Podango, the online video and audio network, announced today that it has acquired the GigaVox Audio Lite technology from GigaVox Media. Deal terms were undisclosed. Podango will incorporate GigaVox Audio Lite features and capabilities into its P2 podcasting platform, enabling publishers to automate component show assembly and improve post-production management. Podango publishers will be able […]

Podcast network Podango today announced the twenty-one podcasting and new media speakers staged for its “Unconference” at the Podcast and New Media Expo (PNME), taking place September 28-30, at the Ontario Convention Center. “We’re featuring an open discussion and practical, how-to exchanges of information,” said Lee Gibbons, CEO of Podango. Podango has organized an outstanding […]

Russell Holliman, Founder and CEO of Podcast Ready, tells us his company has just signed a distribution deal with consumer electronics manufacturer Coby that he expects will ship 5-10 million mp3-player/ podcatching devices over the next 12 months, starting with the fourth quarter of this year. By Holliman’s reckoning, “that brings the total projected to […]

The Lyric Opera of Chicago has introduced a new podcast series, Backstage at Lyric. The audio programs will feature interviews with the singers, conductors and creative team members behind the productions in Lyric Opera’s 2007-08 season. The debut episode, hosted by staff dramaturg Roger Pines, presents a conversation with soprano Elizabeth Futral and tenor Joseph […]

CBS has announced that it will make 60 Minutes available as a free audio podcast on iTunes. CBS has previously made excerpts available as a podcast, but the move will mark the first time the show will be able to be downloaded in its entirety. “60 Minutes is perfect for this kind of audio podcasting. […]

GCap Media, operators of radio stations such as Capital Radio, Xfm and Classic FM recently announced that it has joined UK Podcasters Association. This move is seen as a big step toward radio industry integration with digital and online media. GCap is the first radio/media company to join the UKPA since the association’s creation in […]

¬† The popular podcasting tool The Levelator has been updated and has a new home¬†at The Conversations Network. The Levelator is a free, multi-platform tool that automatically optimizes the levels within audiofiles to even out the volumes of multiple speakers and to adjust the overall volume to a consistent standard. The changes in the latest […]

Virgin America today announced that it is partnering with AirCell in an effort aimed at offering air-to-ground broadband internet service on Virgin America flights in 2008. Fly Virgin next year and you’ll be able to access the Internet from any seat on their flights. The system is expected to let you connect to the Internet […]

TalkShoe today announced the general availability of ShoePhone, a service for unlimited group calling with anyone, anywhere, anytime. The service lets you organize large group discussions over the Internet and to record them as podcasts. Up to 250 people can participate in a live call, which TalkShoe calls a “Talkcast”. 1,000s more can listen to […]

Research from Australian radio network Austereo shows that radio listeners’ attention is moving from traditional radio to podcasts and other mobile audio content. Companies that track media use, like Nielsen Media Research, haven’t caught up with people’s changing use of technology and are significantly misrepresenting media consumption, as a result. Highlights of Austereo’s research: Austereo […]