Audio 68% of UK advertisers will increase spend on audio in the next 12 months Recent research, sponsored by the audio exchange DAX, stated that seventy-eight percent of UK advertisers will increase spend across music and digital radio, while seventy-five percent said that they will increase investment in podcasts, in the next 12 months alone.
Audio Castbox podcast platform now integrated in Waze Castbox this month announced its integration with Waze, the community-based navigation app owned by Google.
Audio iHeartMedia and WPP launch Project Listen iHeartMedia and WPP this month launched Project Listen to develop insights, planning and creative capabilities in audio.
Audio Spotify gains dominance in Honduras, Slovakia, Hungary, Finland, and Indonesia Spotify is consistently gaining dominance on new markets, threatening the worldwide dominance of Apple on audio listening. Spotify is already the leader in Spanish, and in the Portuguese market.
Audio Podcast ad market to surpass $1 Billion in the US IAB and PwC US this month released a study forecasting $1 Billion in revenue for the podcast ad market in 2021, in the US.
Audio Thai MCOT selects Triton Digital MCOT Public Company Limited (MCOT), one of Thailand’s leading public radio and television broadcasters, this month selected Triton Digital for monetization of its digital audio and podcast content.
Audio Edison Research expands The Infinite Dial study to South Africa Edison Research this week announced it will expand The Infinite Dial study to South Africa. The Infinite Dial is the longest-running survey of media consumer behavior in the U.S., tracking consumer usage of digital media over time.
Audio TouchPoint DSP by dataxu integrates Triton Digital Triton Digital this week announced the integration of its programmatic audio advertising marketplace with the TouchPoint DSP by dataxu.
Audio Australians are listening more audio, 11 hours per week Australians are consuming more audio, now for more than eleven hours per week. This is a finding from The Infinite Dial 2019 Australia, a study of digital media behavior in Australia, commissioned by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), Southern Cross Austereo (SCA), and Triton Digital.
Audio Spotify reaches 100 million paid subscribers in 79 countries In the first quarter of 2019, Spotify had 217 million monthly active users (MAUs) and 100 million paid subscribers.
Audio YouTube Music now available for free on Google Home speakers Google this week announced YouTube Music is now available for free on Google Home speakers. YouTube Music is an ad-supported music service available on Google Home speakers or other Google Assistant-powered speakers.
Audio Swoot is making podcast listening into a social experience A new app for podcast listening is available since this week. The new app is called Swoot and the app turns podcast listening into a social experience. The motto is: "Podcasts with friends :)"
Audio Amazon launches a free music service on Alexa devices Amazon this week launched an ad-supported music service on compatible Alexa-enabled devices.
Audio Amazon creates a new certification for Alexa Skill developers The certification is AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder and Amazon says it's the industry's first and only certification that validates personal ability to build, test, and publish Amazon Alexa skills.
Audio Amazon launches Alexa in Brazil later this year Amazon today announced that Alexa will be launched later this year in Brazil. This is the first Portuguese market where Alexa will be made available.
Audio Stingray taps Triton for audio monetization Triton today announced Stingray selected to utilize Triton’s programmatic audio marketplace (a2x) and audio Sell-Side Platform (Yield-Op) to make its audio inventory available programmatically to media buyers around the world through open and private marketplace deals.
Audio Spotify rolls roll out new metrics on Ad Studio Spotify yesterday announced the rollout of new metrics on Ad Studio, a Spotify self-serve ad platform that enables advertisers to reach listeners on Spotify.
Audio People who have ever listened to a podcast passes 50% for the first time in the US Among the U.S. population, people who have ever listened to a podcast passes 50% for the first time, reveals the 2019 Infinite Dial study by Edison Research and Triton Digital.
Audio Apple surpasses Spotify in the US Apple Music has surpassed Spotify in the US when it comes to paid subscriptions. According to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter, Apple Music has a monthly growth rate of about 2.6% to 3%, compared with 1.5% to 2% from Spotify.
Audio Deezer audio ads now available via Triton Digital Deezer audio ads are now available via Triton's audio SSP, Yield-Op.
Audio New Safari 12 prevents tracking from social media and is suppressing retargeting On the new Safari update, Apple is also suppressing ad retargeting by reducing advertisers' ability to identify Mac devices uniquely.
Audio Pandora to acquire AdsWizz for $145 million in cash and stock Pandora announced last week that will acquire AdsWizz, the global leader in digital audio ad technology. The addition of AdsWizz will upgrade Pandora’s ad tech capabilities, says the company, providing its advertisers with greater audience reach, and expand the company’s revenue opportunities.
Audio Google Assistant on more than 400 million devices in 2017 Google announced yesterday that achieved the 400 million devices with Google Assistant installed in 2017.
Audio Voice Search Guidelines revealed by Google for the first time Search Speech Guidelines are similar to the Search Quality Rating Guidelines, but Google Assistant needed to have “its own guidelines in place, as many of its interactions utilize what is called “eyes-free technology,” when there is no screen as part of the experience.”
