A reader, Graham Pollard, wrote us, wondering why podcasting hasn’t seemed to reach Apple’s UK stores. Pollard is a big fan of podcasts, and dropped by the Apple store recently on a visit to London, so he could check out the latest iPods. He writes: “I was quite surprised to find that at the nano […]

A funny thing happened today. Pretty much everyone that’s been roasting NBC for yanking their content off of YouTube and iTunes is eating their words, now that they’ve seen Hulu, NBC’s new video site: “I was busy sharpening up the knives at BoomTown HQ to prepare for the debut of Hulu this week,” admits Kara […]

Struggling podcasting startup PodTech isn’t closing up shop, according to PodTech VP Robert Scoble. It’s changing direction. “Reports of PodTech’s demise are bull####!” said Scoble. “This is total, 100% bull####. Not even deserving of a response. I’m not leaving PodTech. When, er if, I am you’ll read it here on my blog.” Daniel Lyons, writing […]

Video sharing platform Revver now has a WordPress plug-in for users of the popular blogging application. Revver takes user-created video content, pairs it with targeted advertisements, and shares the revenue with the video’s creator. They also have an existing set of developer tools for non-WordPress users, for making video sharing websites. Podcasting News took a […]

Hayden Black, creator of the wry video podcast “Goodnight Burbank,” has launched a new video podcast that is completely different and even more irreverent. “Abigail’s X-Rated Teen Diary is about a 13 year old girl’s videoblog and her unique take on life,”¬† explains Hayden, “school, friends, parents and living with Bloomberger’s Disease. That’s a genetic […]

Al Gore’s two year-old cable channel, Current, relaunched its website on Monday to better incorporate user generated content and better target an 18-34 demographic. The updated site supports all the major “Web 2.0” bells and whistles, including photo and video sharing, comments and discussion forums on upcoming stories. The site also now appears to be […]

Portable video players, like Apple’s latest iPod nanos, are going mainstream, according to a report from Parks Associates. Worldwide shipments of portable video players will grow at an annualized rate of 30% over the next five years, reaching 132 million units shipped per year in 2011: The massive adoption of portable video players, with over […]

Virgin America today announced that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Boing Boing TV to deliver inflight daily video reports. The show available on-demand on Virgin America through the airline’s Red in flight Entertainment system on all flights beginning in November.   “By offering Boing Boing TV’s unique brand of content to Virgin […]

The co-editors at Boing Boing and Federated Media Publishing have launched Boing Boing TV, a video version of the popular blog. ‚ÄúBoing Boing fans can expect the same curious and irreverent exploration of the world they find on the blog, but now through video,‚Äù said Xeni Jardin, above, co-founder of Boing Boing and co-host of […]

Podcast hosting provider Podango has announced integration with PodPress and WordPress, making it possible to seamlessly use the popular podcast publishing tools while taking advantage of Podango’s unlimited free hosting. How it works: Set up a Podango account. Once your account is set up, you will get an API Key and a podcast ID. Add […]