# Podnews Weekly Review - Amazon Music adds video - and the secrets of a succesful indie podcast

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Published: 2026-05-15T04:00:00+00:00
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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 responding to Apple’s approach • Podvision’s 500,000-download season and the practical launch levers: concept clarity, packaging, artwork and timing • AI disclosure labels from film and TV and why podcast platforms still do not enforce clear standards • Inception Point AI moving to Spotify Megaphone and the lack of AI labelling in show metadata • Video podcast consumption realities across platforms and what the data says about concentration • Niche podcasts outperforming on relevance even when they lose on raw scale • UK industry recognition, car dashboards and the unanswered question of who speaks for podcasting • Up Next app: serverless design, on-device features, open source code and transcript challenges • Pod News adds video detection on Apple Podcasts plus a new podroll atlas for recommendations Support the show Connect With Us: Email: weekly@podnews.net Fediverse: @james@bne.social and @samsethi@podcastindex.social Support us: www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/support Get Podnews: podnews.net

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