Podcast Spot is the best place to get conversational with podcasting! Create a podcast and
share it with your friends, family, or even the world.
Wikipedia defines podcasting as "the method of distributing multimedia files, such as audio
programs or music videos, over the Internet using either the RSS or Atom syndication formats,
for playback on mobile devices and personal computers."
Podcasting is, at its heart, a communications technology. The essence of podcasting is creating
audio-visual content for an audience to listen to or watch when they want, where they want,
and how they want.
For more on podcasting, click here.
Podcast Spot is a hosting service (a place for podcasters to store their files, and for listeners/viewers to download them from) with powerful features for both podcasters and their audience. It works like this:
- First, the podcaster records an episode, either in an audio format like MP3, or a video format such as WMV.
- Next, the podcaster adds the episode to his/her Podcast Spot account, filling in information such as the title and description of the episode.
- Upon receiving the episode, Podcast Spot does a number of things:
- Converts the episode to the various formats we offer
- Generates a web page for the episode
- Updates the RSS feed of the podcast to include the episode
- Finally, listeners/viewers can access the new episode through the RSS feed of the podcast, or by visiting and browsing the website.
At each step of this process, podcasters and listeners/viewers can make use of our extensive list of features.
We're different than your typical podcast hosting service. Podcast Spot is easy to use, powerful, and inexpensive. More than just a place to store your
files, Podcast Spot helps you manage every aspect of your podcast. We make it easy for users to
connect with one another, and for listeners/viewers to find content they're interested in.
As podcasting is relatively new, it is constantly changing and improving. Using Podcast Spot as your hosting service
means you don't have to worry about keeping up - we'll do it for you.
And did we mention we have some really great features?
It's usually free to listen to, watch, or download a podcast episode from Podcast Spot. Podcast
Spot only costs money for podcasters who want to host their podcast with us (unless of course they are using
our free account).
We've taken the pricing model made popular by other podcast hosting services
and made it even better. Podcasters pay only for how much they podcast, not how many times their episodes are downloaded.
And in addition to a monthly upload limit, podcasters using Podcast Spot can buy Reserve Upload Quota that can be used
whenever it's needed, without time limits!
Podcasters can choose a free account to test Podcast Spot,
or one of our Storage or Professional accounts, which start at $5 and $7 per month, respectively.
For complete pricing information, click here.
Paramagnus co-founder Mack Male got involved in podcasting in September 2004, creating BlogosphereRadio, a podcast
all about blogs. Pretty geeky huh? Anyway, it was from that project that Podcast Spot was born. Mack realized that
it took a lot of work to make a podcast, and knew that he and his business partner, Dickson Wong,
could make it easier.
A couple of years, a lot of Coke, and many lines of code later, we are happy to bring to you, Podcast Spot. But
that doesn't mean we're finished! We're constantly improving Podcast Spot, so send us your feedback.
Podcast Spot is a service of Paramagnus Developments Inc. For more on Paramagnus, click here.