The Podcast and Portable Media Expo, being held Sept 29-30 in Ontario, CA opens today. “We’ve been planning this event for nearly a year,” said event organizer Tim Bourquin. “It’s like a bobsled – you start pushing it downhill, and, after awhile, it picks up momentum and speeds on its own.” Bourquin recently described highlights […]

Digg dudes Jay Adelson and Kevin Rose, along with David Prager (TechTV, G4), Dan Huard, and Ron Gorodetzky, dig doing downloadable video so much that they’ve created a new media company, Revision3, to do it. According to the company, “Revision3 is the first media company that gets it, born from the Internet, on-demand generation. Unlike […]

Wizzard Software announced today the acquisition of a second podcasting company, Blast Podcast, an podcast advertising and hosting service provider. Previously, Wizzard announced an agreement to purchase Switchpod.com, a podcast hosting service. Wizzard plans to combine its experience in the area of speech recognition technology into Blast Podcast’s business plans. Wizzard will incorporate its server-based […]

PodTech, a podcasting startup focusing on technology, has introduced ScobleShow, a video podcast hosted by former Microsoft blogger Robert Scoble. According to Scoble, the new site is “broken” and “the page isn’t the prettiest”, but based on the fact that the server appears to be straining under the initial load, there appears to be a […]

Yahoo! and Current TV, a pioneer in viewer created content for television and the Web, have partnered to deliver video content to Web with the launch of the Yahoo! Current Network. According to the companies, the site combines the best in user submitted videos plus professional, studio-produced content to air side by side in a […]

UNESCO, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is launching a call for submissions of video podcast proposals for a series of production grants. UNESCO plans grants of up to $3000 to support the UN video podcasts. The organization wishes to produce and distribute a series of video podcasts for all audiences, but especially […]

Drew Olanoff, Adam Plante and Paul Fleming, the hosts of The Best Damn Tech Show Period (BDTSP) audio and video podcasts, have announced a POLARiTV, a new podcast network. POLARiTV plans to run their network like a TV studio, a la NBC and ABC, with a program schedule for their shows. But unlike other studios, […]

NASA is making space shuttle launch footage available as a video podcast for the first time. Complete video of the STS-115 shuttle launch (MP4) is included in a recent NASAcast. NASA plans to offer video podcasts for future launches. Other recent episode include footage of Atlantis performing a flip for the cameras before docking with […]

TiVo announced today the launch of the high-end TiVo Series3 HD Digital Media Recorder ‚Äî the first stand-alone TiVo product that is HD compatible. With a built-in Ethernet jack and USB ports, the TiVo Series3 HD box also provides advanced connectivity and easy networking. TiVo users will also be able to access TiVoCasts such as […]

Sony Pictures has signed to a deal to sponsor CNN video podcasts, making it the first major studio to do so. Sony’s first campaign, is a promotion for the football drama “Gridiron Gang,” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The spots run as brief preroll on CNN video podcasts. CNN began video podcasting in June and […]