Kiptronic, a technology service for downloadable media, announced today that it now offers dynamic ad insertion and campaign management for video content. Kiptronic‚Äôs service is currently in production with several media organizations including Cond√©Net, an Internet unit of Cond√©Nast Publications. ‚ÄúThe growth in Internet audio and video consumption requires unique content services that [don’t disrupt] […]

From Dean Whitbread, Chairman of the UK Podcasters Association, comes this news of negotiations for the WIPO Broadcast Treaty: “[I]n Geneva this week, so concerted has been the resistance to the much disliked WIPO Broadcast Treaty in its current form, with even the US delegation finding serious fault with it, that at several points today […]

Maharashtra-based bloggers Debashish Chakrabarty and Shashi Singh have announced the launch of Podbharti, India‚Äôs “first pure Hindi podcast.”¬† Their podcast is targeted toward the Hindi audience in India and abroad.¬† The duo aim to provide a comprehensive coverage of news and opinion about Indian-language blogging, technology, news and current affairs and the entertainment industry. Podbharti.com […]

London-based social networking/music website Last.fm has announced that it will be using its connections with major and independent record labels to bring video recommendations to the site this week. This new offering enables users to create their own personalised video “channels” filtered according to their musical tastes – much like the way that users can […]

Angel Learning, a developer/marketer of enterprise e-learning software, has announced that the latest version of their Learning Management System program has built-in podcast support. Responding to strong interest in the educational community for podcasting, ANGEL 7.2 contains a native feature to support content syndication in all forms. Faculty simply create a ‚ÄúContent Syndication‚Äù folder and […]

NBC Universal has announced that it plans to limit the length of pre-roll advertising (ads displayed before you get any content) in Internet videos to 15 seconds or less. Longer-form content, such as full-length episodes of TV series will continue to accept 30-second or longer spots. “It’s essential for clients to deliver their messages in […]

Shebly Seyrafi, an analyst with Wall Street investment bank Caris & Co., this morning raised his price target for Apple stock, forecasting that iPod sales in the coming (June) quarter should be up from the current (March) quarter. Seyrafi says he now sees iPod units in the quarter growing to 11.9 million units from 10.5 […]

Rob Greenlee informs us that technology business magazine Red Herring has just announced that mobile podcasting company Melodeo Mobilcast has been named to their Red Herring Spring 2007 Top 100 technology company list. Rob is Senior Marketing Manager at Melodeo Mobilcast and longtime player in Internet radio and podcasting. Red Herring’s May 1 – 3 […]

Paul Fischer of the A.D.D. Cast tipped us off to an all-(podcast)-star cover of Jonathan Coulton’s song, First of May. The cover is a memorial tribute to the late science fiction podcaster, Joe Murphy. Murphy was a co-host of the Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas podcast, contributor to several other sci-fi related podcasts, and official book reviewer […]

The Utah Grizzlies announced today that fans will be able to tune into Grizzlies Radio all summer long by visiting the podcast center at utahgrizzlies.com. Podcasts include the ECHL AA League team’s scoring highlights and player interviews from the regular season games. “Both on the radio and the internet, we continue to feel that Grizzlies […]