Spotify opens up video podcasting to everyone in the US and select markets
by Jon Porter from The Verge - All Posts on (#5YDCC)
Video podcasts are now open to all in five markets. | Image: Spotify All creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can now upload video podcasts to Spotify, the streaming service has announced. Video can be uploaded through Anchor, the podcast creation tool Spotify purchased in 2019. Video podcasts are compatible with Spotify's podcast subscriptions feature and work with embeds. The company is also offering video-specific analytics for creators.
Spotify has been gradually rolling out support for video podcasts since mid-2020, around the same time it acquired Joe Rogan's podcast - which had long been available in video form on YouTube. Since then, Spotify has been slowly expanding the number of podcasters who are able to post their shows as videos to its service. Now, all creators in...