British Podcast Awards

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Audioboom Group PLC

21 May 2019

 

21 May 2019

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom", the "Group" or the "Company")

Podcast partners win a total of seven British Podcast Awards

Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading global podcast company, announces that the Group and its podcast partners won seven awards at the British Podcast Awards ('BPA') held on Saturday 18 May in London.

Audioboom's Original Network production 'Dead Man Talking' won Silver in the "Best True Crime" category; 'The Totally Football Show' and 'The Cycling Podcast' were awarded Gold and Bronze respectively in the "Best Sport" category; 'Qmmunity' collected Silver in the "Best Sex & Relationships" category; 'Feminists Don't Wear Pink' took home Bronze in the "Best Branded Content" category; and 'About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge' won Silver in the "Best New Podcast" category and Bronze in the "Smartest Podcast" category.

Audioboom provides their British Podcast Award winning partners with key tools to help them be successful, including technology to host and distribute their shows, and advertising sales to monetise their podcasts.

Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented: "The British Podcast Awards event was established in 2017 to highlight the very best podcasts of the year, made for Great Britain. We are obviously delighted that our partners have won these prestigious awards and we are happy to be helping them with their continued success.

"A very honourable mention goes to the whole of the F1 production team for its nomination in the "Best Sport" category for 'Beyond the Grid'.

"These achievements follow the recent success of Audioboom's 'And That's Why We Drink', which was named Best Comedy Podcast at last month's 2019 Webby Awards, the leading international awards honouring excellence on the Internet, held in America."

A full list of the BPA winners can be found here: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/winners-2019

Enquiries

Audioboom Group plc	Tel: [phone]
Rob Proctor, Chief Executive Officer
Walbrook PR Limited (PR & IR Advisers)	Tel: [phone]
Paul Cornelius / Sam Allen	[e-mail]

About Audioboom

Audioboom is the leading global podcast company, consolidating the business of on-demand audio, making content accessible, wide-reaching and profitable for podcasters, advertisers and brands. Audioboom operates internationally, with operations and global partnerships across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and addresses the issue of disparate podcast services by putting all of the pieces of the puzzle together under one umbrella, creating a user-friendly, economical experience.

Audioboom hosts over 13,000 content channels, with key partners including A+E Networks (US), Associated Press (US), 'Astonishing Legends' (US), 'Casefile True Crime' (AUS), Edith Bowman (UK), 'Felon True Crime Podcast' (AUS), Jonathan Ross (UK), 'Moneycontrol Podcast' (India), 'No Such Thing As A Fish' (UK), Red FM (India), Starburns Audio (US), 'The Cycling Podcast' (UK), 'The Totally Football Show' (UK), 'The True Geordie Podcast' (UK) and 'Undisclosed' (US).

Original content produced by Audioboom includes 'The 45th' (US), 'Covert' (US), 'I Almost Knew That' (India), 'The Psychology Behind with Dr Linda Papadopoulos' (UK), 'Ctrl Alt Win Podcast' (India), 'Deliberations' (US), 'It's Happening with Snooki & Joey' (US), 'Mafia' (US), 'Mission To Zyxx' (US),' Night Call' (US) and 'The Russell Brand Podcast' (UK).

The platform receives over 60 million listens per month and allows partners to share their content via Apple Podcasts, BookMyShow, Deezer, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, RadioPublic, Saavn, Spotify, Stitcher, Facebook and Twitter as well as their own websites and mobile apps.

For more information, visit audioboom.com.

 

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