Break.com, a popular digital entertainment network for men, has announced that it has launched video syndication tools that let content creators distribute their videos to iPods and Sony PSPs.Break.com audience members can now receive automatic updates from their favorite content creators, as well as easily migrate their personal and viral video collections to any device. […]

The Lincolnshire (UK) city council is offering robo-podcasts, podcasts that are automatically generated using text-to-speech software. The city’s offerings include a news podcast and a jobs podcast.A recent podcast about Authentic Flamenco From Andalusia (MP3) demonstrates both the capabilities and limitations of using text-to-speech software to create podcasts. The technology lets organizations podcast automatically and […]

Susanne Noatsch, a researcher at Leipzig University in Germany, is looking for input from podcasters for a survey about podcasting. The survey is anonymous – participants do not have to tell their names. The survey will be available online through the end of August. Survey links: US Podcasters | German Podcasters

MarketWatch’s Frank Barnako takes a look at podcasters that make no money with a successful podcast. “Ara Derderian and Braden Russell are the producers of HDTV Podcast,” writes Barnako. “They should be making money with it. They’re not.” Barnako suggests that “The lesson may be that the independent podcaster will have to be satisfied with […]

Oneupweb, an online marketing firm, has announced a new podcast analytics service, PodTractor.According to the company, their service offers a way for podcasters to get the metrics that appeal to advertisers, but without being tied to a specific podcast ad service. “Marketers can‚Äôt afford to spend time and money on a tactic, just in case […]

Podcasting is increasingly a threat to the survival of satellite radio providers Sirius and XM. Both companies have faced increasing losses, even as their subscriber bases have grown.Sirius lost $237.8 million for the period compared with a loss of $177.6 million during second quarter of 2005. XM Satellite Radio on July 27 reported a second-quarter […]

Audio Engineering is distributing a free audio loop editing program, Loop Editor, using a variation on podcasting, appcasting.Loop Editor is a simple (and free) audio loop editor application for OS X. Loop Editor supports all audio file formats that support loop markers. The idea behind appcasting is that RSS newsfeeds with enclosures are used to […]

Voting for The People’s Choice Podcast Awards is open through the end of the day August 11. Podcast Awards creator Todd Cochrane recently announced the nominees, in categories including Best Produced Podcast, Business Podcasts, Comedy, Podsafe Music and more. This is the second annual Podcast Awards, which was created and is managed by Cochrane’s Podcast […]

The U. S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) has introduced a new podcast, the U.S. Joint Forces Command Newscast, to help deliver information to the public. The Joint Forces Command is one of nine unified commands in the US Department of Defense.”We’re continuing and complementing work we have done with other technologies like our Web site, […]

Major label Warner Brother Records appears to be podcasting traditionally copyrighted music, from well-known artists, Under the Radar. Murmurs and whispers around the podosphere have hinted that Bands Under the Radar, described as “a music podcast featuring unsigned bands and indie artists,” is not “indie” at all, but is in fact a podcast being quietly […]