Apple is in discussions to produce original podcasts related to programmes on its Apple TV+ streaming service, according to a Bloomberg report. Apple sent out a request for pitches last summer, asking podcast producers to pitch ideas for audio programmes with some connection to its shows – offering episode recaps, fan theories and the like. […]
Pay-radio service SiriusXM says that 2019 delivered almost 1 million subscribers over and above its 34 million subs-target for last year. Consequently, the radio broadcaster is raising its own guidance for 2020. SiriusXM doesn’t reveal its full financial numbers for 2019 until February 4th, but has told the market that its total paid subscriber base […]
StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has partnered with Finyal Media, the MENA Arabic production business specialised in podcast creation, to produce an Arabic podcast Series. The announcement follows StarzPlay’s increasing focus on Arabic content production on multiple digital mediums, having also announced its first original content series earlier this month. StarzPlay will collaborate with Finyal to […]
A surge in podcast listening, including big hits such as The Missing Cryptoqueen, That Peter Crouch Podcast and Tunnel 29, has helped drive record listeners to BBC Sounds. The BBC reports that its digital home for all audio now has around 3 million weekly users, up from 1.3 million in June. As well as the […]
WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that by the end of Q2 2019, over 82 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific – up from 71 million one year earlier. The report covers Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and the UK. DAB is now firmly […]
A copyright infringement dispute between Warner Music and Sony against streaming service TuneIn Radio, filed in 2017, alleges that some 800 unlicensed TuneIn music streams were available in the UK, is likely to go the UK’s Court of Appeal. A judgement by Judge Colin Birss back on November 1st favoured Warner and Sony and found […]
Irish rock band U2 will create an exclusive radio channel on both SiriusXM and streaming service Pandora. The announcement was made by the band themselves, live from The Joshua Tree Tour stage at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan, with a cut-in from frontman Bono to Howard Stern on his SiriusXM channel “Howard 100,” […]
Médiamétrie has launched audience measurement for catch-up radio (content listened to after broadcast) and native podcasts (original audio content). This measurement provides subscribers with key indicators on the audience of this content, namely the number of listeners, listening times and amounts, and listener profiles. It is based on a 3,000-strong panel of people aged 13 […]
Swedish streaming innovator Nenda has signed a deal with Stingray, a music, media and technology company, to provide on-demand entertainment from Stingray Qello, Stingray DJAZZ and Stingray Classica to the hospitality industry. The partnership aims to create exceptional ‘in-room’ TV-experiences for tourists and business travellers. Stingray is Montreal-based and reaches some 400 million subscribers in […]
Sky Q is bringing the best music apps together with the launch of the new XITE app – an interactive music video platform where users can discover, curate and play music videos, all in one place. With the XITE music video app, music fans can experience a personalised video experience on the big screen. Customers […]