Welcome to an extra special episode 8 of the Zune Insider Podcast! Here's what we talk about in this episode: the recent Zune Outage discussed, recent trends in Zune podcasting. Paul Colligan, professional podcasting consultant/speaker, blogger/podcaster at ZuneLuv.com also joins us to discuss Zune podcast support and what the podcast community thinks of Zune's podcast support (15:50-41:40). And as always, we answer your questions. Download the MP3 directly here . Direct Podcast RSS Feed...

Everyone has switched into fall mode and that has translated into a huge jump in podcast interest in the Zune Podcast Marketplace software . This is an annual rite of passage, that summer is the time when podcast usage dips and then it comes stampeding back in the Fall and Winter. Well, this year is no exception and we have seen a 30% or more jump in new podcast subscriptions from August to September . This heightened activity around podcasts involves Zune users discovering great new podcasts in...

Welcome to episode 2 of the Zune Insider Audio and Video Podcast! Topics covered this week include: Zune’s sponsorship of the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, and we sit down with Jessica to answer some of your questions about the Zune software update release process and more. We also discuss what is coming in next week’s show. Download the MP3 directly here . Direct Podcast RSS Feed here Zune Marketplace Deep-Link here

Last week a few folks from the Zune team went down to Las Vegas for the New Media Expo . It’s the premiere event for new media content creators and podcasters, Zune was a top-level sponsor of the event. In addition to the both, we also organized a meetup at the Hilton, communicated through twitter, Zuneinsider.com and through word-of-mouth at the show. Thanks to everybody who came out! Paul Colligan has some very insightful and detailed recaps of the Expo if you're interested in the podcasting...