Rocketboom founder Andrew Baron has announced that he is partnering with Jeff Pulver to create a new video podcasting network, Abbey Corps. According to Baron, the new network will be a competitive alternative to Podshow and Podtech, two podcasting startups. “Jeff Pulver and I have co-founded a new studio network,” writes Baron at his blog […]

MTV today announced the launch of Bananas, an MTV-branded mobile content subscription service. MTV’s Bananas is a cross-carrier, direct-to-consumer service that features exclusive content from MTV, MTV2 and mtvU including material from hit shows such as Laguna Beach, The Real World, and The Hills. Bananas offers two tiers of service, each delivering an array of […]

The newsroom comedy video podcast Goodnight Burbank has a special Christmas episode this week. Find out what happens behind the scenes after Gordon Winston-Smythe and Kelly Jones (that’s “honess”) sign off.

What do you get when you mix Amanda Condgon, body oil and video chat? Starring Amanda Congdon, a new video blog, featuring the video blogger and former Rocketboom host scheduled, to debut today on Blip.tv. The show is one of the first video blogs to debut with the support of major sponsors, Dove Cream Oil […]

Roman Catholic Cardinal Sean O’Malley already calls himself a blogger. But now O’Malley is delving further into new media with a video podcast of his Christmas message to the masses. The podcasts — in English, Spanish and Portuguese — are part of a broader effort by the Boston Archdiocese to embrace new technology as a […]

NBC’s attitude towards YouTube has done a 180 since the video sharing site was acquired by Google. While earlier in the year, NBC was asking YouTube to take down popular SNL videos like Lazy Sunday, the network now has realized YouTube’s viral potential to expand audiences. The network has released an uncensored version of an […]

Nielsen Media Research has released findings from its 3rd Quarter Home Technology Report which show that MP3 players are now found in a quarter of US homes, and that more U.S. households now own DVD players (81.2% of all households) than VCRs (79.2% of households). The trends bode well for podcasting, if not for video […]

SageTV Media Center, a personal video recording (PVR) and media center software package for Windows and Linux PCs, has added new features that include bringing online video to the TV, support for the global DVB broadcasting standard, the ability to play unencrypted DVD libraries on the TV with SageTV Media Extender, and expanded file support […]

The venerable BBC has announced plans to offer hundreds of episodes of its programs on a file-sharing network for the first time, Azureus’ Zudeo. Until now, most BBC programmes found on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks have been illegal copies. Azureus is best known for developing a BitTorrent client, or program, that allows large media files to […]

Digg, a popular social networking news bookmarking site, introduced an update today that makes podcasting a major feature of the site. The site is also emphasizing video bookmarking, making multimedia much more prominent than it had previously been. The change could dramatically change the face of podcast discovery, as Digg focuses on the viral spread […]