously not the optimal way to receive content. So we're changing the game.

You can now take the KUAM News team with you anywhere you go with our on demand service, KUAM Broadband. Whether you want to repeat a segment that aired on one of our newscasts or other shows, or in case you just missed something, you can always have Guam's top news, entertainment and information with you at all times. Our clips are available shortly after they air, so you'll never miss a beat.

Just visit our KUAM Broadband page to download your favorite audio and video clips. We've separated them on a per-story basis, so you can pick just what you want and ignore what you don't. Being MP3s and MP4s, our clips are inherently portable, so you can copy them onto digital media players like an iPod, a PlayStation Portable or an Xbox, and enjoy them as you see fit. Pause, rewind or forward through our stuff, and watch limitlessly. Take it to the beach, the DMV, the mall, to school...wherever you go.

And we've also baked flexibility right into the mix: you can manually download media by bookmarking our page and visiting back often, or subscribe to our podcast to get automatic notification and delivery of the clips we've uploaded.

So now you've got choice. Read the current day's headlines on our site or search for older articles. Watch entire newscasts and special productions in our Webcast Archive via high-quality streaming video, or download individual stories to take with you and share with friends.

KUAM Broadband is one in several key components in our "On-Air. Online. On Demand." campaign. It's all about giving you convenience, choice and comfort. There's a lot more to come in the next few months.

Happy downloading!