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Upgrading Your Apple TV Hard Drive

Mar 24th, 2007 | By | Category: Computer Hardware, iPods & Portable Media Players, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Several bloggers have posted about their experiences tearing into Apple TV hardware: Make Magazine shows you how to open your Apple TV and warranty, but not how to upgrade it. Engadget has an article on upgrading the hard drive to 80GB Gizmodo has teaser info on a 120GB hard drive upgrade The hard drive size […]



Video Advertising Tempts Viewers More Than Banner Ads

Mar 22nd, 2007 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Streaming Video, Video

According to new research from advertising service provider DoubleClick, viewers click the “Play” button on video ads more than they click on image ads. They also found that video ads are typically played two-thirds of the way through and video ad click rates are far higher than those of image format ads. “Online video ads […]



Podcasting Audience Up 18% Since Last Year

Mar 22nd, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Research, Podcasting Statistics, Video Podcasts

The audience for podcasts has grown 18% in the last year, according to an upcoming report from Edison Media Research. Awareness of podcasting has grown even more, jumping from 22% in 2006 to 37% in 2007. At the Corporate Podcasting Summit, held March 19-20 in London, Edison Media Research VP Tom Webster gave a preview […]



Corporate Podcasting Summit Wraps Up In London

Mar 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, General, How to Podcast, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Events, Podcasting Law, Video Podcasts

March 20 was the final day of the first European Corporate Podcasting Summit. Following on the format of the previous day, the second day kept up the same very brisk pace. Presenters and panels were each given a scant thirty minutes in which to give their talks — meaning a lot of ideas and information […]



31 Days of Free Music: Thomas Dolby’s Free Video Podcast

Mar 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, Video, Video Podcasts

March 19: It‚Äôs 31 Days of Free Music month at Podcasting News. Every day in March, we‚Äôre going to do our best to hook you up a great free music podcast. OK – it’s not really March 19th – it’s the 21st and we’re a couple days behind on the free music project. It’s not […]



Walt Mossberg On Apple TV

Mar 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Computer Hardware, Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcasting Software, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg has been test-driving an Apple TV for the last couple of weeks and calls it “a very well-designed product that easily brings the computer and the TV together.” “We’ve been testing Apple TV for the past 10 days or so, and our verdict is that it’s a beautifully designed, […]



Apple TV Makes Your HDTV The Biggest iPod Ever

Mar 21st, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Digital Music, Digital Video Downloads, iPods & Portable Media Players, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Apple today started shipping Apple TV, a new class of computer peripheral that turns your HDTV into a big screen iPod. Apple TV connects physically to your television and wirelessly to a Mac or PC running iTunes. The device then lets you play iTunes content on your TV, including movies, TV shows, music, photos, podcasts […]



Corporate Podcasting Summit Kicks Off In London

Mar 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, General, How to Podcast, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

The Corporate Podcasting Summit, being held March 19-20 in London, UK, kicked off today. We’re in London to cover the event and to participate in some of the sessions. (disclaimer: Podcasting News is a marketing partner for the Summit). Show organizer Anita Yaa Ageyman has put together two very densely-packed days, with sessions ranging from […]



Mainstream Media Goes Crazy For Anti-Hillary 1984 Ad Remix

Mar 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Strange, Streaming Video, Video

A remix of Apple’s famous 1984 ad that places Senator Hillary Clinton in the “big brother” role is causing a stir in mainstream media. The video, below, is being called “groundbreaking”, and “a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising”. The video represents “a new era, a new wave of politics … because […]



YouTube Announces “Significant Award” For Popular Videos

Mar 19th, 2007 | By | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video, Vlogs

YouTube today confirmed that it was announcing the first-ever YouTube Video Awards, a significant award established to recognize popular YouTube videos. The 2007 YouTube Video Awards commemorate the site’s most popular user-created videos of 2006. The company is only offering winners a trophy, despite the fact that the popular user-generated content the award highlights has […]