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• Spotify's Megaphone, and Spotify for Creators, are to support video for podcasts published on Apple Podcasts. The two companies were the only large podcast hosts not to announce support for HLS video when Apple announced it earlier in the year. No pricing has been given. It doesn't change how video works on Spotify, however: the company still requires videos to be uploaded directly for playback on the Spotify app.
  • The company also announced live partners for Spotify Video Distribution (which allows your podcast host to directly upload video for you into Spotify). Libsyn, Podigee, Audioboom, Audiomeans, and Podspace are all live with the feature today. Spotify Video Distribution was announced in January; Acast and Omny Studio were both highlighted as launch partners then, but aren't yet live. Spotify is now explicit in the FAQ that if you change your mind, you can transition your show back to an audio-only RSS feed - but the company warns you, you'll lose all video uploads.
• At a big YouTube event called Brandcast, a number of YouTube-exclusive shows were announced, including four new shows from Alex Cooper's Unwell Network. YouTube announced a number of new features for advertisers.
• The NZ Podcast Summit last weekend was the last, the organiser, Lewis Tennant, announced. It was the fifth annual event. It leaves both Australia and New Zealand without a focused podcast conference.

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