Podcasting network PodShow today announced PodShowTV, a new service designed to let you access the network’s content on PCs, mobile devices and, in the near future, through advanced digital set-top boxes, Net-connected DVRs and IPTV. The service will feature PodShow content, but also provide a platform for users to interact and publish content.

In effect, PodShow is trying to create a new type of television network that incorporates social networking and user-generated content.

Along with the PodShowTV announcement, PodShow is introducing BackStage Pass, a new entertainment show debuting live from the upcoming BT Digital Music Awards 2007 (DMA) in London. BackStage Pass will premiere on PodShowTV’s new live channel, thePLUS.

“With PodShowTV we are taking the best of traditional broadcasting and combining it with the power of personalized media,” said Ron Bloom, CEO and Co-Founder, PodShow. “thePLUS takes it even further, enabling millions of users to simultaneously watch round-the-clock programming from PodShow or get involved by creating and sharing their own channels and ultimately influencing the programming on the network.”