Video Podcasts

7 Killer Tips For Optimizing Your YouTube Videos

Jun 28th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: General, Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

This video, via Gideon Shalwick (Become a Blogger) offers a fairly in-depth look at 7 ways to optimize your YouTube videos.
7 Killer Tips For Optimizing Your YouTube Videos

Create outstanding content
Optimize your YouTube Channel
Use keywords cleverly and in the right places
Add URL’s in the right places
Link to your videos from where ever you can
Provide plenty [...]



PAB2009: Podcasters Across Borders 2009 Kicks Off

Jun 19th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Podcasting, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

PAB2009, Podcasters Across Borders 2009, kicks off today in Kingston, Ontario.
The three day event, running from June 19th to June 21st at The Holiday Inn Waterfront, offers sessions focused on audio and video podcasting, but also on using social media and building new media-based communities.
Most of all, the event is about meeting other people excited [...]



Nice Work If You Can Get It: Rocketboom Looking For Anchors

Jun 3rd, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Video, Video Podcasts

Rocketboom, a long-running daily video podcast, is looking for new talent to anchor the New York-based program, and its new West Coast desk. Rocketboom creator Andrew Baron posted the two job openings today on Internet classifieds site Craigslist under “tv video radio jobs.”
Responsibilities for the anchor jobs include “both appearing on camera and contributing behind [...]



DailyMotion Chooses ‘The Cabonauts’ As First US Commission

May 18th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Making Money with Podcasts, Video, Video Podcasts

Video hosting service DailyMotion has selected a new science fiction web series, The Cabonauts, as its first-ever US video commision. “The Cabonauts” is set in the year 2183, when “humans have finally conquered the stars,” but still need a cab to get from one spot to another. Cabonauts, Inc., is that intergalactic cab company.
An intergalactic [...]



Podcasting, Defined.

May 8th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Podcast Quickies, Podcasting, Video Podcasts

For nearly five years and counting, we’ve been creating, and writing about, podcasts. We know what podcasts are, and chances are, you do, too. We love them, and think they are super-neat.
We think everybody ought to create podcasts, because they help you:

share your passion and expertise widely, and
connect, over long distances, with like-minded people.

Simple, right?
But [...]



Ask A Ninja Intros iPhone App

May 1st, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Video Podcasts, iPhone

Pioneering video podcast Ask A Ninja has introduced a $1.99 iPhone app, I Am Ninja (App Store link) that lets you be a ninja and use your ninja skills to survive.
It’s also got some smart social media features, letting you watch the latest Ask A Ninja episode and submit questions to the Ninja.



Rocketboom Says Goodbye To Joanne Colan

Apr 17th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Internet TV, Streaming Video, Video, Video Podcasts, Vlogs

Andrew Baron today announced that Joanne Colan was leaving the influential video podcast, after nearly three years with the show:
Today I am so sad to say farewell to Joanne from Rocketboom! Joanne was really, really excellent at what she did here, she will be missed. Keep your eyes open for announcements from Joanne on what’s [...]



CourseCast Updated With Live Broadcasting Support

Apr 9th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting, Podcasting Software, Streaming Video, Video Podcasts

Panopto has announced the availability of the latest version of its free lecture publishing platform, CourseCast 2.1, and several new features including live broadcasting and usage analytics.
CourseCast is a client-server application designed to make it easy to capture and publish lectures and presentations as podcasts and streaming media.
CourseCast 2.1 includes a simplified user interface, the [...]



European Podcast Awards Announced

Apr 9th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcasting, Podcasting Events, Video Podcasts

The winners of the first European Podcast Awards have been announced.
Choosing from ten participating countries across Europe and over 750 nominations, a panel of judges awarded the inaugural European Podcast Award to five winners from Germany, England and Spain.
The European podcasts of the year 2008/2009 are:

Schlaflos in München [Sleepless in Munich] / Germany
The [...]



US Senator Launches Two “Policycast” Series

Apr 8th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Podcasting, Video Podcasts

U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico) is reaching out to his constituents by several different media. Bingaman has launched two video podcasts, a YouTube channel, and keeps in touch with voters via his Facebook page.
Why two different video podcast series? One podcast is a short (less than 2 minutes) weekly overview of Congressional and New [...]