Flightcast lets you automatically mirror your YouTube channel on Spotify
Flightcast, the video podcast hosting platform co-founded by podcaster Steven Bartlett (The Diary of aCEO), is launching an automated distribution service from YouTube to Spotify. Creators simply link their YouTube account, select a video, a playlist or their entire catalogue, and Flightcast publishes it all on Spotify. New videos are then syndicated automatically.
The tool also adapts titles, descriptions, thumbnails, chapters and links to the Spotify format without the need to download, reformat and re-upload each episode. The service costs $100 a month and provides access to the rest of the platform: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio and audio versions via RSS.
For radio stations, the potential benefits can be huge. Many have built up years’ worth of videos on YouTube: interviews, live performances, acoustic sessions… This archive often lies dormant on a single platform. Repurposing an existing catalogue without any additional production costs is a cost-effective way to get started.
