Russell Holliman took a few minutes to talk with Elisabeth Lewin, Publisher of Podcasting News, at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo. Holliman discussed his company, Podcast Ready, and their podcast client, MyPodder. “Our company started [at the first PME] last year,” said Holliman said. “We found our first hardware partner here, and our backer. […]

PodZinger today announced the launch of its advertising platform, with free opt-in for podcasters. PodZinger’s service is designed to solve the problem of connecting consumers with relevant advertising in online audio and video content. With PodZinger, advertisers are able to mine multimedia search data and leverage usage and topic filters to arrive at a better […]

F≈çnpods has announced a new platform designed to provide access to podcasts and other digital audio content through mobile phones The service provides users with PC and Internet content optimized for an on-the-go mobile experience, and lets users access it from a landline, mobile or VoIP phone. A Web-based interface lets users create and customize […]

Cingular Wireless and Melodeo today announced the availability of Melodeo’s Mobilcast podcast service. Cingular customers can now search and listen to thousands of podcasts on their Cingular phone. “Mobilcast further enables the mobile news and entertainment capabilities of your cell phone by providing quick and simple access to podcast favorites while on the go,” said […]

PirateWeather, a service that offers robocasted weather reports for every Zip code in the US, has introduced a new service for MySpace users. Pirate Weather’s podcasts are automatically generated using text-to-speech software, and available via embedded players or podcast feeds. If you’re interested in trying this out, send a request with your Zip code and […]

Added to Podcasting Software list: PodcastBlaster is a free online service for generating podcast feeds. To use, you fill out web form fields that are used to generate the RSS file. Each time you creates a new episode of your podcast you can come back to your Podcastblaster account and add a link to that […]

Podcast Ready has announced the launch of feedCaster, a free software widget that lets podcast subscribers record and leave audio or video comments on a podcast. The feedCaster widget allows site owners to provide a feedback forum for podcast subscribers, who can deliver their own audio or video podcast using their microphone and webcam. The […]

RadioTail, a podcasting ad network, has announced plans to provide a free metrics and dynamic ad insertion system to all podcasters. RadioTail has opened its platform up to all podcast producers for free through its new RadioTail Ripple service. RadioTail Ripple lets audio and video podcasters track the usage of their media files and build […]

Wizzard Software announced today the acquisition of a second podcasting company, Blast Podcast, an podcast advertising and hosting service provider. Previously, Wizzard announced an agreement to purchase Switchpod.com, a podcast hosting service. Wizzard plans to combine its experience in the area of speech recognition technology into Blast Podcast’s business plans. Wizzard will incorporate its server-based […]

Akamai, the leading Web content delivery network, today announced that Kiptronic, an ad marketplace for the podcasting industry, will use the Akamai global EdgePlatform to accelerate its customer’s distribution of audio and video podcasts over the Internet. Kiptronic’s multimedia ad insertion technology lets audio and video podcast publishers select targeted advertisements and sponsorships to run […]