Podcast network Wizzard Media announced today that they have archived over 118 million words using their proprietary “admatch” technology process. Of those, they have identified more than 10,000 words as keywords with potential significance to prospective advertisers. The database of keywords was populated by processing over 800,000 hours of audio and video programming available on [...]

AmigoFish is a site that is sort of like a psychic friend that helps you find podcasts you’ll like.
To use it, you sign up for an account, and then rate some shows. Once you’ve rated shows that you like, you can get recommendations for more shows that you’ll like, based on what people with [...]

Fusa Capital, a media company that owns and operates a network of search engine websites, has launched the latest entrant into the podcast search engine and directory melee, Podanza.com.
Podanza bills itself as a podcast search engine and directory which aggregates free audio and video podcasts from over 5,000 international producers. When searching for podcasts, search [...]

blinkx today unveiled AdHoc, a contextually relevant video advertising platform, aka AdSense for Video, the latest in a stream of recent announcements from the company.
According to blinkx,¬†”Just as Google‚Äôs AdSense transformed advertising on the Text Web, blinkx‚Äôs AdHoc platform will revolutionize video advertising by matching compelling, customized, TV-style ads to your audience on the Video Web.”
AdHoc leverages [...]

Digg, a popular social networking news bookmarking site, introduced an update today that makes podcasting a major feature of the site. The site is also emphasizing video bookmarking, making multimedia much more prominent than it had previously been.

The change could dramatically change the face of podcast discovery, as Digg focuses on the viral spread of [...]

Pluggd, a startup that focuses on using speech-recognition to enhance audio and video search, today disclosed the investors who have backed the company since its inception, and the addition of Intel Capital as an investor.
The company is reported to have raised $1.65 million to build out its technology. A demo of the company’s HearHere search [...]

Noisely is a new podcast search site that is described as an “intelligent podcast audio player.”

Enter a search term, and Noisely returns matches and will play them directly in your web browser. According to Noisely, the podcasts are selected based on “an algorithm that takes into account different aspects like podcasts that match your selection, [...]