With Internet bandwidth demand doubling each year, broadcast media, IPTV, and new user-generated YouTube-style video are culprits exacerbating the problem. This is where and their new CodecSys offering can help reduce bandwidth for video applications by 50% or more, including High Definition (HD).

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I stopped by the San Francisco offices of SomaFM and sat down with Rusty Hodge, founder and general manager of SomaFM. SomaFM is a listener-supported, non-commercial Internet radio station that has been around since 1999. With 11 channels and up to 12,000 concurrent listeners, SomaFM has a passionate international ...

What do VC’s want in India? What kinds of companies are VCs looking to fund in India? India is an emerging market for all kinds of services, and one of the biggest opportunities is in the telecom and mobile space. Since the start of 2006 a handful of start-ups in the telecom and mobile space have received investments of about $10 million each. Every month since March 2006 over 4 million new mobile subscribers are being added in India.

About Kamla Bhatt:
After a decade working in various IT companies in Silicon Valley, California, Kamla Bhatt turned to her true passion: radio. She started broadcasting on the Internet in July 2005 and became India’s first podcaster with her News About India and Talk News India shows. In March 2006 she launched her new radio show called The Kamla Bhatt Show focused on the Indian diaspora.

Larry Page’s Keynote speech on Friday was yet another message from a tech company at the International Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. Gracing the stage this week at the Hilton hotel theater has been Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Intel’s Paul Otellini and Yahoo’s Terry Semel.

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There could be trouble ahead for broadcast radio, unless it learns a thing or two from podcasting. On this podcast from PodTech news, a chat with Gartner analyst Laura Behrens on the co-evolution of these two formats. She says broadcasters will have to consider which will best ...

Intel is expected to give details about its new Viiv platform when its CEO, Paul Otellini, gives a keynote speech today at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show being held in Las Vegas. PodTech News’ Jason Lopez had a few minutes with the head of the ...

This is a podcast with CEO of Funambol and CEO of SoonR from the Under the Radar event in November.

Funambol (pronounced “foo-nahm-ball”) comes from the Latin words funis (rope) and ambulare (walking), meaning a tight-rope walker.

Being an open source company means walking on a rope, every day. We must always ...