Video podcasting: Podigee launches all three

• Podcast hosting company Podigee has launched video podcast support - for YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Video is available today across every podcast plan; the company says it makes them the first to support video podcast distribution to all three major platforms, across every pricing tier. Pricing starts at €19/month (US $22), for unlimited audio and four video episodes (of up to 30 minutes) per month. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

  • Podigee tells Podnews that they’re “still looking into the implications of adding the alternate enclosure feature”, but long term they would like to support it. Support will add video to other, open podcast apps (either as an MP4 or HLS stream). Buzzsprout has also confirmed it is not yet supporting the alternateEnclosure.
  • RAIN reminds us that it’s ten years since Spotify launched video shows.

• Acast’s Q1/26 financial report says the company has shown “strong profitable growth”. Sales were up by 20% (26% in North America); the company made profit of SEK 4.7 (US $0.5mn), which is the company’s first ever profitable first quarter.

• Megaphone is switching to use Spotify Ad Server from mid July, allowing new formats of ads including video. Third-party serving via VAST is being removed entirely. As part of this transition, Megaphone has made a number of changes to its promotions booking tool, including limiting promotional audio files to a maximum of 60 seconds. Pre-booking on this new system starts on May 15.

• Learning and networking platform Podground has announced its second creator micro-grant for independent podcasters. You’ve until May 15 to apply; there’ll be a $500 micro-grant to support creative development, production, or promotional needs.

• Flightpath has been selected by Lemonada to power forecasting and sales optimization. Lemonada’s Head of Revenue, Mike MacDonald, said that "having deeper visibility into our inventory and performance allows us to better support our creators and deliver stronger, more strategic outcomes for our advertising partners.”

• Apple released iOS 26.5 RC to beta-testers, suggesting a new release of iOS is imminent. There are no published changes to Apple Podcasts.

• In Germany, ARD Media published “Audioversum 2026”, a look at audio consumption in the country. Radio accounts for 2h16m of listening per weekday - 63% of all audio for the typical German aged 14+, while podcasts account for just twelve minutes (6%). However, 23% of audio time for adults aged 14-29 is spent listening to podcasts. (ARD Media is one of Germany’s largest saleshouses for radio advertising).

• How do you find your next favourite podcast? WhichPodcast asks four quick questions to recommend a new show for you. It has more than 10,000 shows to recommend. As ever, we tried to get it to recommend the Podnews Daily podcast for a fun screenshot, but it would rather recommend nothing at all - which is fair enough, we’ve heard our show too.

• Digital Music News says that The Audio Landscape is Overrun by AI ‘Podslop’—It’s Not Just a Music Industry Problem. It claims that Apple Podcasts has a requirement that creators disclose if a significant portion of a show was created using AI; we can find no evidence that Apple Podcasts actually enforces the policy.

• Rob Greenlee (or an AI tool writing for him) has clarified comments he made about the Podcasting 2.0 project while chatting with Libsyn’s Brendan Monaghan, when he appeared to dismiss the group’s work as “fringe ideas”.

People news

• At Red Seat Ventures, Daniel Schneider has been named Vice President of Video Content Syndication & Licensing.

Tips and tricks - with The Podcast Show London

• Going to The Podcast Show in London? It’s right in the centre of Islington, so if you need a pharmacy or supermarket, as you leave the venue, just turn right down Upper Street. The next junction you get to is Liverpool Road: ahead of you is Boots, a pharmacy good for anything medical (and makeup); and down Liverpool Road is a Marks & Spencer and a Waitrose, both fancy supermarkets that do a very good line in sandwiches and nibbles. You can buy the King’s biscuits in Waitrose. This is not a euphemism.
• Need to record a podcast while on the move? Copy what we do and have a specific microphone for travel.
• Jason Carter, the boss of The Podcast Show London, is our guest on the Podnews Weekly Review later this week.

Podcast News - with Airwave

With Airwave: This Week in Tech this week wondered about AI. Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions into it, but with rising signs of an industry bubble and some real-world fallout, this week’s episode digs into who actually wins, and who stands to lose - and whether Apple’s patient strategy may outsmart the hype.

Podcasting Morning Chat has a new name, and a new time. Podcasting Morning Show has moved to 8.00am, “to create greater accessibility for guests and contributors, allowing more voices to participate in the daily conversation.”

The #impact podcast has launched a new series called “more #impact”. Listeners and everyday voices are invited to become part of the podcast, not just as traditional guests, but as contributors to a growing, global audio movement. The podcast has set a goal to reach 1,000 episodes by next February. It’s published 200+ so far.

Banned Camp reads banned books out loud, to try to work out why they’ve been banned. “So far we haven’t found a legit reason why people want to ban any of the books we’ve read.” The current book is Catcher in the Rye, which has been banned and censored in the US, Australia, China, Iran and some East Asian countries. Season 11 starts next month.

The team behind Anatomy of Murder are to return, with Homicide 360 from Daylight Media. The show takes listeners inside real criminal investigations, telling each story through the voices of victims’ loved ones, investigators, and prosecutors. It will launch on May 26.

Australia’s NOVA Podcasts has announced its first video-first show, called Bush Deep - hosted by Bushie, a character from Nikki Osborne who’s more Australian than Crocodile Dundee. She’ll be interviewing the stars and asking them questions others wouldn’t dare. Shows will be on video on YouTube only; audio on podcast apps.

In American Afterlife, an audio drama, Cielo saves Teresa from the murder attempt by the Repo men. To her surprise, Teresa is not happy about it considering all of the suffering going on in the aftermath of the catastrophic earthquake that leveled the Pacific Northwest and flooded much of Eugene.

Podcasts in the wild

Podnews reader Bryan spotted this last June in Portland OR, while “just walking to get a coffee”. It’s for iHeart podcast Pod Meets World, a rewatch podcast for Boy Meets World, hosted by Danielle, Will and Rider. Revolution Hall is based at the historic Washington High School Building (which is no longer a high school).

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