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SiriusXM borrows extra $1.5bn

US pay-radio operator SiriusXM has issued $1.5 billion of new Senior Notes debt in a private placement. The offering was significantly oversubscribed. The net proceeds will be used to redeem all of its outstanding 5.375 per cent senior notes originally due for repayment in 2025 as well as borrowings of its 4.625 per cent Notes […]

June 9, 2020By Chris Forrester

Rogan signs with Spotify

The Joe Rogan Experience, one of the most popular podcasts in the world, is coming to Spotify via a multi-year exclusive licensing deal. The talk series has long been the most-searched-for podcast on Spotify and is the leading show on practically every other podcasting platform. And, like all podcasts and vodcasts on Spotify, it will […]

May 20, 2020

BBC Radio 6 most popular digital station

BBC Radio 6 Music reached a record 2.56 million listeners (from 2.49 million last quarter and 2.52 million last year), with the station’s weekday breakfast show with Lauren Laverne also seeing its biggest audience ever with 1.3 million listeners, according to the latest Rajars. The figures released covering the first quarter of 2020 also reveal […]

May 15, 2020

Report: TV remains France’s most common screen

France’s TV regulator the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) and its partners within the Observatory of audiovisual equipment for households in mainland France have revealed its latest findings for television and radio, two media which it says are of major importance during the health crisis. According to the CSA, trends observed in recent years are […]

May 12, 2020

SiriusXM slips launches of satellites

SiriusXM is expecting to now launch its SiriusXM 8 satellite in “early 2021″, and SiriusXM 7 will now take place later this year. The two satellites were ordered in late 2016. SiriusXM 7 is planned to replace XM 3 (at the time named as ‘Rhythm’) while Sirius XM-8 will replace XM 4 (launched in October […]

April 30, 2020By Chris Forrester

SiriusXM sees modest sub growth

Pay-radio broadcaster SiriusXM (now including numbers from Pandora) showed only modest quarter-on-quarter growth of some 69,000 net new subscribers during Q1 this year. It also emerged that ‘shock jock’ Howard Stern is considering his options as his contract with SiriusXM comes to an end. Revenue grew 5 per cent (YoY), but virus uncertainty means that […]

April 29, 2020By Chris Forrester

Apple Services expands global availability

Apple has announced that more customers around the world can enjoy many of Apple’s most popular Services. The App Store, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and iCloud are now available in 20 more countries, and Apple Music is available in 52 additional countries. “We’re delighted to bring many of Apple’s most beloved Services to […]

April 21, 2020

Forecast: Video usage to increase at expense of audio

The implications of Covid-19 are as wide ranging as they are long lasting. As the world attempts to navigate the current pandemic, consumer behaviour is changing in key ways. A new report from the User Experience Strategies Service (UXS) at Strategy Analytics has examined the likely long-term impact of the pandemic on consumer usage of […]

April 3, 2020

Research: 36% US households listen to podcasts weekly

A consumer study from Parks Associates finds 36 per cent of US broadband households listen to podcasts weekly, although the research firm expects new patterns of video, music, and news consumption to emerge as a result of the current public health crisis with COVID-19. The report explores service uptake, business model preferences, service spending, and […]

April 1, 2020

Research: Gen Z driving Covid-19 media habits

Gen Z is demonstrating the largest increase in media consumption during the Coronavirus outbreak, according to research by GlobalWebIndex across 13 markets. For example, Gen Z audiences are twice as likely as Gen X and seven times more likely than Baby Boomers to be using audio streaming services like Spotify more. Well over half (58 […]

March 27, 2020