It’s not a matter of if we’ll be watching movies downloaded on our home theater systems, it’s a matter of when. James Ackerman, CEO of the film producer and distributor Clickstar, points to the convergence of faster chips, media friendly operating systems, broadband adoption, better screens, and access to content. ...

At Supernova Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia talks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about Wikia.com, online communities, and the new definition of community in online social networks.

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Jim Steyer, Founder/CEO of Common Sense Media, discuss the results of a new national poll of parents. The poll found that parents have a love/hate relationship with the Internet, and see both major benefits and risks for their kids online.

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MENLO PARK, June 6, 2006 (Podtech News) — Google, Inc. on Tuesday announced it’s releasing an online spreadsheet program, Google Spreadsheets. The move is being interpreted by some as another step in a systematic assault on Microsoft’s core market, ...

SANTA CLARA, June 6, 2006 (Podtech News) – Video is currently the fastest-growing segment of the online market, in terms of popularity with consumers, according to Hitwise and other Internet research firms. Recent upstart YouTube is gobbling up market share, and its Internet video competitors are scrambling to catch up. ...

Lauren Gelman, Assistant Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society talks to Jennifer Jones about the First Amendment court ruling on May 26, 2006. The landmark decision offers online bloggers and news sites the same legal protections as traditional media outlets when it comes to protecting confidential ...

May 24, 2006 — Google, Inc. announced this week it’s ready to launch video advertising on the web. The move positions Google to compete with television for advertising dollars. Google isn’t the first company to put video ads on the Internet, but the search giant’s approach has some unique aspects. For one thing, users are given control over whether to watch, or not. The video ads appear on the screen as static images, and it’s not until a consumer clicks on the image that the video starts playing. But what’s in it for advertisers? And how does this affect Google’s positioning in the Internet advertising marketplace? Podtech’s Catherine Girardeau called Andrew Frank, a media analyst with Gartner, in his New York office, to get his perspective.

Peter Blackshaw Chief Marketing Officer of Nielsen/Buzzmetrics discusses a new global measurement standard for consumer generated media. Consumer generated media includes blogs, podcasts, videoblogs and online news forums. Pete provides marketers with a perspective on why this media is important to measure and how to measure it. He also describes ...

Tony Perkins talks with PodTech Founder and CEO John Furrier about his latest venture and the future of media. Tony a seasoned media executive and entrepreneur launched his latest online media brand three years ago called AlwaysOn. Since then Tony has been building the future media brand ...

PodTech.net Launches Marketing Voices™. New PodTech Podcast Brand Focuses on Social Media’s Impact on Marketing. Show Created and Hosted by Marketing Aficionado Jennifer Jones

MENLO PARK, CA. (May 1, 2006) PodTech.net, Inc.a media company dedicated to podcasting and delivering Fresh Voices™ for the iPod generation, today announced ...

Marketing Voices features the fresh perspectives of innovative marketing leaders examining, among other topics, how social media tools such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, and online videos are changing marketing throughout the world.

This week on Marketing Voices: Steve King, Senior Advisor of Institute for the Future, an independent nonprofit research ...

The exciting new podcast, Marketing Voices™, features the fresh perspectives of innovative marketing leaders examining, among other topics, how social media tools such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, and online videos are changing marketing throughout the world. The debut of Marketing Voices™ features PodTech CEO John Furrier interviewing Jennifer Jones, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26, 2006 (PodTech News) - Sequoia Capital partner and Internet investor Mark Kvamme told an AdTech 2006 keynote audience that content on the web is performing better than many people think. He says IP-based video often beats network television. “[YouTube] effectively has a 4.0 Nielsen rating. Guess ...

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PodTech Announces Premier of PodSummit™

PodSummit™ Showcases Leaders of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship

MENLO PARK, CA (April 20, 2006) PodTech, a media company dedicated to podcasting and ...

PodTech announces today a new brand and InfoTalk Series called PodSummit. PodSummit is PodTech’s first third party podcast since the company announced the formation of its InfoTalk™ Network of media properties in March 2006. Under the PodSummit™ ...

PodTech’s Michael Johnson podcasted the news of Maxtor’s upcoming products. Infoworld links to the podcast.

Maxtor places the emphasis squarely on mobility and security in the latest addition to its OneTouch line of external drives, the OneTouch III Mini Edition.

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WiFi on the plane. One word ‘awesome’. I’m sitting here at 35,o00 feet and I’m surrounded by the professional gamers from Europe. Intel and SAS have teamed up to provide WiFi on this flight to NY where the top European and American gamers face off in the ...

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San Francisco, CA March 6, 2006 (PodTech News) — Amazon.com is reportedly creating a movie and television download service. Reuters, which relied on an unidentified source, says the online bookseller is negotiating with a number of Hollywood studios to partner in the venture. Apple is ...

I’m excited to be partnering with IDG Executive Forums and the Demo Conference to be the official podcasting company for Demo.

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SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ — Always a forerunner in using new technologies, the DEMO conference has partnered with PodTech.net to expand its reach into the growing number of people ...

Multimedia formats are changing the landscape of the search business. Yahoo’s multimedia guru Jeff Karnes talks with me about ‘multimedia’ search and how it is developing.

Multimedia search is one of those things that not alot of people are talking about but is a big deal. As ...

Update: Here is further reflection from Todd Chanko of Jupiter Media on the barebones announcement on the Google/AOL deal. The hidden move here is the Instant Messenger play. Looks like Google may get more than just content from AOL but also some Internet technology. The ...

PodTech News (December 11, 2006): The media skies are probably clearing a bit for Yahoo as Google’s and Microsoft’s every move are not dominating the headlines as much these days. Comscore Networks says in October Yahoo and its web properties had a solid lead (124 million unique visitors) ...

PODTECH EXCLUSIVE - YAHOO! PODCAST MEDIA RELEASE
In another PodTech Podcast InfoTalk exclusive I sat down with Scott Gatz lead RSS manager and Ethan Diamond lead Yahoo! Mail manager to introduce via a Podcast the Yahoo! expanded RSS platform and RSS integration into Yahoo! Mail. Plus Yahoo! ...

Future of the online advertising, new media, and user consumption with Theresia Ranzetta from Accel Partners.

Host: John Furrier, Founder of Podtech.net

This is a great interview from the Vertical LEAP for anyone interested in where the web2.0 is going. This interview could act as the media kit for anyone ...

Develop New Relationships with Users - with Transparent Marketing
PodTech.net was inspired by the notion of putting out valuable information as a utility for users to consume.

Smart marketers are distributing their marketing information in the format that their prospects and customers use to consume Internet based information. ...