RISA, the Recording Industry of South Africa, is accusing 5FM, one of SABC’s most profitable radio stations, of abusing copyright and illegally sharing of music, because of the station’s podcast. RiSA’s general manager, David du Plessis, said they advised the SABC in November to conduct their podcasting operations within mutually agreed parameters of the Copyright […]

Losses are growing at the two leaders in satellite radio, XM and Sirius. Sirius lost $237.8 million for the period compared with a loss of $177.6 million during second quarter of 2005. XM Satellite Radio on July 27 reported a second-quarter loss of $231.7 million, up from losses of $148.8 million a year ago. One […]

The latest episode of the National Geographic Podcast takes a look inside Hezbollah.Hezbollah means “party of God” in Arabic. But in the West the name Hezbollah has become synonymous with terror, suicide bombings, and kidnappings. Hezbollah was formed in the early 1980s in Lebanon under the backing of Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini. It has since evolved […]

RNSoft has introduced RSS Replay, a Dreamweaver extension for placing content from RSS feeds into webpage layouts. RSS Replay is designed to let you republish RSS feed content directly from Dreamweaver. RSS Replay uses JavaScript to collect RSS content from RSS feeds and applies formatting that you can control to present that content in the […]

Samson Audio has introduced two USB mic recording kits, the C01U and C03U Recording / Podcasting Paks. Bundled with Cakewalk’s Sonar LE digital audio workstation software, the package is designed for people interested in home recording and podcasting. In addition to the microphones and Cakewalk software, the package comes in a durable, lightweight aluminum case […]

PodWorx, a Las Vegas based podcasting company, has announced that it is offering business podcast production services. “With the unmatched rise in podcast listenership, all businesses are faced with a tough question,” says Scott Whitney, president of PodWorx, “at what point will the decision not to produce a podcast for their customers, prospects, business partners […]

Voting for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards is open through the end of the day August 11. Podcast Awards creator Todd Cochrane recently announced the nominees, in categories including Best Produced Podcast, Business Podcasts, Comedy, Podsafe Music and more. This is the second annual Podcast Awards, which was created and is managed by Cochrane’s Podcast […]

The U. S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has introduced a new podcast, the U.S. Joint Forces Command Newscast, to help deliver information to the public. The Joint Forces Command is one of nine unified commands in the US Department of Defense.”We’re continuing and complementing work we have done with other technologies like our Web site, […]

A new service promises to let users create podcasts, without the need for podcasters. MagneticTime, a text-to-speech software developer, has announced that MT-Podcast, a text to speech application for podcasting, is now available as a service. According to MagneticTime, MT-Podcast lets anybody produce professional sounding podcasts without needing to have a podcast host. MT-Podcast can […]

SelliQuest, a provider of sales communications solutions for the Life Sciences industry, announced today that all of its products have been upgraded to include podcast capability. ‚ÄúOur products already provide the kind of subscription-based relationship that podcasts use,‚Äù explained Ike Carpenter, SelliQuest‚Äôs President and CEO. ‚ÄúWe not only believe that this kind of relationship represents […]