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ClickCaster’s Latest Software Release Gives Podcasters More Control
Web-based service delivers more ways for subscribers to Create, Explore and Connect!
Boulder, Colorado (PRWEB) May 23, 2006 -– ClickCaster launches new enhancements to its turn-key podcasting suite.
With this latest release, ClickCaster now offers a complete web-based podcasting experience for its users including enhanced editing and blogging tools as well as direct updating of podcast subscriptions to their MP3 player. In addition, podcasters continue to benefit from unlimited bandwidth and storage for their podcasts as well as high quality creation and management tools.
“Clickcaster is one of those rare apps that manages, in a single act, to plug more holes inherent to the status quo than seemed possible.”, notes Judd Bagley, host of The Business Jive podcast. “This technology is what we needed to fulfill the promise of podcasting as a revolutionary tool for placing the means of content creation and distribution into the hands of anybody with the time to sit down and say what's on their mind.”
New features available with this release include:
- Direct iPod synchronization – Users can now manage their podcast subscriptions and download preferences directly from ClickCaster with no additional software required. All podcast feeds can be synchronized directly to a mp3 player or iPod from any computer without the need for iTunes!
- Full e-commerce services – Podcast producers now have the ability to charge for a single podcast episode, or to charge for a subscription over a period of time (a week, a month, a year). Now listeners and subscribers can pay with all the major credit cards (Visa/MC/Amex/Discover) and it even works with iTunes!
- Enhanced statistics reporting by feed, subscription and download - Subscribers can now see who is accessing their podcast by city, state, country and podcatcher on a daily, weekly, monthly and lifetime basis including sales generated from podcast sales. For those who love to crunch numbers, ClickCaster even provides the ability to export their data to excel providing further analysis and trend reporting capability.
- Apple audio codec support – We know that Apple users need a place for their podcasts too. We’ve made it easier by enabling GarageBand support for m4a and m4v formats!
- Draft publishing options – Podcasters now have the option to create and publish their podcasts and release them for access at a later date. This is great for those podcasters that produce a daily show and want the flexibility to create one or several shows that can be published in the future. A great time saver!
- More sharing support – Subscribers and podcast listeners have even more ways to share and promote their favorite video and audio podcasts with ClickCaster’s enhanced tagging support. Now everyone can share their content on sites such as Digg, Reddit, Furl, Del.icio.us and Technorati.
- Embedable Podcast Player – ClickCaster customers now have the ability to incorporate their personal podcast player into their current blog, website or myspace page.
- Video podcasting and blog publishing – Subscribers can upload and publish Video podcasts as well as create personal blog entries about the topics that interest them most. There is even editing capability of show notes and blog content even after it’s been published!
- A huge directory with something for everyone – ClickCaster has over twenty-five thousand unique video and audio podcast shows from all over the web and countless episodes on top of that. So if you’re into new music, cooking or extreme sports, ClickCaster gives you more ways to explore the latest in user generated and professional content.
“We continue to deliver simple and easy to use tools that lower the barrier to entry for the casual podcaster,” says ClickCaster CEO Scott Converse. “While broadening the scope of our offerings to meet the current and future needs of the podcasting community at large. “
ClickCaster was developed utilizing the latest technology including Ruby-on-Rails, AJAX, Java and Flash. ClickCaster supports Windows, Linux and MAC OS X platforms, is accessible at dial-up and broadband Internet speeds, and is compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Netscape browsers.
About ClickCaster
Clickcaster is the premier provider of podcasting solutions for both businesses and consumers alike. We make it easy for anyone to create and publish audio podcasts as well as listen and subscribe to other podcasts from around the web. For more information about ClickCaster and podcasting, please visit our website at www.clickcaster.com.
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