Added to the podcast directory list: Podcast Blaster -  large podcast directory that features alphabetical browing, category browsing and search. VideoPodcast.tv Рlets you find video podcasts by best rated, popular today, recent, using tags, by category and using search.

Added to the podcast directory list: iBizRadio is a new directory that focuses on business podcasts. Podcasts covering new products and services, industry news, a company’s key message, and other business topics can be included in this directory..

SearchforMedia Network, developer of video and audio search engine technologies, announced Tuesday the first phase of its international video podcast directory, www.searchforvideo.com. The video search engine offers users a means to find podcast content from a variety of countries and in a number of languages. “Searchforvideo currently offers a video podcast directory for English-language video […]

Singapore-based radio network MediaCorp Radio has launched a new site to showcase its podcast content, and to feature user-submitted podcasts, Podcast.sg. Current podcasts include offerings from MediaCorp stations 987 FM, Malay “infotainment” station Warna 92.4 FM, RSI Chinese-language movie reviews (I had fun trying to make sense of the review of the new “Casino Royale” […]

Pluggd, a startup that focuses on using speech-recognition to enhance audio and video search, today disclosed the investors who have backed the company since its inception, and the addition of Intel Capital as an investor. The company is reported to have raised $1.65 million to build out its technology. A demo of the company’s HearHere […]

Added to the podcast directory page: The Aloha Podcast Network, a site that offers a variety of Hawaiian podcasts. Description: Interested in life in Hawaii? Want to find out more about visiting the beautiful “Islands of Aloha”? Now you can sample a wide variety of Hawaii and Hawaiian themed podcast and vodcast via the Aloha […]

Closing out the official activities on the first day of the Podcast and Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, was the second annual Podcast Awards Ceremony. Previously announced winners of the PME Awards for Podcast of the Year were the folks who produce Grape Radio. In keeping with the gravitas of the occasion, the winners […]

Pod-Star has announced updates to their PromoPicker podcast directory. Updates include: Easier podcast submission Easier podcaster signup Easier ratings system Easier comments system New category suggestion options Easy access to all of your directory entries in one place Easy posting in multiple categories Listener comment line / contact number field added New links to MySpace […]

Podcast directory site Pluggd has joined a growing number of companies using speech-recognition technology to allow text searches within audio podcasts, by introducing a new search feature, HearHere. “HearHere uses proprietary voice recognition software and search algorithms to create a superior solution for consumers,” said Pluggd CEO and co-Founder Alex Castro. “Our visual and intuitive […]

Added to Podcast Directory List: PersianCast is described as “The First Iranian Podcast Provider”. The site debuted Sept 20th, and is a free service. According to the site, “all Persian language people can send their podcasts to the site.”