Wizzard, the podcasting network that recently announced it had served up over a billion podcasts in 2007, announced today that its common shares have been approved for listing on the American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”). Wizzard is tentatively scheduled to begin trading during the week of February 4th, 2008. The company will be traded under the […]

During the keynote at the National Association of Television Program Executives’ Conference, NBC-Universal President Jeff Zucker said that the network has notice a midday bump in online video viewers, and it wants a piece of the action. “We’re also seeing new forms of media consumption,” said Zucker, “like something our research department calls ‘video snacking’‚Äîa […]

Apple today announced that MacBook Air is now shipping. Apple also announced that the new Apple TV software update, which lets you rent high definition movies directly from your widescreen TV, is not quite finished. Apple now plans to make the free software download available in another week or two. The update to Apple TV […]

Alberto Frias Transport “perceptual pod” isn’t like other iPod accessories: The Transport is a $16,000 composite fiberglass waterbed pod; It is handmade & numbered for authenticity; It has a built-in full-spectrum LED lighting system; It has a remote control so that you can control the built-in sound system and lighting effects; and, best of all… […]

Yesterday, when everybody was hyping the new ad-supported music service Qtrax, we said Qtrax was D.O.A. We noted that “Qtrax wants you to download software to watch ads to get DRM‚Äôd music that probably won‚Äôt work on your media player.” Not something that we really want to do. Others are starting to see through the […]

Revision3’s slate of video podcasts, including Tekzilla, The Totally Rad Show, Web Drifter, XLR8R TV, and The Digg Reel, is taking to the skies with Virgin America, according to a TechCrunch report: The Revision3 shows will be viewable on Virgin America‚Äôs seat-back entertainment system throughout the cabin on flights to New York, San Francisco, Los […]

Tom Dickson of the Will It Blend video podcast isn’t letting the Writers’ Strike slow him down. One more reason why a video podcast about a kitchen gadget is one of the top twenty channels on YouTube.

Michael Geoghegan is kicking off a new series of articles at his blog on podcasting professionally. Geoghegan’s an award-winning podcaster, the author of several books on podcasting and a consummate professional – so podcasters at any level could probably learn something from him. Here’s what he has to say about the series: After publishing two […]

The net is abuzz with talk today about Qtrax, another service that promises free ad-supported music. The Qtrax service offers to let you use an ad-supported program to search for and download DRM’d music that you can play on a PC and on some media players. Unfortunately, it looks like Qtrax will be as dead […]

The Super Boom Box is a $1,895, built-to-order tank of a boom box that plays radio, CDs & MP3s. Here are the specs: Play music from AM, FM, CD, or a USB Flash Drive source. Up to 65 hours of unique music can be stored on a 4GB Flash Drive (based on our benchmark tests, […]