Podcast Distribution

Wizzard Reports $4.1 Million Net Loss For 2010, ‘May Never Achieve Profitability’

Mar 31st, 2011 | By | Category: Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Networks

Wizzard Software has announced 2010 financial results, recording a $4.1 million net loss, on revenues of $5,5 million in 2010, a drop from their $6.5 million net loss in 2009.. Wizzard notes that, in terms of net loss, this was Wizzard’s best annual performance in over 8 years. They also note that “We have a […]



SoundCloud Introduces RSS For Podcasts

Jan 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcast Distribution

Audio platform SoundCloud has announced a beta podcast release program. SoundCloud has built a large and growing fan base over the past year with its capability to create and upload audio files, and then promote and share users’ sound creations across the web. A number of apps are available for creating and sharing SoundCloud files across […]



Wizzard Unveils Google AdMob Integration & Android Apps

Nov 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Networks

Last week, Wizzard Media announced support for AdMob, Google’s Mobile Ad network. AdMob is the largest mobile advertising network with over 300 billion global impressions. Additionally, Wizzard announced nearly 30 audio and video Apps, available now for use on the Android smartphone.   The latest Android version of Wizzard’s App adds the popular iPhone App feature, […]



Who Needs The Internet? “Push Radio” Promises Podcasts Via Digital Radio

May 25th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Podcasting Services

Podcasts are about to break into some new territory. Commercial Radio Australia and Beijing Jolon Digital Media Broadcasting today announced plans to develop a DAB+ digital radio application that will allow podcasts to be sent via the broadcast band directly to a listener’s radio, without the need to connect to the Internet. The technology, called […]



Are iBooks The New Podcasts?

Mar 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Citizen Media, Commentary, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting

The Apple iPad will be available starting this Saturday – and it looks like the company has another hit product. Pre-orders are in the hundreds of thousands and iPad suppliers are forecasting 8 million to 10 million iPad shipments in 2010. That’s a lot of iPads – and a lot of people that will now […]



How To Submit Your Podcast To iTunes

Mar 24th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, How to Podcast, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcast Directory Sites, Podcast Distribution

Apple has updated its official recommendations on for how to submit your podcast to iTunes. Here’s what they recommend: Test Your Podcast Feed In iTunes: You should first verify that you can successfully subscribe to your feed using the Advanced menu in iTunes: Select Advanced, Subscribe To Podcast in iTunes; Paste in the URL of […]



Ricky Gervais Podcast Gets Turned Into An Animated Cartoon

Feb 19th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Internet TV, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting, Video

British comedian Ricky Gervais has translated his popular podcast, The Ricky Gervais Show, into an animated series for HBO. The animated series takes the audio of the podcast and puts animation to it, intercutting retro-styled animated scenes with animated versions of Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. See the HBO site for details.



Wizzard Announces New Ways For Podcasters To Make Money

Feb 10th, 2010 | By | Category: Corporate Podcasts, Making Money with Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting Software

Podcast hosting network Wizzard Media today announced the availability of In App Purchasing for its Podcast Apps in the iTunes App store. Wizzard’s iPhone App is designed to be quickly customized for each podcast. It lets podcast publishers offer their own iPhone App. With In App Purchasing capabilities, podcast publishers will be able to offer […]



EmailWire Adds Press Release Podcasting Service

Jan 25th, 2010 | By | Category: Audio Podcasting, Corporate Podcasts, Podcast Distribution, Podcasting

EmailWire NewsWire, a press release distribution service, is now offering podcasting as part of their services: When a client purchases a press release distribution package for $199 or more, the summary, contact information and website address of the company’s press release is read by GroupWeb Radio’s host and podcasted to potential 38 million of listeners […]



Apple Opens iTunes LP & iTunes Extras

Nov 26th, 2009 | By | Category: Digital Music, General, iPods & Portable Media Players, Podcast Distribution

Apple has opened up iTunes LP and iTunes Extras, publishing Templates, Best Practices and a Development Guide so that anyone has the capability to create interactive content that can be played back in iTunes 9 or on Apple TV. iTunes LP lets you create digital albums that include links to listen to album songs and […]