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February 28, 2006
Podcast Advertising to Reach $80 Million in
eMarketer is predicting that advertisers will spend $80 million on podcast advertisements in 2006. "The nature of the audience and strong growth in its numbers have already driven major brands to invest in podcast-based promotion," said eMarketer's Mike Chapman. "More advertising and sponsorship will inevitably follow, as evidenced by the sprouting up of several companies dedicated to facilitating podcast advertising and measuring its effectiveness."
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Video Podcast Introduces Student Films to the
A new video podcast highlights the work of upcoming film makers from around the world. SFS TV, the Student Filmmakers Showcase, is devoted to showcasing student short films. We re treating SFS TV like what it is, a hybrid between television and a small format vodcast, explains Executive Producer and creator Juan Garcia. SFS TV will be consistent in the delivery of weekly episodes and will feature a professional look. Most of the programming available now looks amateurish, or is geared only to a technology savvy audience. While programs like Photoshop TV are well produced, they only hit a niche audience. SFS TV will have something for everyone.
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New Podcast Hosting
EPOIA Interactive Studios today announced the launch of PodshowCreator, a web-based podcast hosting service. The company provides podcast hosting service plans starting at $14.95/month for 200 MB of storage space and 2000 MB data transfer. "PodshowCreator.com has been our primary focus for some time," says Jerry Gorman, Chief Executive Officer of EPOIA. "Our web-based software lets the content provider control the success of their podcast."
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February 27, 2006
Let's Help People Get Started With
Commentary: Elle Webb Doc Searls, an influential blogger and one of the authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto, thinks it's time for radios to "archive programs as podcasts for the same reason newspapers and magazines should save stories as Web pages." Radio stations around the world are creating content constantly that is heard once and then forgotten. While many radio shows are disposable, others feature interviews, music performances and news events that are currently unavailable to podcast listeners around the world. This is a loss to radio stations; they could be gaining listeners via the Internet, and gaining additional revenue through podcast sponsorships. Having good content disappear is also a loss to Internet users, who are missing out on a wealth of interesting content that is simply unavailable.
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February 26, 2006
NewsFire: Sexiest Feed Reader on Mac OS
NewFire, an RSS news reader and podcast client, has been updated with a UI makeover and support for Intel-based Macintosh computers. Developer David Watanabe calls NewsFire "the sexiest RSS feed reader on Mac OS X." Not just sexy, but the Angelina Jolie of applications. "With its new streamlined borderless appearance and support for site icons, NewsFire is more beautiful than ever. Usability has been improved with newly designed web feed and search feed addition panels, a next new item button, and improved menu layout," notes Watanabe. "There have also been major internal changes, with performance improvements across the board and a brand new, more fault-tolerant and feature-rich RSS/Atom parser."
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New Linux Podcast
Added to Podcast Client software list: Rhythmbox, described as "the music management application for GNOME", has been updated to support podcasts. Rhythmbox is an integrated music management application, originally inspired by Apple's iTunes. It is free software, designed to work well under the GNOME Desktop, and based on the GStreamer media framework.
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People Want Video Podcasts on their
via Video Podcast News: A new survey suggests that people are more interested in watching video podcasts on their televisions than on their computer. According to research from Points North Group and Horowitz Associates, while 25% of Internet users are interested in watching downloaded TV shows and movies on their PCs, 38% (50% more) are interested in watching that video on their TVs. In this PC and iPod generation, consumers still want to watch TV shows and movies on a TV, whether the programs are broadcast or downloaded, said Stewart Wolpin, senior consulting analyst for Points North Group, And that s the one piece of hardware where Web-based video is not yet available.
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February 25, 2006
Site Offers Free Hosting for Christian
Added to Podcast Hosts list: ChristianPodder.com offers free podcast hosting for Christian podcasts. The, described as a "Christian podcast community featuring a host of the finest Christian teachers, authors, speakers and ministers from all over the world," is designed to make Christian podcasts easy to find.
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