Rooster Teeth and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) have announced a new, free weekly lifestyle podcast, titled Wrestling With The Week. Hosted by AEW performer Scorpio Sky and Funhausco-creative director James Willems, each 30-minute episode will provide wrestling and gaming fans insider looks at the week in wrestling, gaming, sports, movies and more. The series will […]
SpaceX carried its 25th mission of the year into orbit on Sunday December 13th at 17.30pm GMT. The client is pay-radio operator SiriusXM (SXM-7). The original scheduled launch was for Friday December 11th but was scrubbed because of technical issues. The satellite was built for SiriusXM by Maxar Technologies. It is one of two satellites […]
Pay-radio operator SiriusXM enjoyed a 2 per cent rise on its share price after it announced that ‘shock-jock’ Howard Stern had renewed his contract with the operator. Stern has signed on for another five years while Stern’s archive of audio and video material will be exclusive to SiriusXM for seven years. “As the leading audio […]
Radio France has been announced as the Official Radio Partner in France for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and Olympic Games Paris 2024. The agreement between Discovery, Home of the Olympics in Europe, and Radio France sees the French public service broadcaster assume non-exclusive radio rights, covering all aspects of its home Olympic Games […]
Digital audio is booming, and podcast listening hugely popular right now in the Nordics, reports Mediavision. Payment rates for podcasts, however, are still low compared to other streaming services. According to press reports, Spotify may be considering podcast subscription plans. The question is, are podcast listeners in the Nordics prepared for paywalled content? Digital audio […]
ITV has launched its first branded podcast, My Life in TV. Hosted by Alison Hammond, the show will see some of ITV’s favourite names discuss their most loved TV shows, open up about their career highs and lows, as well as the television that shaped their childhoods. Available across Global Player and other podcast providers, […]
Press X to Continue, an entertainment and review podcast about video games, has launched on BBC Sounds. Featuring a returning family of game reviewers, each episode will explore new releases and look back at some classic favourites as well. Throughout the series listeners can expect laughs, celebrity guests and exclusive interviews. Available on BBC Sounds, […]
The Nordics are, for sure, Spotify’s home turf. Looking at the latest Mediavision analysis, close to 4 million Nordic households had access to a paid Spotify subscription (i.e. not an ad-supported free account) in Q3 2020. This corresponds to a 34 per cent household penetration for subscriptions (non-advertising supported) – dwarfing competition – a relatively […]
Pay-radio operator released an impressive set of Q3 numbers, revealing that it gained a net 169,000 subscribers during the quarter and prompted the business to increase its full-year guidance. However, the company was vague on whether star talent Howard Stern had renewed his contract with the business, saying only: “We are making significant progress in […]
The UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee is to undertake a new inquiry examining what economic impact music streaming is having on artists, record labels and the sustainability of the wider music industry. With streaming currently accounting for more than half of the global music industry’s revenue, the inquiry will look […]