{"podcast":{"title":"Podnews Weekly Review","slug":"podnews-weekly-review-1333070","podcast_index_feed_id":1333070,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1538779.rss","website_url":"https://podnews.net","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/h0w7hpcbjj7237mrrbhi6dshp83v?.jpg","author":"James Cridland and Sam Sethi","episode_count":299,"summary":"The last word in podcasting news. Every Friday, James Cridland and Sam Sethi review the week's top stories from Podnews; and interview some of the biggest names making the news from across the podcast industry. Winner, \"Best Podcasting Podcast\", 2025 Ear Worthy Awards Support the show at https://weekly.podnews.net - or hit the boost button! Sponsored by Buzzsprout: start podcasting - keep podcasting!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T12:22:05.332394+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070"},"episode":{"title":"Apple Podcasts video tech details; plus Supercast acquired - we speak to its CEO","slug":"apple-podcasts-video-tech-details-plus-supercast-acquired-we-speak-to-its-ceo","published_at":"2026-02-27T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/apple-podcasts-video-tech-details-plus-supercast-acquired-we-speak-to-its-ceo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070","url":"https://op3.dev/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/episodes/18759154-apple-podcasts-video-tech-details-plus-supercast-acquired-we-speak-to-its-ceo.mp3","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/www.buzzsprout.com/1538779/episodes/18759154-apple-podcasts-video-tech-details-plus-supercast-acquired-we-speak-to-its-ceo.mp3","summary":"Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We break down Apple’s video podcast rollout, why HLS matters for reliability, and what ad skipping really looks like. Then Supercast’s CEO shares how subscriptions scale, followed by a compelling case for narrative audio over flat studio video. • HLS architecture with separate audio rendition and why the mix must be broadcast‑ready • What Apple will and won’t enforce on ad skipping and why shorter breaks retain better • Frame rates, resolutions, and ...","meta_description":"Send James and Sam a message or voicemail We break down Apple’s video podcast rollout, why HLS matters for reliability, and what ad skipping really looks…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7809,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/episodes/apple-podcasts-video-tech-details-plus-supercast-acquired-we-speak-to-its-ceo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podnews-weekly-review-1333070/apple-podcasts-video-tech-details-plus-supercast-acquired-we-speak-to-its-ceo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}