How much shorter is the COTW podcast?

[cmr_for3]

Hello all
I have a podcast app on my phone which i use to subscribe to the COTW podcast. Each podcast announces itself as being the "highlights edition" of the program. How much is cut off compared with a full week's work of shows?

[french frank]

I've been trying to work it out: it's mostly the speech element as there's a limit (or there was) on how long classical extracts can be on downloads. Uninformed guess: about half the original???

[Cockney Sparrow]

I've been trying to work it out: it's mostly the speech element as there's a limit (or there was) on how long classical extracts can be on downloads. Uninformed guess: about half the original???

I don't listen to the podcasts, but along the lines of the previous response, I think its to do with royalties - I think short extracts avoid substantial royalty payment - the radio broadcast was a "one-off" play of the recording, but giving away a download to be retained for the future is a further distribution of it. As staff time has to be spent editing the programme down from the broadcast, there must be an imperative, and that would probably (inevitably?) be financial.

[Flosshilde]

doesn't the podcast tell you how long it is?

[cmr_for3]

I've been trying to work it out: it's mostly the speech element as there's a limit (or there was) on how long classical extracts can be on downloads. Uninformed guess: about half the original???

Thanks for it, if it's just the music that is missing I can live that. Just hoping they were not cutting down on the info.

[french frank]

doesn't the podcast tell you how long it is?

I downloaded the podcast to my desktop but only seemed able to start and stop it.

From the R3 website it seems as if the 5 hours weekly are condensed into about 1 hour.