PodCamp, the free podcasting unconference, is coming to Ohio, on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the ITT Technical Institute in Hilliard. PodCamp Ohio offers an opportunity for attendees to learn, share or grow their new media skills. They can attend informal sessions, created and driven by participants, about podcasts, blogs, digital music, web video and […]

Podcasting with Movable Type just got easier with Byrne Reese’s release of the latest version of the Podcasting Plugin for Movable Type. iTunes support has been improved, making it easier to get your podcast listed properly within the iTunes Music Store. In addition, this release adds the following features: a complete RSS feed that includes […]

The Houston Business Journal reports that Data Call Technologies Inc. is acquiring privately-held Podcast Ready. Podcast Ready is a software and Web services company whose products and services permit the aggregation and distribution of audio and video podcasts. Their myPodder podcast client is preinstalled on some MP3 players. Data Call said the acquisition will strengthen […]

YouTube today announced the winners in its 2007 YouTube Video Awards, which seem to have come and gone again this year with a whimper, not a bang. Winning videos include Laughing Baby, Potter Puppet Pals and Human Tetris. Here’s the complete list. Given its place as the number one Internet video destination, you’d think YouTube […]

Edirol has announced the availability of the R-44, a professional mobile recording workstation. The Edirol R-44 is a 2 lb. portable recorder that offers up to 24-bit and 192kHz recording and uses SDHC cards to store the audio recorded. Features: 4 channels XLR (with phantom power) & balanced/unbalanced TRS combo inputs digital RCA and headphones […]

Podcasting pioneer and author Michael W. Geoghegan has a great post today on his site that looks at making money with podcasts. Geoghegan has written several books on podcasting, has been involved since the early days of podcasting, he helped Disney create their podcast and has run a podcasting network. And while many podcasters have […]

Wizzard Software, the parent company of Liberated Syndication and several podcast hosting services, announced today that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $1,540,992, a 108% increase over revenues of $739,551 in the fourth quarter of 2006. For the full year of 2007, the Company recorded revenues of $5,163,491, a 75% increase of $2,195,967 […]

TiVo today introduced version 2.6 of TiVo Desktop for Windows, adding deeper support for Web videos and podcasts. Features include: You can now transfer all your downloaded Web Video from your PC to your TiVo DVR so you can watch them on your TV. Automatic conversions of your TiVoToGo transfers to support portable devices that […]

We’ve noted before that bad advertising is holding back the development of Internet television. Advertisers aren’t sure where to advertise on the Internet, how to advertise in new media or how to measure their success, and they’re spending their money on old media as a result, even though they know traditional advertising is becoming less […]

Podcasting startup PodShow has laid off one-third of its staff, according to a report Valleywag: PodShow, the San Francisco-based online-video network best known for launching the career of CNET’s Natali Del Conte, is laying off about 20 employees, or as much as 30 percent of its staff. “There are no secrets, only information you don’t […]