I am so excited to see this happening with as much momentum and industry interest as it seems to have. For various reasons, the standards used by podcasts have largely remained static over the last decade. While this has meant a relatively stable platform for building interesting experiences, it has meant that certain things have been impossible without defining new, proprietary APIs.
Organizations like Podlove and MediaRSS have made serious efforts and R&D into improving the situation and addressing specific technical needs, but without significant industry buy-in, they've faced a bit of a chicken and egg problem. By getting many small and medium sized industry players to band together, I think Syndicated.Media represents a serious opportunity to create a critical mass which will drive the possibilities for user experience forward.
Disclosure: I co-founded RadioPublic, one of the companies listed as a partner.
