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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
BBC local radio is teaming up with manufacturers, retailers and a loneliness charity to offer free DAB radios to the most vulnerable people aged over 70. It comes as millions of people are forced to stay in their homes and isolate from their friends and families because of the Coronavirus outbreak. Radio is a vital […]
Music, radio and podcast fans can now enjoy over 80,000 hours of audio content on their connected TV with the launch of the BBC Sounds TV app. The new TV app is being rolled out on YouView and Virgin Media devices immediately – and will launch on other TV platforms in the future. During these […]
BBC’s Match Of The Day trio, Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Ian Wright are bringing their knowledge, insight and wisdom to a new podcast series titled Match Of The Day: Top 10 – available on BBC Sounds. Taking themselves out of the studio, the series will be recorded in Linker’s kitchen and will see the […]
Ofcom has fined the licence holders of Talk Radio £75,000 (€90,000) and NTV Mir Baltic £20,000 for breaking broadcasting rules. Talk Radio is a national digital speech radio station. NTV Mir Baltic is a television channel broadcasting to the Russian-speaking community in Latvia. Under Ofcom rules, all broadcasters must remain duly impartial when covering matters […]
Political broadcaster John Pienaar will leave the BBC after 28 years and host the Drive Time slot on Times Radio, the new national digital radio station launching later this year in partnership between The Times, The Sunday Times and audio business Wireless. Pienaar is one of the most familiar voices in UK broadcasting, with a […]
BBC radio has declared its Q4 as “stable”, with 33.58 million listeners and a share of 51 per cent (from 49.4 per cent in last quarter and 33.97 per cent on the same period last year), according to data from Rajar. Figures show that during the same three months, there was a record number of […]