Podooch Makes UK Podcasting Simple, Affordable

Sonique, a London-based technology company is launching Podooch.com - a website which allows anyone to create their own podcast without the need for any technical knowledge or podcast software. The site is aimed squarely at the non-specialist and allows anybody with a web-connected computer to upload a podcast or vodcast (video cast) within minutes.

Podooch.com gives users full management of their podcasts enabling the scheduling and release of new episodes and also archiving old episodes. Other features of the site include a free month trial, unlimited bandwidth and disk space, a personal microsite, a complete content management system giving users the power to schedule the launch of their podcasts and full statistics of each podcasts so users can see how well their podcast is doing. Best of all, podooch.com is advert-free.

Podooch.com Creative Director David Sloly said, "People are making content and sharing that content all the time. Now for the first time, through www.podooch.com, people are able to share that content with the world easily and quickly without any knowledge of computers, RSS feeds or complicated software."

Corporate Podcasting Summit Set For 2007

The Corporate Podcasting Summit, a podcast conference that focuses on business podcasting, has announced plans for events in London, UK and the US East Coast in 2007.

At the inaugural Corporate Podcasting Summit, held in San Francisco, June 2006, there were speakers from Whirlpool, the host of the Disneyland Resort podcasts, BEA Systems and Keane, as well as from technology companies such as Audible, Feedburner, Pheedo and ListenShare.

Summit organizers are looking for a number of case studies, expert speakers, and enterprise podcasters from the public and private sectors for the 2007 shows.

Topics addressed at these summits include:

• What you need to get started - and how much it will really cost you in time and money


• Integrating a podcast into an existing web presence and getting executive support for your podcasting initiative


• Adding a podcast to your marketing mix


• The licensing, copyright and legal issues to be aware of


• Measuring Return on Investment, and Return on Influence


• Using podcasts to speed up internal processes

More information is available at the Podcast-Summit.com site. (when it finally comes back to internet life...)

Via Podcasting News.