Mediafly is a Chicago-based technology company founded by Carson Conant and Brett Mitchell in July, 2006.

Mediafly is an internet service for managing digital media shows (e.g. Podcasts) and downloading them to many different devices, such as iTunes, Sansa, Zune, and more. Downloading and Syncing is faciliated by Mediafly's SyncClient software (also referred to as a podcatcher)

Mediafly also provides podcast search similar to that of Odeo or PodcastPickle with the addition of direct device integration and the ability to download/sync to many different devices and platforms.

Mediafly's open API is in use by Chumby and other device companies to integrate podcast channels directly onto the device so that users can watch/listen to the same shows on their home stereo/tv as on their mobile device (e.g. iPhone)

Mediafly API integration

Mediafly provides a suite of tools and APIs for integrating podcasts into devices and websites. Mediafly's API is currently in use by:

Chumby (here)
Best Buy's 2008 BestBuy Summer Hub
PodcastPickle for all of show pages
NBC affiliate NBC5 Chicago (here)
Newser's local news (here)

Articles about Mediafly

Mediafly: It's not a bug, it's a feature (for real) by DownloadSquad on Jan 11th 2008