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The episode discusses Amazon Music's entry into video podcasts and features an interview with PodVision about their indie podcast success.

Send James and Sam a message or voicemail Amazon Music joins the video podcast race with HLS and RSS alternate enclosure support. Yay! Plus, we speak with PodVision about their successful indie show; and the developer of the UpNext app. • Amazon Music video podcasts rollout in the US and what “open RSS” support really implies • Apple’s private API versus alternate enclosure and the moderation and ad tech trade-offs • Acast’s “first to monetise” claim plus how hosts are respondin...

People in this episode

Hosts: James Cridland, Sam Sethi

Guest: PodVision

Topics covered

• video podcasts
• indie podcast success
• RSS support
• ad tech
• monetization

Keywords

• Amazon Music
• video podcast
• indie podcast
• RSS
• Acast
• monetization
• ad tech

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Organizations: Amazon Music, UpNext, Acast

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