The first Canadian National Day of Podcasting Is December 1st, notes Canadian podcast pioneer Mark Blevis: December 1 has been selected as the one-time, no money down officially unofficial Canadian National Day of Podcasting. The idea is to have every Canadian podcaster, particularly those who have retired or otherwise killed their podcast, from all time dust off [...]

A report out today from BBM Analytics shows growing adoption of HDTV, portable media players, and podcasting among Canadian consumers over the past year. A highlight of particular interest to PodcastingNews’ readers: Approximately twenty percent of the population listens to a podcast on a monthly basis. This is good news for podcast creators, as well [...]

Podcasters Across Borders co-founder and organizer Mark Blevis sent word that registration for PAB2009 is opening today (December 1, 2008) at midnight Eastern Time. The three-day podcasting and new media conference is scheduled for June 19/20/21, 2009, in Kingston, Ontario (Canada). This is the fourth year of the event, which focuses on not just podcast [...]

Podcast creators, podsafe musicians, and friends and families of new media mavens will be gathering this weekend at the third annual Podcasters Across Borders conference in Kingston, Ontario. Participants and presenters are coming from Canada, the United States, and from as far away as Argentina. The conference is organized by members of the Rogic Podcast [...]

PodCamp Toronto 2008, a two-day conference exploring the world of “new media community tools,” is coming up this weekend, February 23-24, 2008 at the Rogers Communication Centre at Ryerson University in Toronto. PodCamp Toronto 2008 will bring together professionals and hobbyists from across North America. Over 330 participants are expected at the weekend gathering. Like [...]

The third annual Podcasters Across Borders is still several months away, but podcaster and event co-host Mark Blevis has let us know that early (discounted) registration for PAB2008 will be taking place for one week only, today through Saturday, February 2. PAB2008 is happening June 20-22, 2008 in Kingston, Ontario (Canada). The cost of registration [...]

From the department of bad ideas that won’t die comes word that Canada may be levying a fee on iPods & other portable media players, along with digital media, to meet demands of an organization that represents the interests of the music and movie industries. Legal blogger Dr. Micheal Geist has an excellent rundown on [...]

Podcasters Across Borders 2007, a podcasting event scheduled for June 22-24 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, will feature sessions, panels, an audio production workshop, two major concerts and even a boat cruise. “We are approaching a second consecutive sellout,” said Mark Blevis, one of the show organizers. “We’ve attracted people from across Canada (including Whitehorse which [...]

Canadian business and financial news source Financial Post annouced today the launch of the Financial Post Daily Podcast, a concise summary of the day’s business and financial news, published at the start of the business day. The podcast is the latest in a series of new and enhanced offerings at financialpost.com, to coincide with the [...]

Winners of a Canadian national video podcast competition have been announced. First place went to students from St. Jospeh Catholic High School in Ottawa (Ontario). Three students from Argyle Alternative High School in Winnipeg (Manitoba)  have won second and third place. The contest, organized by the Media Awareness Network, was designed to help young people [...]