Dave Winer, who created RSS 2.0, one of the standards on which podcasting is based, posted an interesting take today on the popular news feed service Feedburner, warning that there’s “danger in giving so much power to one company.” Feedburner is very popular with podcasters because it can streamline dealing with newsfeeds and offers statistics […]

StreetIQ.com has announced the launch of a Facebook application (registration required) that provides quick access to more than 400 business and financial podcast channels and integrates them into the social networking experience on Facebook. Using¬†the recently launched software platform at Facebook, StreetIQ.com lets Facebook members access their favorite business and financial podcasts and to share […]

Prerollr has an introduced a new option for adding ads to videos embedded in blogs and other sites. Their solution lets anyone that embeds videos from popular sites such as Google Video, YouTube, Veoh, Revver or MySpace insert banner ads that are displayed in the video window before the video plays. If you use Prerollr, […]

A new organization, the Association for Downloadable Media (ADM), announced its formation yesterday. The goal of the ADM is to create standards for audience measurement and advertising for downloadable media. The ADM also hopes to accelerate the growth of podcasting into a commercially viable medium. The ADM plans to focus primarily on the world of […]

Web hosting provider SherpaHost has added a new podcasting service to its hosting accounts. SherpaHost’s Quick Podcast tool is designed to help people: create podcast recordings; manage and publish multiple podcasts by uploading their audio and video files; generate and publish podcast RSS feeds for iTunes and other directories; and automatically notify podcast directories when […]

FeedBurner announced today via their blog that their Pro and MyBrand add-on services were now free: FreeBurner for Everyone One of the many benefits that FeedBurner publishers will enjoy now that FeedBurner is part of the Google family is a little something we like to call, “more for free!” Beginning today, two of FeedBurner’s previously […]

Movavi has launched Movavi Online, a web-based service that lets you convert video from one format to another – for sharing, podcasting, cellphones, iPods, and more – for free. The new service generates video files specifically tuned for viewing in email, on mobile devices, for video blogging (vlogging) and video podcasting. Options include encoding video […]

Feed-based search service Feedster has announced a “Web 2.0” style makeover for its site. On first look, this appears to mean that they made the site slow and ugly. Here’s their take on the changes, though: To start with the obvious, the site looks completely different. When comparing the old with the new, it‚Äôs quite […]

blinkx today unveiled AdHoc, a contextually relevant video advertising platform,¬†aka¬†AdSense for Video, the latest in a stream of recent announcements from the company. According to blinkx,¬†”Just as Google‚Äôs AdSense transformed advertising on the Text Web, blinkx‚Äôs AdHoc platform will revolutionize video advertising by matching compelling, customized, TV-style ads to your audience on the Video Web.” […]

Media hosting/publishing service provider Podango has announced that a beta version of its P2 Platform is now available. The P2 platform’s feature set includes publishing tools for audio, video, and blogging, metric monitoring tools, search engine optimization, integrated advertising and the ability to embed the player in other sites. The end-user experience includes easy subscription […]