To mark the start of the 2023-24 Premier League season, Defoe and Deeney Football Firsts launches on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, alongside the return of the popular Footballer’s Football Podcast series 4. With 209 Premier League goals between them, Defoe and Deeney Football Firsts brings together former Tottenham, West Ham and England […]
National Theatre and Audible have released a new podcast, New Voices, featuring ten plays from shortlisted and winning New Views. The New Voices series aims to celebrate and platform the next generation of writing talent from across the UK. The plays, originally written by young people for the National Theatre’s New Views programme, have been […]
Global, the Media & Entertainment Group, has retained the exclusive ad sales contract with ITV and will continue to represent the broadcaster’s podcast portfolio via DAX, its digital advertising exchange. This year, ITV launched the first I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! podcast hosted by iconic past campmates Scarlett Moffatt and Seann Walsh. The […]
The BBC World Service has announced the launch of a new daily news podcast primarily aimed at 16 to 24 year olds across the globe. The podcast, titled What in the World, launches on July 31st. The podcast will be available daily, Mondays to Fridays, and each episode will ask: “What in the world is […]
Steve Carsey has taken over as Chair of Audiotrain, the training and skills initiative run by producers’ trade body AudioUK which increases skills and knowledge for audio production professionals making podcasts, radio and audiobooks. Carsey is the Managing Director of Bertelsmann’s Audio Alliance UK and their international podcast studio/label Storyglass. He will be Chair of […]
From the Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast is coming back to Audible this August. In the new episode and broadcasting from his kitchen, Alan provides unofficial live commentary on the coronation of King Charles III. This episode, which is being released to mark the pre-order of series 3 of From The Oasthouse, is available to […]
Maya Jama is the latest star to feature on Audible’s Sleep Sound series, following in the steps of Jamie Dornan and Sienna Miller. In the series, Love Island presenter Jama will guide listeners across the world via stunning immersive soundscapes, helping them journey into a satisfying sleep. Jama’s voice aims to put the listener in […]
Comedian news reporter Jonathan Pie, known for his popular online rants, satirising the world of politics, is launching a new podcast series on BBC Sounds, commissioned by BBC Radio 4. The show sees Pie confronted with the views of the general public as he takes to the airwaves for a brand-new late-night phone-in show. Behind […]
Over 90 per cent of households in Sweden currently pay for some form of media subscription. Despite rising interest rates, inflation and increased financial strain, there seems to be no sign of saturation in paid media. Quite the opposite, according to Mediavision’s analysis, which shows a record level for households’ total media expenditure. Households pay […]
Podcasting continues to be one of the fastest growing digital channels, growing two times faster than digital advertising overall, according to IAB’s US Podcast Advertising 2022 Revenue & 2023-2025 Growth Projections study, released during IAB’s Podcast Upfront. The seventh annual study, prepared for IAB by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), quantifies annual podcast advertising revenues generated over the […]