The latest episode of Perot Systems’ Healthcare Tech and The World podcast looks into the advantages and drawbacks of the use of robotics in health care delivery. Robotics in Health Care (MP3) explores how robotics give doctors the ability to provide care to hospital-based patients, anytime and anywhere. Host Kevin Fickenscher is joined by Dr. […]

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has launched its BSO Online Podcast, now available on the orchestra’s website and as a podcast.The podcast focuses on the BSO’s two-year Beethoven-Schoenberg project ‚Äî with audio and video clips that include video documentaries about the composers’ lives and historical contexts, plus overviews and analysis of the music to be performed […]

American Public Media, the nation’s second largest producer and distributor of public radio programs, has announded that it is expanding its podcast offerings. Beginning October 17, American Public Media is making the following full programs available as podcasts: Marketplace, Marketplace Money, Word for Word and American RadioWorks documentaries. The Splendid Table will be offered as […]

Kiptronic, an ad marketplace for the podcasting industry, and IODA, the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, have announced a partnership to help promote artists and record labels via podcasts. Kiptronic will provide a customized version of the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace for use by IODA and its alliance of more than 2,700 independent record labels, covering over […]

Blinkx, a developer of video search technology, and Microsoft have inked a deal to use Blinkx techology to enable video searches at MSN and Live.com. “We will be the single biggest video search engine on the Web,” said Suranga Chandratillake, Blinkx co-founder and chief technology officer. Blinkx’s technology already powers video search on a variety […]

Russell Holliman took a few minutes to talk with Elisabeth Lewin, Publisher of Podcasting News, at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo. Holliman discussed his company, Podcast Ready, and their podcast client, MyPodder. “Our company started [at the first PME] last year,” said Holliman said. “We found our first hardware partner here, and our backer. […]

Struggling digital music service Napster has announced that it’s taking its digital music service to Japan, the largest music market in the world outside of the U.S. The Napster Japan service is a product of the company’s joint venture with Tower Records Japan (“TRJ”). The launch of Napster Japan marks the introduction of the digital […]

Seattle-based Divvycast this week unveiled a podcasting portal dedicated to “connecting musicians with advertisers.” Divvycast lets musicians create and upload podcasts and gain sponsorship from interested advertisers. Musicians can generate income by posting these podcasts with the top podcast aggregators and social networking sites across the internet. Through music clips, live concert recordings, and interviews, […]

San Francisco Opera and MobileCast Media have announced a joint podcast project, the first of which features an interview with opera icon Deborah Voigt. San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley’s interview with Deborah Voigt was recorded live on the stage of San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, offers a personal glimpse into the life […]

Closing out the official activities on the first day of the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, was the second annual Podcast Awards Ceremony. Previously announced winners of the PME Awards for Podcast of the Year were the folks who produce Grape Radio. In keeping with the gravitas of the occasion, the winners […]