New Podcast Transcription Service
Podtranscript.com offers a complete solution to all your podcast transcription needs. They apparently employ experienced human transcriptionists to do the job, simply because software or hardware solutions that translates audio to text is nowhere near to perfect. And we understand that an error in the text transcript of your podcast is simply not accceptable.
I do not think they are taking any more clients right now, but if you need a transcript of your Podcast Show, visit their site and leave them a message!
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Apple's New Podcast Fails To Deliver
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Podcasting NewsApple has published a new podcast, Learn to Podcast, that explains how to podcast with Apple tools.
The podcast is a good introduction to a Mac- and iLife-centric approach to podcasting. Unfortunately, Apple also uses the podcast to promote proprietary formats and to encourage podcasters to create podcasts that will only work on Apple devices.
Apple's feed for the podcast also
fails to validate.
Podcasters that use the iLife suite to create podcasts may also want to learn about podcasting standards so that they ensure that their podcasts will be usable by as wide an audience as possible.
There are many resources available:
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New Approach to Podcast Ads
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BusinessWireKiptronic Announces Dynamic Ad Network for Podcasting; New Approach to Ad Insertion Heralds New Era for Podcasters; Partnership with Liberated Syndication to Drive Network ExpansionSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2006--Kiptronic, a leading ad network for the podcasting industry, today announced the introduction of the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace. The Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace represents a dynamic new way for podcasters to connect with advertisers in an open marketplace.
Kiptronic's patent pending ad insertion technology allows the podcasting community to add sponsorships to their content at their pace while providing advertisers with a central exchange where they can connect with the topical podcasts they're interested in. The Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace provides an open approach to developing sponsorship programs that allows the podcaster to stay in control of their content and what type of advertising runs on their podcasts.
Kiptronic's automated insertion technology allows ads to be inserted into podcasts dynamically, on-the-fly, at the point of download, freeing the podcaster from many of the labor-intensive tasks associated with current sponsorship approaches. Among the many features of the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace:
-- Flexibility to manage large ad campaigns: Using the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace, a podcaster can manage a variety of sponsorships with multiple advertisers. Advertisers, in turn, can launch a variety of ads as a campaign progresses.
-- Geographic targeting: The Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace allows an advertiser to select the appropriate metro areas and podcasts for their message, obviating the need to strike multiple deals in multiple cities.
-- Spoken word endorsements: Through the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace, podcasters and advertisers can develop a variety of sponsorship approaches. The Kiptronic system allows an advertiser to approve of the spoken word endorsements they find best represent their message.
"Podcasting has come a long way in a short time, but with innovative approaches to sponsorships, it can go farther," said Jonathan Cobb, founder and chief executive. "Our unique insertion technology allows the podcaster and advertiser to develop sponsorship programs at their pace, in an open environment. Podcasters retain control of their content while advertisers can connect with the targeted programming they're looking for."
Initial partnerKiptronic today also announced a wide-ranging partnership with Liberated Syndication, a premiere media distribution service. Kiptronic will serve as the sponsorship network engine for the thousands of podcasters who use Liberated Syndication for podcast hosting and related services.
"Liberated Syndication is pleased to be partnering with Kiptronic to deliver sponsorship opportunities to our 2600 podcaster customers," said David Wildman Mansueto of Libsyn. "With a few clicks of a mouse, Libsyn podcasters can connect with appropriate sponsors, form a trusted relationship, and strike deals at their own pace though the Libsyn-Kiptronic developed program. We have forged a great working relationship with the Kiptronic team as we all share similar views and goals for an open and fair market place for the new era of media delivery."
Liberated Syndication can be found at www.libsyn.com.
Acoustica, IODA, IndieFeed and the Radio Memories Network sign on
Kiptronic today also announced that top-tier podcasters IndieFeed and Radio Memories Network, and advertisers Acoustica, an audio and music recording software company, and the Independent Online Distribution Alliance have joined the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace.
"Given our wide-ranging podcasting content, a partner like the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace will be key for us going forward as we build a stable of appropriate advertisers such as Acoustica," said podcaster Dennis Humphrey. "We need to be able to deliver the right sponsors to the right audience and Kiptronic's flexible, open approach allows us to do that while we retain control of our content."
The Radio Memories Network is currently sponsorships from Acoustica using the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace through March 1st, 2006.
"Acoustica is pleased to be an initial sponsor of the Radio Memories Network through the Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace," said Dave Raimondo, director of sales and business development for Acoustica. "Our potential customer base is clearly moving in lock step with developments such as podcasting, and there targeted features of Kiptronic are a perfect fit for our marketing and advertising needs."
The radio Memories Network can be found on the Web at http://www.radiomemories.libsyn.com.
IndieFeed can be found at http://blindingflashes.blogs.com/indie_feed/welcome/.
Acoustica can be found at http://www.acoustica.com.
The Independent Online Distribution Alliance can be found at http://www.iodalliance.com.
About Kiptronic
San Francisco-based Kiptronic enables podcasters to efficiently take advantage of advertising opportunities without giving up control of their content. Our unique Kiptronic Podcast Marketplace features insertion technology that allows podcasters to develop the advertising programs they want while providing the visibility, flexibility and return-on-investment that advertisers require from their campaigns. Podcasters no longer have to manually insert ads into their content -- With Kiptronic, it happens on-the-fly. Using Kiptronic's technology, podcasters can turn their content into a business at their pace. Advertisers, in turn, can access a wealth of targeted podcasts tailored for their specific message. Power to the Podcasters!
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Podcast Review - Dave's Lounge
We have received a number of requests for more Podcast Show Reviews and so have decided to start writing more Podcast Reviews starting today.
The problem of course, is that every good Podcast show we listen to gets saved in our aggregator... and there are only so many hours in the day!
So if anyone out there is interested in writing some short & sweet (or long & evil) Podcast Reviews, drop us a line. We have only two requirements:
1. an avid Podcast Listener (Fanatical if possible :) )
2. interested in writing and getting that writing posted on a busy Blog
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Today's Podcast Review:Dave's Lounge.Dave's Lounge is a weekly podcast that showcases the best in chillout, trip hop and downtempo music found on the Internet.
I just found Dave's Lounge over the weekend and have to say I am hooked. Show comes out once a week by the looks of it.
The Most Recent Shows Play list:
Playlist for Dave's Lounge #32
Karmacoda, "Firefly"
Rob Spaull, "Serenity"
Hungry Lucy, "High Price of Mistakes"
Sarah Fimm, "Mercury" Zenray, "Megiddo"
AK da Leo, "On the Beach"
You can find Dave's Lounge in our directory under music.
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Ads for Podcasting by Podtrac
Podtrac has launched an on-line advertising auction to determine ad rates for the podcasting market. While Podtrac might be first-to-market, Google may have plans for this space too.
Advertising positions for three top-ranked iTunes podcasts will be auctioned by Podtrac. They include a leading technology podcast, This Week in Technology, and leading entertainment podcasts MuggleCast and Josh & Japan. The online auction will end on March 31, 2006.
Podtrac may have pushed a model for podcast advertising, but Google's acquisition of dMarc Broadcasting could point to an interest in the market, InformationWeek reports. "I doubt Google is getting into radio advertising," Tim Bourquin, chief executive officer at TNC New Media, the creator of the Podcast & Portable Media Expo. "I would bet they will use this technology to somehow deliver podcast advertising."
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Making Video Podcasting Easy and Free
New Web-based Tools Enable Users to Create Videocasts and Distribute them to
any PC, Portable Video Device or TiVo box
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- PodOmatic(TM), the leader in free services enabling anyone to easily to find, create, distribute, promote and listen to podcasts, announced today the addition of video podcasting support to its comprehensive suite of products and services.
With just a couple of mouse clicks, anyone can now easily create videocasts and distribute them to any PC, portable video device or TiVo box. The new web-based tools are free to registered users of the PodOmatic network.
PodOmatic's video podcasting support provides an easy and free method for users to create videocasts directly on the company's website, without having to download any software or understand complicated audio/video mixing techniques. All that is required is a PC or Mac, webcam and microphone to create a videocast. PodOmatic syndication wizards enable users to easily place their videocasts in the most popular directories (i.e. Yahoo!, iTunes, etc) and viral marketing tools, for promoting videocasts, are also provided at no cost.
"Our goal at PodOmatic has always been to drop the barrier of entry for people interested in producing podcasts," said Brian Woods, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of PodOmatic, Inc. "With today's announcement, we've enabled just about anyone to participate in this powerful new communications channel for reaching audiences that share similar interests with video content."
Videocasters can now also podMail(TM) their videos directly to any PC, portable video device or TiVo box. Free and available exclusively through PodOmatic, podMail allows users to "email" audio and video messages to anyone, directly into their computer or portable audio and video devices. Users can also receive audio and video "emails" in their podMail account. Patent pending, PodOmatic podMail is just as easy as using regular email and, unlike podcast syndication (RSS), allows for private one-to-one, one-to-many communications.
The leading provider of simple-to-use, web-based podcast and videocast creation and hosting services, PodOmatic is quickly becoming the premiere destination for content producers and consumers, alike. All of PodOmatic's basic podcasting and videocasting services are free to registered users. PodOmatic also offers PodOmatic Plus accounts at $9.99 per month for podcasters and videocasters with successful shows, requiring additional storage and bandwidth. For additional information on PodOmatic, visit http://www.podomatic.com. To join PodOmatic's growing network of podcasters and begin creating podcasts and videocasts, simply and at no cost, register now at http://www.podomatic.com/user/register.
About PodOmatic, Inc.
PodOmatic, Inc. specializes in the creation of sophisticated tools and services that enable anyone to easily find, create, distribute, promote and listen to podcasts and videocasts. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, the company's comprehensive suite of free products and services offers powerful communication and connection tools for podcasters and listeners in the emerging content-on-demand media market. For additional information, visit http://www.podOmatic.com.
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Podcast Magazine
Podcasting comes into it's own with it's very own Magazine!
With a Tag line of "We're Like Maxim, Only Different" they are setting themselves up as an edgy, insiders type publication. They claim to have dedicated it solely to serving podcasters with extensive editorial coverage about all things podcasting.
Starting with the first May/June issue, ID3 Podcast Magazine will be delivered bimonthly to subscribers in four formats – online, electronic (PDF), podcast, and/or print. Yes, print! It’s about time podcasters have a full-color print magazine they can call their own – a magazine that packages all the excitement and fascination we’ve discovered in podcasting. . .
I assume it is a paid subscription, but it does not say anything about price on their site yet (build the hype... THEN hit them with the $$)
It is a great idea, every subculture needs their own magazine and now Podcast Creators the English-World over have one to call their own... ID3 magazine.
Some More Info from their site:ID3 Podcast Magazine, named after the data tag embedded in all podcasts, is an international trade magazine dedicated to serving podcasters with extensive editorial coverage about all things podcasting. Starting with the first May/June 2006 issue, a full-color print edition of ID3 Podcast Magazine will be delivered bimonthly.
In addition to the print edition, subscribers will also gain access to online, electronic (PDF) and podcast editions. The podcast edition will feature content from the proverbial cutting-room floor, including full-length interviews, outtakes, behind-the-scenes magazine discussions, etc.
Prior to our premier May/June issue arriving in mailboxes and between issues, we will supply our subscribers with behind-the-scenes podcasts, exclusive articles, interviews and more.
Inside the pages of ID3 Podcast Magazine, subscribers will find feature stories, trend articles, podcast profiles, tips and tricks, podcaster Q&As, podcast reviews, equipment and software reviews, industry lists, news analysis, sector updates, reader polls, podcast excerpts, business solutions, trend stories, expert commentary and much more.
The magazine was the brainchild of seasoned podcast host and producer Kris Smith and marketing professional Todd Andrlik, who serve as the magazine’s co-editors in chief. The magazine and its content are supported by an editorial board of podcast pioneers from around the world.
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Volkswagen Launches Marketing Podcasts
Volkswagen is claiming its Detroit motor show podcasting marketing campaign is unique.
The programme gives internet visitors a look at the automaker’s newest cars and access to a ‘candid conversation’ with its top brand chief. Additional ‘Detroit flavour’ includes clips from local musicians.
Volkswagen said it created the numerous podcasts, available on its main North American website, to create a ‘buzz’ about new 2006 and 2007 models, such as the GTI sports hatchback, and give outsiders a taste of Detroit, home to the best-know motor show in the US.
Local radio personality Ann Delisi voices introductions to the podcasts and conducts interviews with enthusiasts and auto industry journalists.
Featured interviews include an in-depth conversation with new VW brand chief Wolfgang Bernhard and other executives.
"This series of podcasts gives our customers the variety of content they are asking us to provide," said VW of America media and interactive marketing head Tesa Aragones.
Detroit area VW owners also took part in a ‘ride and drive’ programme that was followed by driver interviews to capture first impressions of the new GTI.
In total Volkswagen has created 16 podcasts around the show.
Subscribers to the music podcasts receive a new podcast featuring the artist of the day via an RSS feed -- every day of the motor show, which opened to the public on Saturday (14 January).
For those outside Detroit, Volkswagen has provided vehicle "walkaround" podcasts of the 2006 GTI and 2007 Passat wagon. These podcasts offer listeners an in-depth, technical look at the new vehicles and tempt them to see the cars in person.
Volkswagen worked with Quill Communications of Royal Oak, Michigan, and digital marketing partner Proxicom to make the podcasts.
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More iPod Clothing Compatibility
Los Angeles, California fashion firm
Kenpo Inc. recently announced their own iPod integration which comes just shortly after
Levi's announced their iPod integrated jeans.
Kenpo's iPod-integrated jacket uses a patented fabric, ElekTex, which is composed of 5 layers of electrically conductive material to transform your jacket into a touchpad.
The jacket features a 5-button switch that allows you to Play/Pause, Skip Forward, Skip Back, and turn the volume up and down. Additionally, the jacket is self-powered and requires no batteries to operate.
Our Take:It doesn't look like the trend of iPod integration into our everyday like is slowing down at all. If anything it may still have to hit its peak.
This integration seems more useful than not. The iPod Levi's freaked us out a little, not going to lie. Hey, maybe if Levi's had this fabric as an option they could have integrated it onto the outside of a pocket or something.
All-in-all, this product should be on the gift list for any iPod enthusiast. Number one, the integration is sweet and simple. Secondly, and more importantly, the jacket actually looks pretty cool.
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