Podcasts Automated podcast transcripts Our platform now allows podcasters to take advantage of Google's Speech-to-Text technology to produce automated transcripts.
Streaming Online archive available for live-streams Capture your radio stream audio to cloud storage and access it anytime via our online dashboard.
Streaming Current song metadata support for Zetta & Jazler Our live streaming platform can now receive "Now Playing" song information directly from an RCS Zetta or Jazler RadioStar automation system.
Streaming Fallback input available for live streams High availability is crucial to building and retaining an online listenership. Frequent outages quickly leads to user frustration and can reduce traffic to your live stream.
Streaming Automated downtime and silent alerts for live-streams High availability is key to building a strong online listenership. Our new automated monitoring system sends email or Slack alerts when a live stream goes offline or silent.
Streaming Song & ad recognition service available Automated recognition of songs and other audio clips enables cost-effective 24x7 analysis of stream content. We have integrated a recognition service into our platform that can use acoustic fingerprint technology to track songs
Advertising Addressing brand safety through podcasting advertising Podcast hosting providers have specifically catered for brand safety by enabling advertisers and their agencies with the capability of including or excluding channels, providers, and specific episodes.
Advertising 77% of podcast listeners don’t skip through ads In digital advertising in 2018, one can’t go far before bumping in to the thorny issue of ad viewability.
Advertising Significant commercial advertising revenue opportunity for podcasts Ad revenues from podcasts grew at a compound quarterly 19% in 2017. Dynamic ad insertion offers the best model for podcast monetisation.
Streaming Join a growing medium Streaming radio and podcast listenership has grown by a massive 300% from Jan 2017 to March 2018, according to iono.fm, which hosts the lion’s share of podcasts serving listeners in South Africa.
Releases Web player UI update We've released an updated embedded web player that greatly improves the user experience for listeners.
Releases Usage reports update A visual rework of our podcast and streaming reports that includes new information along with usability features.
Releases New syndication features Listeners should be able to quickly and easily follow podcast content, on our platform or via syndication platforms like iTunes. We've deployed an update to enhance this functionality for our publishers and listeners.
Streaming Updated stream usage pricing Based on feedback from our customers, we've reduced the block size of concurrent listeners we invoice for from 500 to 100.
Releases New podcast features We're proud to announce one of our largest feature updates yet. Besides a refreshed look for our entire site, this release focusses on an enhanced experience for our podcast publishers.
