BBC Sounds app gets over 1.3Bn plays in 2021 (January to November) an increase of 8% over a similar period in 2020 according to a recent blog post by the BBC. The latest figures also show there were 558 million plays of podcasts and on demand radio programmes in 2021, with a nearly 25% increase in podcast listening compared to the same period last year. On demand listening for music mixes on BBC Sounds also […]
BBC Sounds app joins Sky Q and is available now to all Sky Q customers in the UK, offering more than 80,000 hours of audio content, including live BBC radio broadcasts, music mixes, and podcasts from the likes of Joe Wicks, Stacey Dooley, Louis Theroux and George the Poet. The BBC Sounds app joins existing apps on Sky Q including BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and Netflix. To open the app, users just need […]
BBC to launch Radio 1 Dance stream which will be available from 9th October on BBC Sounds. Radio 1 Dance will bring together Radio 1’s existing dance programmes into a dedicated 24-hour stream on BBC Sounds providing a second chance to hear the station’s world-famous DJs and mixes from all corners of the globe. From Monday – Thursday on Radio 1 Dance, Pete Tong’s world-renowned Radio 1 show will fill the Drivetime slot (4pm-6pm), with exclusive […]
BBC iPlayer Radio app to close with a staggered shutdown starting Monday 16th September according to a recent BBC blog. Over a two week period or so, users will get a message when they open the old app to say that it is being closed, and depending on their device, they will be guided to the right place to find BBC Sounds to continue listening to BBC Radio. James Purnell, Director, Radio & Education at […]
BBC Sounds app updates include Chromecast support as well as an increased number of categories according to a recent BBC blog posting. This comes soon after Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support, Alexa support and live rewind and live restart. Google Home speakers are also included in the Chromecast support update. The number of categories in the app has been increased from 12 to 40. These can be accessed from the home screen or via […]
BBC pulls its podcasts from Google as part of a change of policy on third-party apps which it outlines in a blog posting. These are no longer available on the Google Podcast app and Google Assistant. Kieran Clifton, Director, BBC Distribution & Business Development explained in the post that since Google launched its own podcast app for Android users it, ‘since begun to direct people who search for a BBC podcast into its own podcast […]
Restart and rewind live radio on BBC Sounds app features have been added to both iOS and Android. This update on mobile apps means listeners can now restart any live programme and listen to it from the beginning, or rewind to any point in the live programme and pick it up from there. They can also pause a live stream and later resume from where they left off or jump back to live. Live restart […]
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