Audible, a provider of spoken-word entertainment, has announced a collaboration with Mercury Studios, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG)Audible and Mercury Studios, for a scripted musical podcast, Crush Hour, launching globally this year. Crush Hour is the first scripted musical podcast venture from Mercury Studios, and Audible’s first scripted musical podcast originating out of […]
From July to September 2022 there was an average 4.3 million weekly people using BBC Sounds, with a record weekly 4.53 million coming in the week following the UK’s mini-budget – particularly to Newscast to help make sense of the economic crisis. This quarter BBC Sounds launched Local To Me, a new feature that helps […]
Inside Gangs of London: The Official Podcast launches today (October 17th), ahead of the return of the award-winning Sky Original drama on Sky Atlantic on October 20th, becoming one of Sky’s first major companion podcasts for an original drama. Inside Gangs of London will serve as an essential companion to the main series, offering an […]
Generation Z, defined as 16 to 24s, is forecasted to spend 13 hours consuming media per day in 2023, slightly behind their 25 to 34 counterparts, according to the Global Ad Trends report: Finding Gen Z by WARC Media. From broadcast radio to podcasts, online TV/streaming to linear TV, it’s forecasted at least 40 minutes will […]
Tortoise Media and Sky Studios have agreed multi-year first look deal to adapt Tortoise Media’s original podcasts into series and features, across scripted and documentary. The partnership will give Sky Studios first look access to Tortoise’s slate of award-winning podcasts, including their weekly investigative podcast, The Slow Newscast, as well as their multi-part series. Since […]
Audible, a specialist in spoken-word entertainment, has announced a deal with comedian, actor and presenter, Jack Whitehall (Bad Education, Jungle Cruise, Travels with My Father)for a new Audible Original comedy series,Jack Whitehall’s Safe Space, set to launch on November 21st. Jack Whitehall’s Safe Space isall about awkward moments and embarrassment. Joined by producer, comedy writer and the James […]
Broadcaster, newscaster, sportscaster, thoughtcaster, and podcaster, Alan Partridge, returns to the spoken-word entertainment medium with the second series of From the Oasthouse, The Alan Partridge Podcast, available now exclusively on Audible. Following the triumphant success of his first award-winning foray into podcasting (The Independent “up there with his funniest work”), this 11-part original sees Alan […]
LADstudios, the entertainment division of LADbible Group, has announced its expansion into podcast and vodcast production with the launch of two new digital entertainment show brands. Following partnerships with Audioboom and Spotify, LADstudios will launch Extraordinary Lives: The Minutes With Podcast and SPORTbible Stories across multiple podcast platforms and as vodcast episodes. Extraordinary Lives; The […]
World of Wonder, the Emmy-award winning media company behind the RuPaul’s Drag Race global phenomenon, has announced the new shows joining the WOW podcast network. The seven stand-out podcasts include season 2 of the much-loved Club Kid special Night Fever, and the inaugural season of Gay Sex Ed: The Podcast, which takes the popular WOW […]
BT Sport is launching a new line-up of podcasts available for free available across popular podcast platforms. BT Sport Pods, which joins BT Sport’s line-up of non-live programming including BT Sport Films and No Filter, will initially comprise six new series – The Premier League Storybook with Jake Humphrey, The Joe Cole Cast, James Richardson’s […]