Spanish public broadcaster latest to threaten open RSS

• Exclusive: The Spanish public broadcaster RTVE is blocking podcasts from its national radio station RNE in third party podcast apps – and breaking how open RSS works altogether. One app that it’s blocked, AntennaPod, is free on Android and open-source, but its users can see but can’t download RNE shows – in a country where over 80% of people use Android. As we write in a special report today, it’s the latest in a series of public broadcasters trying to limit how the public listen to their shows.

• The New York Times examines video podcasts, and asks Who Is Watching All These Podcasts? – with anecdotes from NYT readers confirming much of the existing research.

• The Telegraph in the UK explains How podcasters are taking over TV, suggesting that “the bleeding of audio shows into television poses a new threat to traditional broadcasters”.

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• If you want to embed your Apple Podcasts reviews into your own website, a new tool called Podcast Reviews has just been launched. The service can be set to only show good reviews (!), and can be styled to suit – it’s just one piece of embed code. The author, Tanner Campbell, asks for support if you like using it.

• Podcast app TrueFans is now in the Apple App store and the Google Play store. The app is free, and offers ways to pay podcasters, follow your fans, and a set of additional features.

• The Snipd app is the latest to support the funding tag – which gives links for listeners to help podcasters fund their shows.

• Pocket Casts has added “smarter” notifications including recommendations and feature tips.

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