Podcasting

FeedBurner Launches Blog and Podcast Headline Animator App For Facebook

Jun 4th, 2007 | By | Category: General, Podcasting Services

FeedBurner has introduced Headline Animator, an application that displays the latest headlines from Feedburner users’ blogs, podcasts and RSS feeds for Facebook users worldwide. Facebook is a social utility that offers a way for people to stay connected with their friends and the people around them. Facebook is the sixth-most trafficked website in the United […]



Rocketboom Intros New Sponsorship System

Jun 4th, 2007 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Digital Video Downloads, Making Money with Podcasts, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Pioneering video podcast Rocketboom has introduced a new sponsorship system, with YouTube as the first sponsor. The show plans to charge $3,000 per episode for sponsorships, which will include: Post Roll Sponsorship Gratitude. White text on black background. Company logo and byline. 7 seconds. Travels with all videos to all platforms (incl. web, phone, tv, […]



Rain Recording UK Intros Nimbus Pro Audio Workstation

Jun 2nd, 2007 | By | Category: Podcasting Hardware

Rain Recording have released the Nimbus Pro audio workstation line. The two versions, Q1 and Q2, utilize quad-core processor technology and new acoustical engineering to give the user power with near silent performance. Description: Nimbus Pro is built around Intel’s powerful Core2 Quad processor. Add to that up to 8GB of RAM, a Terabyte of […]



Audible Kills Wordcast Service; Podcasting Not Quite Dead Yet

May 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Networks, Podcasting Services

Audible has announced that it is shuttering its proprietary podcasting alternative, Audible Wordcast: Dear Audible Wordcast customer, Regretfully, as of September 1, 2007, the Audible Wordcast service will no longer be available for public use. In the coming 90 days, we‚Äôll provide you with details regarding the process of shutting down or moving your podcasts […]



Apple Intros iTunes U Educational Podcast Directory

May 30th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Educational Podcasts, Podcasting Services

Apple today announced the launch of iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store, featuring free content such as course lectures, language lessons, lab demonstrations, sports highlights and campus tours provided by top US colleges and universities including Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Duke University and MIT. With the introduction of iTunes U, Apple is […]



RadioDaddy In The Dog House With Podcasters

May 29th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting Services

RadioDaddy, an Internet exchange for free voiceovers for radio stations, television, podcasters and movies, has found itself in the dog house with many podcasters over the strange way it announced a new site, VoiceDaddy. Podcaster Rob Walch took issue when he received this email from RadioDaddy: From: ‚ÄúRadioDaddy‚Äù Date: May 27, 2007 2:30:02 PM CDT […]



New App Automates Audio File Batch Processing

May 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Podcasting Software

Minnetonka Audio Software is shipping AudioTools Batch Pro, a new app that promises to fully automate audio file processing. Batch Pro is a powerful tool for editing, converting, transcoding, encoding, and applying plug-ins to sets of audio files in a batch mode. Users specify input files, configure a chain of processors, set parameters for each […]



90% Say iPhone Better Than Their Own Cell Phone

May 25th, 2007 | By | Category: iPods & Portable Media Players, Mobile Podcasting, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics

If you still have any doubts about whether Apple is going to sell a boatload of iPhones, industry analysts have found that 90% of the people they surveyed think that Apple’s iPhone is better than their own phone. In a joint research effort between its Wireless Device Lab and Intelligent System Strategies program, Strategy Analytics […]



Penetration Hits 59% For Internet Video Use

May 25th, 2007 | By | Category: Podcasting Research

Three out of five now watch online video, and more than half said they engage in some sort of response activity, such as visiting a Web site, going to a physical location or making a purchase, according to a new report by The Kelsey Group. “YouTube has largely popularized the concept of watching short videos […]



Internet Advertising Revenues Up 35%

May 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) today released the Internet Advertising Revenue Report which shows record results for the full year and final quarter of 2006. Internet advertising revenues in the U.S. continued upward totaling $16.9 billion in 2006, 35% over 2005 revenues. Q4 2006 internet advertising revenues totaled $4.8 billion, representing […]