We had difficulty reading this feed. host parameter is null

Hi,
I'm fairly new to creating podcasts and have come across the 'host parameter is null' error when submitting my podcast to itunes.
The RSS feed validates )bar the <itunes:link> tag to which I understand Feed Validator doesn't yet support due to previous errors. (correct me if i'm wrong)
I've tried linking copying the source code and uploading a XML file to the server and linking to that, but still get the same error in itunes.
Any help is welcome
link to Feed - http://www.spinoutrecords.co.uk/index.php?page=temp

itunes error - restarted and all ok.

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I have now tested all my podcast rss feeds which are now stored on GoDaddycom hosting service in three ways:
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http://www.einarpetterson.org/Ars_et_Medicina/Video_Podcast/rss.xml
http://www.einarpetterson.org/Ars_et_Medicina/Podcast/rss.xml
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I may have made some error in my submission to ITunes Store, but do not think so. If anyone discovers that I have made a simple and stupid error, please tell me. If I have not made an error, one should probably not use GoDaddy.com as a webhosting service if one ever wants to publish podcasts to iTunes Store.
It would be interesting to hear if anyone in this forum who is using GoDaddy.com webhosting service has recently (or ever) managed to succesfully submit a rss feed to iTunes Store submit page. If so, I would like to hear about it.

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