The BBC has launched its first voice experience designed for children. The BBC Kids Skill features three interactive games starring characters from CBeebies programming to start; more voice experiences and children’s content are expected to be added in the coming months. Continue Reading
Samsung is planning to open up its Bixby voice assistant platform to third-party developers. The tech conglomerate is slated to introduce a software development kit at its annual Samsung Developer Conference in November that will provide resources and documentation to build apps leveraging the voice platform. Continue Reading
Podcast network HowStuffWorks has partnered with DAX to bring its podcast library to advertisers in the UK. DAX, the digital audio advertising unit of Global, now represents the ad inventory for more than 180 audio platforms. Continue Reading
James Cridland’s Future of Radio is a column by the Australia-based radio futurologist. THIS WEEK: Diving into the results of the Public Radio Techsurvey. The first U.S. radio station owned by Europeans. Smart speaker insights. Continue Reading
Triton Digital announced that Brazilian radio group Sistema Globo de Rádio is its latest client partner. SGR will take advantage of Triton’s Tap service for monetizing its news, music, and podcast content. It will also make its inventory available on Triton’s a2x programmatic ad exchange. Continue Reading
Audio.ad, a specialist in digital audio advertising for Latin American and Hispanic audiences, has released a report on the current market in Chile. It is the second report on this country’s attitudes toward digital audio; the first was in 2015. More than 1,000 cases were included in the online survey. Continue Reading
At IFA 2018, a major tech showcase in Europe, smart speakers are decisively moving into the foreground of home electronics. Although many brands are getting into the smart speaker game, a few of the new products announced at the event went a step further and took the Swiss army knife approach, combining smart speaker functions with other home tech. Continue Reading
A new event later this year aims to illuminate the educational potential in podcasting. Sound Education is scheduled to take place November 2-3 and is hosted by Ministry of Ideas, a podcast based at Harvard Divinity School. The panels cover topics geared toward how the audio format can be applied for academia and teaching, both either a formal or casual student audience. Continue Reading
Google Assistant has been updated with bilingual support, a change that means the voice platform can field queries from two different languages. Prior to the update, managing more than one tongue would have required manually switching between language settings. Continue Reading
Stitcher, the podcast network within Midroll Media, has shared its lineup of podcasts for fall 2018. The entire series of Wolverine: The Long Night, a collaboration with Marvel, that had been available only to paying subscribers will be made available for the free service. Four new shows are joining the main Stitcher lineup. Continue Reading
Strategy Analytics, a market research firm, recently published an investigation into the global smart speaker sector. Its latest analysis focuses on Germany. Smart speaker ownership is still small in that country, but those early adopters are big fans of the technology. Continue Reading
Jacobs Media has shared the results from its public radio tech survey. The results are from surveys of more than 22,000 public radio listeners conducted in May 2018. Here are a few key data points and takeaways on smart speakers, podcasts, in-car listening, and more. Continue Reading