Podcasting Events

Podcast Expo Best of Show Award Winners Announced

Oct 3rd, 2006 | By | Category: Podcasting Events, Podcasting Hardware, Podcasting Software

At the Podcast & Portable Media Expo, held Sept 29-30 in Ontario, California, Expo organizers announced the winners of their ‚ÄúBest of Show‚Äù awards for the 2006 event. Winners included Podcast Station, for Best “All-Inclusive” Podcasting Software; Adobe Audition, for Best PC Podcast Audio Editing Software; and Bias Peak Pro 5 for best Mac Podcast […]



Why Are These People So Happy?

Oct 2nd, 2006 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Events, Podcasting Statistics, Video Podcasts

At the Podcasting and Portable Media Expo, held last weekend in Ontario, California, we had the opportunity to talk with Andrew Michael Baron and Joanne Colan of Rocketboom, right, before they headed out to LA for the evening. As you can tell from the photo, Baron and Colan looked exuberant to be at the Expo. […]



Portable Media Expo and People’s Choice Podcast Awards Ceremony

Oct 1st, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Mobile Podcasting, News Podcasts, Podcast Directory Sites, Podcast-Legal Music, Podcasting Events

Closing out the official activities on the first day of the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, was the second annual Podcast Awards Ceremony. Previously announced winners of the PME Awards for Podcast of the Year were the folks who produce Grape Radio. In keeping with the gravitas of the occasion, the winners […]



Podshow Stages Un-Expo

Sep 30th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Podcasting Events

Podshow, the podcasting network co-founded by former MTV VJ Adam Curry, shown right with cross-dressing lesbian podcaster Madge Weinstein, is holding a podcasting Un-Expo in Ontario, California, at the same time as the Podcasting and Portable Media Expo. The company’s Talent and Marketing team is spending two days holding an Undition, for podcasters interested in […]



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, […]



Ron Moore on Battlestar Galactica Podcast

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

At the second annual Podcast and Portable Media Expo, being held at the Ontario Convention Center (above) Sept 29-30, Ron Moore, head writer and show runner for Battlestar Galactica, and creator of Battlestar Galactica podcast, gave the second keynote speech. Here are some highlights from his discussion: Galactica’s podcast pilot project was initially referred to […]



Leo Laporte Keynote: You Can Sell Out, But Don’t Piss Off Your Listeners

Sep 29th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Events

The second annual Podcast and Portable Media Expo, being held at the Ontario Convention Center (above) Sept 29-30, is getting underway with keynotes by podcaster and author Leo Laporte, host of TWiT.tv, and Ron Moore, Executive Producer of Battlestar Galactica. Leo Laporte is kicking things off with a discussion of important issues facing podcasting as […]



Podcast and Portable Media Expo Opens Today

Sep 29th, 2006 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Citizen Media, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

The Podcast and Portable Media Expo, being held Sept 29-30 in Ontario, CA opens today. “We’ve been planning this event for nearly a year,” said event organizer Tim Bourquin. “It’s like a bobsled – you start pushing it downhill, and, after awhile, it picks up momentum and speeds on its own.” Bourquin recently described highlights […]



Looking Back: Podcamp Wrap-up

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

PodCamp Boston , September 8 – 9, was a free ad-hoc gathering of people interested in podcasting at Bunker Hill Community College, just north of Boston in Charlestown. Guest Reporter John Wall caught up with some of PodCamp’s participants early on the second day of the workshop, and asked what their favorite sessions so far […]



Canadian Podcast Conference Announced

Sep 23rd, 2006 | By | Category: Podcasting Events

Canadian marketer Dave Forde has announced his intention to organize a podcasting/videoblogging conference in Toronto, Canada. The event is tentatively scheduled for February 21st, 2007. “A website will be up shortly, but the call for speakers is now open,” notes Forde. “The format for the conference will be a mix of keynotes, panel discussions and […]