Today at DigitalLife, Microsoft made two announcements that raise the stakes in the competition to bring Internet television to the world. In doing so, Microsoft threatens to further marginalize Apple TV and even sideline indie video podcasters. Microsoft’s first announcement was to unveil Extenders for Microsoft Windows Media Center. These horribly named devices, which are […]

Yahoo’s decision to kill off the Yahoo podcast portal has generated a lot of discussion, and appears to be a sort of Rorschach test that reflects people’s attitudes about podcasting. Does Yahoo’s Decision Reflects The State Of Podcasting? At TechCrunch, Duncan Riley suggests that podcasting’s growth rate is the reason for the closing, saying that […]

Podcasters and new media types from throughout the United States and around the world are converging on Ontario, California, for this weekend’s Podcast and New Media Expo. For those who arrive a little early, and aren’t otherwise tied up with Podcast Academy or preparations for presenting or exhibiting at the Expo, the local members of […]

Yahoo has added a terse statement to its podcast portal, announcing the site’s imminent death: Yahoo! apologizes deeply, but we will be closing down the Podcasts site on Oct. 31, 2007 Read/Write Web’s Marshall Kirkpatrick suggests that Yahoo’s decision to pull the plug may be a reflection of the rate of uptake of podcasting: Some […]

Podango, the online video and audio network, announced today that it has acquired the GigaVox Audio Lite technology from GigaVox Media. Deal terms were undisclosed. Podango will incorporate GigaVox Audio Lite features and capabilities into its P2 podcasting platform, enabling publishers to automate component show assembly and improve post-production management. Podango publishers will be able […]

Podcast network Podango today announced the twenty-one podcasting and new media speakers staged for its “Unconference” at the Podcast and New Media Expo (PNME), taking place September 28-30, at the Ontario Convention Center. “We’re featuring an open discussion and practical, how-to exchanges of information,” said Lee Gibbons, CEO of Podango. Podango has organized an outstanding […]

Event organizers and attendees alike are making final preparationsfor the third annual Portable Media Expo, now with the updated name Podcast and New Media Expo. We caught up with event organizer Tim Bourquin earlier today to ask about his expectations for the Expo: Elisabeth McLaury Lewin: How will the event be different this year from […]

Russell Holliman, Founder and CEO of Podcast Ready, tells us his company has just signed a distribution deal with consumer electronics manufacturer Coby that he expects will ship 5-10 million mp3-player/ podcatching devices over the next 12 months, starting with the fourth quarter of this year. By Holliman’s reckoning, “that brings the total projected to […]

PCAudioLabs has introduced two new digital audio PCs, Solar and Lunar, to their Create product line. Both systems come equipped with dual hard drives, dual video outputs, 8 USB ports, 2 Texas Instruments FireWire ports and 2 Gigabytes of RAM. The systems are “optimized and tweaked” for demanding audio production. Features: Intel Core2 Duo 1.8GHz […]

Rocketboom and Blip.tv have announced a partnership to incorporate interactive advertising into the weekday video podcast. The result is more intrusive than some other Internet video ad types, but is an interesting new ad option. Here’s how Blip.tv’s Mike Hudack describes the system: That new technology is an entirely interactive QuickTime overlay advertisement that looks […]