AudioBoom explained

AudioBoom
Type:On-Demand Audio & Podcasting Platform
Traded As:AIM

BOOM[1]

Location:London, United Kingdom[2]
Area Served:Worldwide
Ceo:Stuart Last
Language:English, Spanish

AudioBoom PLC is an on-demand audio and podcasting distribution platform. AudioBoom offers business-to-business services to the radio, media and podcast industries.

AudioBoom's platform has been used to power on-demand audio for businesses including BBC, The Spectator[3] Associated Press, NBC Sports, Yahoo!, Cumulus Media and Westwood One.

The company is based in London with offices in New York. It became AIM-listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2014 as Audioboom Group Limited (AIM: BOOM).

History

The company was founded in 2009 by Mark Rock, a former co-founder of PlayJam,[4] as Audioboo Limited, with funding from 4iP, Channel 4's technology innovation fund. The initial product was a "social sound sharing platform", a free iPhone app and website that allowed users to share audio clips up to five minutes long. Early high-profile users included Stephen Fry, Chris Moyles, the British Library and The Guardian. The latter used it to cover the 2009 G20 London summit protests.[5] The platform was also used to share audio during the Arab Spring.[6]

In October 2012, Rob Proctor replaced Rock as CEO, and Rock left the company on 1 May 2013.[7] Proctor refocused the business on providing content from professional broadcasters, and Audioboo was renamed audioBoom.[8]

The main shareholders were UBC Media Group and Slovar Limited.[9] In 2014 they sold their shares in a reverse takeover to the listed company One Delta plc., changing the name of the latter to Audioboom Group plc (AIM symbol BOOM).[10] [11]

The AudioBoom mobile app was discontinued in May 2019.[12]

Features

AudioBoom provides hosting, publishing, distribution and monetization services for on-demand content. Key features include:

Key users and partners

Alternatives

Notes and References

  1. Web site: audioBoom Group PLC. 2014-10-13. 2014-10-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019101738/http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/prices-and-markets/stocks/summary/company-summary.html?fourWayKey=JE00B5NFKB77JEGBXASQ1. dead.
  2. Web site: About audioBoom.
  3. Web site: Spectator Radio. audioboom.com. en. 2020-04-17.
  4. Web site: Mark Rock, founder and CEO, audioboo.fm . The Guardian . 15 December 2023 . 19 October 2011.
  5. Web site: MediaGuardian 100 2010 - 14. Mark Rock . The Guardian . 19 July 2010.
  6. Web site: Halliday . Josh . Mark Rock: 'Radio hasn't innovated for 60 years' . The Guardian . 6 June 2011.
  7. Web site: Kiss . Jemima . Mark Rock to quit Audioboo . The Guardian . 2 May 2023 . 10 April 2013.
  8. Collins . Barry . January 2015 . Profile: audioBoom . . 20 . Dennis Publishing .
  9. Web site: UBC Media : Update on progress of investment in Audioboo and proposed acquisition of 7digital. 14 April 2014 .
  10. Web site: Acquisition, Name Change and Notice of AGM.
  11. Web site: Sweney . Mark . UBC merges with 7digital to create £30m multimedia group . The Guardian . 2 May 2023 . 20 May 2014.
  12. Web site: Audioboom To Discontinue Mobile App for Recording and Podcast Listening. Audioboom. en-US. 2019-06-19.
  13. Web site: Distribution Overview. Audioboom. en-US. 2020-04-17.
  14. Web site: The Final Episode. Audioboom. en. 2019-06-19.
  15. Web site: BBC gives the word to AudioBoo. Financial Times.
  16. Web site: audioBoom / Premier League. 2014-01-08. 2014-01-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108173242/https://audioboo.fm/channel/premierleague. dead.
  17. http://audioboo.fm/stephenfry Stephen Fry's audioBoom page

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "AudioBoom".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.