RedFM is the largest private broadcast group in India. Triton Digital announces today that RedFM has selected Triton’s suite of podcast delivery and monetization for the group’s podcasts. The podcast network is called Red Podcasts, and we see a robust portfolio of 31 shows. Continue Reading
by Matt Deegan
In his inaugural guest column in RAIN, Folder Media’s Matt Deegan describes the challenges, opportunities, and potential futures of audio in four categories: Heritage broadcast radio, digital linear channels, music services, and podcasts. It’s a terrific analysis and outlook for the upcoming new year. Continue Reading
Triton Digital is announcing a new arrangement with Cisneros Interactive, to power the management and monetization of the Cisneros podcast network, Audio.Ad Podcasts. To fulfill the deal, Triton will leverage its Omny Studio and programmatic advertising platforms. Continue Reading
RAIN Digital Britain, the virtual version of RAIN’s annual European Summit event previously produced in London, was held in Zoom today, featuring seven sessions and 21 speakers. Created as a deep dive into the thriving UK digital audio business environment, the sessions and conversations roamed through priorities, challenges, and solutions from radio to broadcasting, plus a session on the quickly growing gaming segment. Click through for quotes and pics. Continue Reading
AI tech provider Veritone is announcing several new capabilities to the analytics and attribution solution used by radio stations. The enhancements are built into the Veritone Discovery and Veritone Attribution products. These applications, part of the aiWARE platform, are used by about 1,500 stations. Click through for details. Continue Reading
UK-centered media company Global has struck a partnership with The Story Lab, an offshoot of dentsu international. The arrangement is focused on podcasts, with the two entities co-commissioning a slate of six new shows over the next 12 months. The launch show is set — it is Hunting Ghislaine, investigating the elusive and controversial life of Ghislaine Maxwell. Other original productions could be in True Crime, Comedy, Entertainment, and Sports. Continue Reading
by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro covers key podcast news items from the past week. Megafy? That’s mega-Spotify. Also, a review of three radio quarterly earnings reports. Continue Reading
Yesterday’s virtual event, RAIN Digital Australasia, brought together 25 audio professionals from Australia, Malaysia, India, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Indonesia, Canada, the UK, and the U.S. in a four-hour sequence of discussions about the state and future of the digital audio business. Click through for highlight quotes. Continue Reading
In this week’s third-quarter earnings call, iHeartMedia executives preached digital, podcasting, and the recent acquisition of Voxnest. Click through for quotes. Continue Reading
by Jeff Umbro
In this week’s column, Podglomerate CEO Jeff Umbro covers key podcast news items from the past week. Also, he claims to have listened to non-political podcasts … for one day. Continue Reading
Just over a year since ad-tech company AdsWizz launched PodScribe, a proprietary podcast transcript feature, the company has announced that one-million episodes have been transcribed and are available for word-specific targeting by podcast advertisers. The tool illuminates contexts within podcast episodes and enables advertisers to target brand-safe positioning, and avoid brand-unsafe contexts. Continue Reading