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Aiir has added WhatsApp support to its Studio Inbox product. Customers can now see and reply to messages, images, videos and voice recordings from WhatsApp, alongside other content like SMS, email, social posts, website form submissions and RSS feeds. Aiir’s new WhatsApp integration means users can get voice notes on air within seconds of them […] […]

The BBC is launching a new true crime strand for BBC Sounds with content provided by local and regional radio teams. All episodes of The Crime Next Door will bring together storytelling from communities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The brand will become the new home for all local true crime podcasts including […] […]

There will be serious consequences for audiences if the BBC puts adverts around audio content in the UK, a coalition has warned. A group of commercial media and content businesses, including broadcasters, audio producers and publishers have written to the government about the proposals. In a letter to Lucy Frazer, Secretary of State for the […] […]

Capital’s Summertime Ball has officially sold out, the station has announced. The event takes place on Sunday June 16th at Wembley Stadium, London, and over 80,000 people have already secured a ticket via the Global Player. The line-up includes David Guetta, RAYE, Meghan Trainor, Aitch, Perrie, Sabrina Carpenter, Becky Hill, Benson Boone, Rudimental, Jax Jones, Sugababes, Bradley […] […]

Jazz FM’s in-depth interview series The Music That Made Me returns for a fifth outing from Sunday 12th May. Running weekly until the end of June for eight weeks, the series talks to a who’s who of jazz, soul and blues stars. This series features Sir Van Morrison, Brazilian guitarist Carlos Santana, US pianist Bruce […] […]

Broadcast Bionics is to showcase the future of its podcast technology at the Media Production & Technology Show and The Podcast Show this month. Anyone attending either show, on 15th and 16th May (MPTS in London) and 22nd and 23rd May (Podcast Show – London) will see the latest in audience engagement software with console […] […]