Added to the podcast directory list: The Pod Ship is a new podcast directory that describes itself as “The Intergalactic Podcast Directory.”

The site features a topical podcast directory, articles, a message board and news.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has introduced a video podcast, Angela Merkel – die Kanzlerin direkt (the Chancellor direct).The podcast, in German, will feature Merkel’s thoughts on political topics and current events. The first video podcast discusses the World Cup, which runs in Munich through July 9th.

CBS and Apple today announced that prime time programming from America’s number one network will now available on the iTunes Music Store.CBS programming available for purchase and download includes the Emmy Award-winning reality series Survivor, the dramas NUMB3RS and NCIS and top-rated CSI programs: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY

The new CBS offerings include episodes from the just-completed 2005/2006 season, and earlier for some series, as well as the upcoming season which starts in September. New episodes in the fall will be available on iTunes the day after they appear on the network.

XandMail, a digital communication solutions provider, has announced the availability of Mobile Podcast Solution, a carrier-grade solution which pushes podcast, video or any RSS feeds directly to a mobile phone.

According to XandMail, their solution transforms any mobile phone into a RSS reader. It lets subscribers receive blog posts, listen to podcasts and view video podcasts directly on their mobile terminal. The solution will be marketed by mobile operators who wish to offer original data services to their subscribers.

Hostway, a Web hosting service provider, today announced the release of a new podcast hosting service. Hostway’s podcasting offering has three levels of disk space up to 1500MB and plans that start at $2.95/month.”Hostway created this podcasting tool to ensure our customers businesses are fully equipped with all the current marketing tools,” said John Lee, VP of global marketing and general manager for Hostway.

In case you were wondering, iPods are hotter than even beer drinking among undergraduate college students, according to the latest biannual market research study by Ridgewood, N.J.-based Student Monitor.73 percent of the 1,200 students surveyed said iPods were “in” — more than any other item in a list that also included text messaging, bar hopping and downloading music. This is a big jump since last year’s survey, when only 59 percent of students named the iPod as “in,” putting the gadget well below alcohol-related activities.

The only other time beer was dethroned, in the 18 years of the survey, was in 1997, by the Internet, said Eric Weil, a managing partner at Student Monitor.

TiVo today announced the launch of TiVoCast, a new service which will deliver broadband video directly to the television sets of TiVo subscribers.”The range and quality of broadband video is exploding on the Web, but it’s not TV until it is on the TV,” said Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo. “With the TiVoCast service, we are once again transforming the television experience by bringing the rapidly expanding array of video content on the Internet into the living room.”

Coolgorilla has introduced its first iPod Translator, a German guide.

The Translator has a user-friendly menu system to provide access of over 750 MP3s of German words and phrases. You simply select the phrase you require in English and play the German translation.

“We are proud to be partnering with internet legends lastminute.com who have made it possible for Coolgorilla to offer the suite of language applications for free.‚Äù Said Paul Forsdick, Technical Director at Coolgorilla.

The menu system is designed for ease of use by splitting up everyday phrases into different categories such as travel, accommodation and socialising. It has a dictionary with hundreds of entries and a section dedicated to football.

System Requirements

• 3rd Generation iPod or later
• iPod nano
• iPod mini
• 25Mb of free space

The iPod Translator is free, but requires registration.

Anystream has announced Apreso Podcast, an enterprise podcasting solution that lets institutions of higher education make any lecture, anywhere on campus, available for playback on Apple iPods, iTunes or any MP3 player. Available as a campus-wide license, Apreso Podcast lets universities offer lecture review by automating the many tasks required to capture, encode, manage and distribute lecture podcasts.

The system’s enterprise design also ensures that the lecture podcasts integrate seamlessly with key university systems, appearing with a recognizable icon in Blackboard/WebCT course pages or within pre-defined content categories in iTunes U for students to synchronize their iPods for playback at any time. Apreso’s open architecture and XML-based API also enable universities to easily integrate with in-house developed course management systems and podcast servers.

The Cato Institute, a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C., has introduced a podcast that seeks to broaden public policy debate to allow consideration of traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace.

According to the Institute, the Cato Daily Podcast “seeks to engage people in questions of public policy and the proper role of government.”