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PowerPress 4.0 Offers New Features and Updates for Latest iTunes Specifications

May 12th, 2012

Blubrry PowerPress 4.0 brings the latest essential features for media creation to WordPress, including the hottest updates to the new iTunes specifications.

“I am proud of this release of PowerPress, in supporting the latest iTunes podcast specs, additionally this update introduces innovative features first to market for the 10’s of thousands of media creators that rely on PowerPress,” said Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice.

iTunes upgrades include:

  • An updated iTunes image requirement — RGB 1400×1400 — throughout the plugin for better cover image quality throughout.
  • “Feature Episode” that allow podcasters to designate a primary episode, which can be used to introduce the podcast or lead in to a new series.
  • An iTunes Order feature that allows a podcaster doing a series of episodes to have each listed in the desired order.

Other PowerPress 4.0 offerings include:

  • A new video player option: VideoJS HTML5 JavaScript player — a player that has its own plugin. By adding this plugin, the new player will be available as an option in PowerPress video players list.
  • A Feed Episode Maximizer “option” for shows with episodes in excess of what can currently be included in a feed. This feature allows the podcaster to maintain the latest 10 episodes in iTunes with all of the extensive episode data. The rest of the episodes are listed in a way that maximizes the number of episodes that can be listed on iTunes / Zune etc. Perfect for the serial podcaster with an extensive episode library.

Blubrry.com is a media community and directory that gives content creators the power to make money through advertising, get detailed audience measurements and host their audio and video. Blubrry PowerPress 4.0 brings the essential features for media creation to WordPress, offering full podcasting support, web audio/video media players and more.

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Hard Lesson for Content Creators!

February 11th, 2012

Recent lockout of Podcasters accounts on Mevio should be once again a wake-up call for content creators to not have their valuable media properties locked into a system someone else owns. This is the third or fourth time in a couple of years “free” sites figured out there is not a business model in “free.”

We have some simple advice that will ensure you are never locked out. You’re building your media empire, have some pride!

  1. Buy your own .com; build your brand not someone else’s
  2. Get a web hosting account and install WordPress
  3. Install PowerPress Podcasting Plugin
  4. Buy a nice template, or pay someone to make you one to fit your show and brand
  5. Purchase Media Hosting with Statistics from Blubrry.com (always keep a backup)
  6. Most Importantly, always control your rss feed. It is a very valuable asset.

Then and only then list your show on sites such as Blubrry.com Don’t let a companies changing priorities leave you and your audience hanging.

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GoDaddy Official TPN Media Sponsor for CES!

December 15th, 2011

The Team from the Tech Podcast Network is proud to announce GoDaddy.com as the official media sponsor for our coverage of CES 2012. All of the recorded media from the show will be hosted via a GoDaddy 4th Generation Hosting account (4GH)

We will demonstrate under absolutely extreme conditions how powerful GoDaddy 4GH hosting is.

We have an amazing product offer as well. Special CES offer 25% off 4GH hosting plans (12 months+) this code will work even if GoDaddy is having a sale! The promo code for this amazing offer is CES2 check it out today!

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Introducing Cue Too

November 1st, 2011

RawVoice raises the bar — and the curtain — for premium content

The RawVoice team has spent the past week getting its new Premium Content Service CueToo.com ready to launch. It is time to start letting those of you that have premium content to sell have a look behind the curtain.

If you would like to be part of our launch at BlogWorld and New Media Expo, and have premium audio and video content ready to sell, we are ready for you.

You can

  • sell your media on a monthly subscription basis,
  • or just charge a one time flat price.

Do you have an Indy film or a cool “How To?” Cue Too will be the place to showcase and sell your premium content.

We will be demonstrating Cue Too to the Hollywood crowd at BlogWorld & New Media Expo in Los Angeles Nov. 3-5. As a content creator, get your content seen by the attendees and have some bragging rights as being on an exclusive site launch!

Did I mention a few days after launch you will be able to buy and view premium content on the Cue Too Roku Channel? Excited? We sure are!

Contact me today to get your exclusive ticket to the Cue Too Premium Content Service Launch and start making money on launch day!

Todd Cochrane
CEO, RawVoice Inc.
ceo [at] rawvoice.com

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Samsung Smart TV and TPN: It’s what’s on the TV tonight!

October 25th, 2011

RawVoice, the pioneer in digital media production, hosting and dissemination, is proud to announce the addition of their Samsung Smart TV application for TVs and Blu-ray Players. The TechPodcast Network (TPN) App allows content creators to reach connected audiences that will watch and listen to the networks shows in their offices, dens, living rooms, bedrooms, and anywhere else they watch television.

“We are excited to be on Samsung Smart TV and Blu-ray platform, and have taken care to make our app experience consistent across all media platforms, allowing consumers to easily switch from device to device to access our networks shows,” said Todd Cochrane, CEO of RawVoice. “The Samsung App is just another extension to our arsenal of media distribution channels.”

Audiences can manage their playlists through the apps MyCast service, whether they have a TPN user account or not. Subscribing to a show is as easy as pressing the subscribe button.

The TPN Community App lets you:

  • Navigate the menu system with ease using our MyCast feature to find new content while using TV remote control or while alternately managing your playlist in front of a computer.
  • Check out “Editors Picks” for a new selection of great shows each week on the tech topics you care about, ranging from tech news, gaming, platform news, etc.
  • Find high quality child-safe shows. All shows featured on the Samsung App have qualified their shows through their account manager at TechPodcasts.com.

With the Samsung Smart TV Channel, TPN provides our members the ability to access new markets that reach a worldwide audience of all demographics. RawVoice advertisers now have another channel to reach the exclusive audiences that watch the networks’ content.

Media companies looking to launch their own Samsung Smart TV app should contact RawVoice to develop and deploy their branded Internet-connected TV channel. RawVoice has deployed channel apps on a variety of devices including Roku, Boxee, Google TV, etc.

Tech Podcast Network is a community supported website dedicated to the promotion of technology by using the Internet. These initiatives include streaming, podcasting, and new technology delivery mechanisms. The content producers actively support the broader technology community with a wide variety of content related to technology subjects.

TPN is part of the RawVoice digital media community that also includes Blubrry, Pro Med and TravelCast networks. The RawVoice digital media community has led the way in fulfilling digital media distribution needs since 2004, enabling content creators to publish audio and video or blog content channels and manage users. To find out more call 1.877.729.8642.

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