WEBVTT 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:04.100 From our free daily newsletter, the latest from podnews.net with 00:00:04.100 --> 00:00:05.420 SupportingCast. 00:00:05.420 --> 00:00:11.000 Buzzsprout has launched video distribution to Apple Podcasts. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:15.720 The company is charging $30 a month for plans that include video, 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.900 down to $25 a month when billed annually. 00:00:18.900 --> 00:00:22.180 The plan allows up to six hours a month of content to be 00:00:22.180 --> 00:00:23.080 uploaded. 00:00:23.080 --> 00:00:27.260 The new pricing page also includes a multi-podcast plan. 00:00:27.260 --> 00:00:29.960 All plans come with transcript generation. 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:33.180 Buzzsprout doesn't yet support Spotify Video. 00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:36.970 Well, we believe Buzzsprout is the first podcast hosting company 00:00:36.970 --> 00:00:40.340 to make video on Apple Podcasts generally available. 00:00:40.340 --> 00:00:44.060 Hosting with other companies is either invite only or for 00:00:44.060 --> 00:00:45.700 enterprise clients. 00:00:45.700 --> 00:00:49.800 Magellan AI announced an expanded partnership with iHeartMedia 00:00:49.800 --> 00:00:53.460 to offer broadcast radio attribution to advertisers. 00:00:53.460 --> 00:00:57.580 The attribution will be available for advertisers working with iHeartMedia. 00:00:57.580 --> 00:01:01.710 The Parapod Podcast Awards, recognising excellence across the 00:01:01.710 --> 00:01:05.900 rapidly growing paranormal podcasting community, have opened 00:01:05.900 --> 00:01:07.160 four submissions. 00:01:07.160 --> 00:01:08.800 You've until September to enter. 00:01:08.800 --> 00:01:12.620 The awards also announced four special honours for 2026. 00:01:13.160 --> 00:01:17.430 Happening this weekend is Podfest Cairo in AUC's Tahrir campus 00:01:17.430 --> 00:01:20.840 and the New Zealand Podcast Summit in Auckland. 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:25.340 One for you if you are a fan of Missing Richard Simmons, airing 00:01:25.340 --> 00:01:30.220 on the US's ABC TV network Tuesday, May the 12th at 9pm Eastern. 00:01:30.220 --> 00:01:34.200 The mystery of Richard Simmons, a Diane Sawyer special. 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.300 Inc. has focused on the AI-generated podcast's boom, 00:01:38.300 --> 00:01:41.300 particularly highlighting Inception Point AI. 00:01:41.300 --> 00:01:46.170 Similarly, Bloomberg also covers the rise of Podslop in a paid 00:01:46.170 --> 00:01:47.460 newsletter. 00:01:48.100 --> 00:01:51.860 Inception Point AI's Janine Wright is quoted as not liking the 00:01:51.860 --> 00:01:55.870 word slop, saying the people still talking about slop are still 00:01:55.870 --> 00:01:59.400 making 6-7 jokes, which we think is a bit 6-7. 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:03.180 And satirical podcast The Bugle, audio newspaper for a visual 00:02:03.180 --> 00:02:07.190 world, has become the official sponsor for London Fields Cricket 00:02:07.190 --> 00:02:07.880 Club. 00:02:07.880 --> 00:02:11.540 The Cricket Club fundraises for a number of charities, including 00:02:11.540 --> 00:02:15.200 St. Joseph's Hospice, and now they get the Bugle's logo on their 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:15.940 shirts. 00:02:15.940 --> 00:02:20.520 It's a Monday, so time for some tech stuff with RSS.com and John 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:22.920 Spurlock's HLS Podcast Radar. 00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:26.340 A list of video podcasts available using the alternate enclosure, 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:30.080 which Apple doesn't yet support, notes that Flightcast has begun 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:33.260 producing a number of video shows using the tag. 00:02:33.260 --> 00:02:38.210 It means that it only needs one open RSS podcast feed to deliver 00:02:38.210 --> 00:02:40.180 both audio and video. 00:02:40.180 --> 00:02:44.260 HLS Video Podcasting using alternate Enclosures are supported by 00:02:44.260 --> 00:02:49.540 Transistor, Fountain, Disktopia, RSS.com, Flightcast, and Peertube. 00:02:49.540 --> 00:02:53.060 Playback is supported by apps like Fountain, Podcast Guru, 00:02:53.060 --> 00:02:55.180 Podcast Addict, and Truefans. 00:02:55.780 --> 00:02:59.620 The Podcast Index has launched a new API endpoint to allow 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:03.710 podcast apps to upload the number of total followers of a feed 00:03:03.710 --> 00:03:07.320 to enable better recommendations for everyone. 00:03:07.320 --> 00:03:10.600 Livewire reports little movement in the podcast hosting 00:03:10.600 --> 00:03:13.740 companies by new episode share figures for April. 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:18.660 The figures don't include AI slopcasts, described as text-to-speech 00:03:18.660 --> 00:03:19.660 podcasts 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:24.050 by Livewire, the Adswizz Tracker and the Podscribe Tracker are 00:03:24.050 --> 00:03:28.020 both on a new record in terms of podcast trackers by total new 00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:28.980 episodes. 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:32.980 And Livewire also publishes a list of podcast CDNs. 00:03:32.980 --> 00:03:36.360 And there's been a significant rise in downloads from web 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:38.060 browsers again in April. 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:42.480 Buzzsprout now report 21.3% of their downloads came from web 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:44.500 browsers in the last month. 00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:49.380 That's up from 13% in March and 8.7% a year ago. 00:03:49.380 --> 00:03:54.290 Transistor similarly reports 21.4% of their downloads come from 00:03:54.290 --> 00:04:00.020 web browsers, up from 15% last month and 5.7% a year ago. 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:03.620 AI scrapers often pretend they're web browsers, which means that 00:04:03.620 --> 00:04:05.380 they're difficult to block. 00:04:05.380 --> 00:04:08.450 And website owners everywhere are battling significant 00:04:08.450 --> 00:04:09.780 additional traffic. 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:10.680 Ask us how we know. 00:04:11.720 --> 00:04:15.840 And in podcast news, an Ambie award-winning podcast is exploring 00:04:15.840 --> 00:04:17.480 new models for support, 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:21.890 including a drive towards immersive, performance-driven live 00:04:21.890 --> 00:04:25.420 events and support from community podcast programs. 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:29.780 Abandoned, the All American Ruins podcast is with the Airwave 00:04:29.780 --> 00:04:33.420 Podcast Network and has just started its fourth season. 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:35.540 We thank Airwave for their support this month. 00:04:35.540 --> 00:04:39.320 The Rugby Pod won Podcast of the Year at the Sports Industry 00:04:39.320 --> 00:04:40.740 Awards in London. 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:45.170 And Cut Colour Kill is new today, looking at Fabio Sementilli, 00:04:45.170 --> 00:04:47.420 the hairstylist to the stars, 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:51.130 and an accusation of a double life, a divided family, and a 00:04:51.130 --> 00:04:54.760 murder-for-hire plot that eventually took his life. 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:57.780 It's new from Sony Music 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