We’re happy to report that Treedia Labs has been nominated for the AO Global 250 List - AlwaysOn’s Flagship List highlighting the top 250 private companies from across innovation. We were named to the NorthEast 100 during Venture Summit East, and with our global footprint we hope to make the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit where AlwaysOn will honor the Global 250 winners. I’ll post a link shortly so you can vote for us - It’s great to be nominated!
We hit a big milestone last week - over 50,000 podcasts have been input into the system by listeners and viewers. The press release is below but since it was put out on the wire almost another 2,000 have been added - social media and podcasting are on a rocketship - HUZZAH!
Cambridge, MA, February 12, 2008 – Treedia Labs, a leading media aggregation and distribution company, announced today its Podcast.com portal surpassed 50,000 podcast programs. This gives the user of Podcast.com access to over 50,000 of the best podcast programs available today. A podcast is an audio or video program that is delivered on a downloadable file via the Internet.
Podcast.com provides its members with the ability to search, collect, play, create playlists and share audio and video podcasts.. Anyone interested in getting free access to over 50,000 podcast programs can visit http://podcast.com and click the “sign up” button.
Podcast.com provides members with a one-stop shop to sample and collect all of best programs that podcasting has to provide. Visitors can play the podcasts right from the site or choose to download or subscribe to their favorite podcasts to work with their own personal podcast playing device. Podcast.com also supports mobile devices such as cell phones and Sony’s PSP device.
“This goal post marks a tipping point for podcast aggregation,” said Duncan Perry, chief operating officer of Treedia Labs. “Podcast.com’s growing list of programs represents both commercial and independent producers along with a strong list of global flavors including podcasts produced in almost 20 languages.”
For more information visit http://podcast.com.
About Treedia Labs:
Treedia Labs is the leading developer of media aggregation and distribution platforms that provide feed management and distribution to any Internet connected device. The company’s core product, the Treedia Feed Management PlatformTM, powers a variety of downloadable media solutions including Podcast.com. Visit us at http://treedia.com.
About Podcast.com:
Podcast.com is the premier podcast destination that provides access to a growing list of over 50,000 curated and constantly updated podcast feeds representing more than 200,000 hours of audio and video content. Podcast.com’s unique value proposition to content consumers also presents an unsurpassed way for content providers to reach an audience that consumes podcasts via the Web, multimedia devices and Internet radio. Visit us at http://podcast.com.
I’m at the conference right now - listening to Tim Draper - not a bad presentation - check out the live webcast here
There is a lot of good discussion centered around the Ford Motor Company foray into Social Media with this ‘press release’ - they get it and see what’s happening.
We are working hard to launch and open the doors for late September at PNME Expo in Ontario California - drop us a line for invites - beta at podcast dot com or register at podcast dot com
In New York City Ed Zander and Motorola rolled out their new line of industry defining mobile phones. The MOTO Z8 is truly a ‘media monster’ - we have been using a pre-release handset and demoing the Podcast.com service. The VC crowd here in Boston liked it very much. And I have to say so did we! Kosso now has it in Old Blighty.
Motorola’s press release is here.
In addition to Podcast.com coming pre-loaded our friends at Mote will include, in-box, a full-length film – “The Bourne Identity” from Universal Pictures - and applications from BSkyB and content from CNN. Also games from Electronic Arts’ will soon become available for download. So we are in good company.
There was a fire and tragedy at our building in Kendall Square on Friday - No Podcast.com folks were hurt - My heart goes out to the famlies affected
Dana Gardner has a post here about ‘community podcast directories’ - all the features he wants we’re building…..keep those ideas flowing Dana!! His blog is a good read - follow it.
In an article on MediaPost by Wendy Davis she reports that “Nielsen/NetRatings research is showing more than 9.2 million Web users, or 6.6 percent of U.S. adult Web users, have downloaded an audio podcast in the last 30 days, compared to 6.7 million users (4.8 percent) who published blogs in that time.”
mmmmm…..curious comparison - as my Gramother would say to me “What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?” Apples and oranges I would say.
Nielson goes on……
“They also have reported that around 5.6 million online adults (4 percent) have downloaded a video podcast in the last 30 days”.”Podcast downloaders tend to be younger than the online population at large. Web users between the ages 18 and 24 are 72 percent more likely than the average Web user to listen to audio podcasts and 47 percent more likely to view video podcasts. Users older than 45 were less likely than average to listen or view podcasts.”
mmmm….alright that’s interesting stuff - this certainly adds credence to our thought that people are very comfortable with ‘unchunked’ content in any form and want to be their own ’smart reconstructors’ and interact with media on their terms. - see the article here.
It’s a nice headline though…..remember these are the folks that brought you The Nielson Box…….what a way to arbritrate visual thought….not. Glad we are working on smarter applications here @ Podcast.com
I had breakfast last week with Jeff Pulver of VON fame - He’s launching a new conference in Boston this September >> http://www.videoonthenet.com/ <<<
We had a good conversation and certainly are simpatico on the Democratization of Media.
Best of luck to Jeff and the new conference - I’ll be going.
We are trying out a few cool event Sub-Domains to Amplify. Here is the latest.
Worldcup.Podcast.com - enjoy!
Podcast.com is proud to curate this collection of podcasts about the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Enjoy all the thrilling moments from multiple perspectives on the world’s biggest sporting event.
Click on any of the podcast feeds and join podcasters from around the globe as they provide audio and video reports both on and behind the scenes.
I’ve been using indeed.com for quite awhile - I do like this trend…..
