Dade Hayes Finance EditorSpotify is rolling out video podcasts, with a feature that allows listeners to switch to audio-only mode when on the go, following a successful test of the service.Both free and subscription tiers of service will offer video.
The company’s watershed, $100 million deal with Joe Rogan reached this spring will make his podcast exclusive to Spotify later this year.
That deal includes video, but clips from his newsmaking interviews will continue to be posted on YouTube.The initial roster of shows adding video includes Book of Basketball 2.0, Fantasy Footballers, The Misfits Podcast, H3 Podcast, The Morning Toast, Higher Learning with Van Lathan & Rachel Lindsay, and The Rooster Teeth Podcast.
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