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SF Opera Makes Podcast Partnership With MobileCast Media

Oct 3rd, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General

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 […]



Sony Ericsson Intros Cell Phone Watch

Sep 30th, 2006 | By | Category: General

Sony Ericsson has introduced a Bluetooth Watch MBW-100. According to the company, the MBW-100 is the first mainstream Bluetooth fashion accessory from a mobile phone supplier. Crafted from high quality stainless steel with a silver facia, the analogue watch will go on sale globally during Q4 of 2006 with a guideline retail price of approximately […]



Podango Stages Unconference At Podcast Expo

Sep 29th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Events

Podango has assembled Who’s Who of moderators for The Podcasting Unconference 2006, being held Podango’s booth on the exhibit hall floor at this year’s Podcast & Portable Media Expo. The Unconference is featuring a collection of podcasting experts leading discussions on a variety of topics. Discussion leaders include the Paul Colligan, Evo Terra, Rob Walch, […]



GoDaddy, PodTrac Pair Up With French Maids

Sep 29th, 2006 | By | Category: General

Podtrac today announced a GoDaddy.com podcast advertising campaign on French Maid TV, a video podcast described as “yet another excuse to take a few women, put them in lingerie, and have them bounce around.” The custom-produced episode features French Maids in a four-minute video podcast showing how to register a domain name with GoDaddy.com. “We […]



Podcast Clients for Symbian OS

Sep 27th, 2006 | By | Category: General

Added to the list of podcast client software: Nokia Podcasting Application AudioBay Podcast Player via Rene



US Senate Committee Says People Want Cable TV Instead of Net Neutrality

Sep 24th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcasting Law

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation has released a statement that calls Net Neutrality, the idea Internet providers should handle all Internet traffic equally, whether it’s your traffic or Verizon’s, “onerous” or a burden. The issue is of importance to podcast and podcast fans. If traffic from large corporations gets favored over […]



Podcasting News for Pirates

Sep 19th, 2006 | By | Category: General

Avast! In case ye be wondering, Podcasting News supports Talk Like a Pirate Day. Here’s a version of our home page for you TLAP Day pirates. Arrgh!



XBox App Nukes Podcast Sites

Sep 19th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, General, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Software

XB Stream, a new RSS/XML feed reader/aggregator for XBox 360 users, was released last week and quickly nuked several podcast sites. The software is configured to automatically download content, which has resulted in several podcast sites getting deluged with traffic. Users are urged to upgrade to the latest version, XB Stream 1.2: XB Stream and […]



Professor’s Plan to Charge for Lecture Audio Downloads Blocked

Sep 19th, 2006 | By | Category: General

North Carolina State University communication professor Robert Schrag, right, has been asked by his dean and department head to stop selling downloadable versions of his lectures until further notice. Schrag had made his lectures available to students and the general public online for a fee of $2.50. The University questioned whether this practice was ethical, […]



Amanda Congdon Vlogs Across America

Sep 18th, 2006 | By | Category: General

Former Rocketboom anchor Amanda Congdon has announced plans to vlog her way across America at a new site, Amanda Across America.