The Canadian Podcast Listener, the second annual iteration of a survey into the podcast consumption habits will be released at the RAIN Summit Canada. Audience Insights and The Podcast Exchange have shared some top-line results ahead of the October 10 event. Continue Reading
Germany, one of the last markets of CD dominance, has finally seen streaming eclipse physical formats. In the first half of 2018, the country’s music industry saw revenue of €727 million, down 2% on-year. The period saw digital revenue overtake physical for the first time. Continue Reading
The Spring 2018 edition of The Smart Audio Report, produced by NPR and Edison Research, will be released tomorrow (Wednesday July 18) in a 1pm webinar. It is a key research report about the adoption and use of smart speakers, arguably the most important new distribution platform since smartphones. In a teaser release, NPR and Edison have revealed a few key findings. Continue Reading
Canalys, a British research firm, has released its latest projections for smart speakers. The company anticipates that the smart speaker installed base will reach 100 million by the end of 2018. By 2020, it estimates the installed base will reach 225 million units. Continue Reading
Podtrac has released its podcast ranker for June 2018. Overall, the chart showed few changes from its May iteration. This American Life from NPR led the ranking for yet another month, while the New York Times’ The Daily took the second spot once again. Continue Reading
Nielsen has released its mid-year music report for Canada. The market showed overall growth, with streaming playing a major role in the positive performance. Total album equivalent consumption rose 19.8% to 31.3 million units. Continue Reading
Podtrac shared its podcast publisher rankings for June 2018. The entries on the chart are the same as they were in May 2018, with only shifts in placement. Total global downloads for those publishers grew 1% from the previous month and rose 65% on-year from June 2017. Continue Reading
Nielsen has released an Audio Today Report, this one including some metrics around the use of, and interest in, smart speakers and streaming services. Outside of that focus, the report examines the reach of Black and Hispanic listeners to radio, both now and over five years. Continue Reading
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has shared its annual data, which showed contractions to broadcast radio and television as media consumption trends online. Total broadcasting revenue fell 3.3% over 2016 to 2017 $17.3 billion. Continue Reading
Nielsen has released its 2018 mid-year music report, and the analysis shows overall growth in music consumption as streaming continues to post bigger and bigger numbers. Total album equivalent consumption — which includes all of Nielsen’s metrics for albums, tracks, on-demand audio, and on-demand video — rose 18.4% on-year to 360.1 million. Continue Reading
Podcast listening is on the rise in Germany. A survey of more than 1,000 Germans by digital association Bitkom found that 22% of the nation is tuning in to podcasts, compared with 14% in 2016. Among ages 14-29 and ages 30-49, the rate of podcast listening is 30%. Continue Reading
So far, voice assistants are commonly used to access audio entertainment, but as the technology advances, the next step could involve commerce and shopping. Voicebot and Voysis have collaborated on a report pointing to the future of voice shopping. The analysis predicts that, due to the high rates of ownership (79.8%), many people will first be introduced to voice assistant shopping on smartphones. Continue Reading