Producing a TV show strictly for a live TV or Internet audience has both advantages and disadvantages. The same applies to doing a pre-recorded show for one-time later broadcast or on-demand consumption. In this article, you’ll learn the pros, cons and guidelines for each, plus the recommendations for hybrid production, where you can have your cake and eat it too: live and on-demand later. Finally, you’ll learn the best practices to follow if you also want to extract an audio-only on-demand version to be distributed as a podcast, or have it simulcast live on a traditional radio station.

Producing a TV show strictly for a live TV or Internet audience has both advantages and disadvantages. The same applies to doing a pre-recorded show for one-time later broadcast or on-demand consumption. In this article, you’ll learn the pros, cons and guidelines for each, plus the recommendations for hybrid production, where you can have your cake and eat it too: live and on-demand later. Finally, you’ll learn the best practices to follow if you also want to extract an audio-only on-demand version to be distributed as a podcast, or have it simulcast live on a traditional radio station.

In this article, you’ll learn:

• Traditional guidelines for evergreen, pre-recorded shows
• Traditional guidelines for a live TV show
• Have your cake and eat it too with hybrid live & on-demand production
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• Live audio simulcast on a traditional radio station
• Best practices for handling on-demand video
• Best practices for extracting audio-only for distribution as a podcast

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