Audioboom works with some of the biggest names in sports and media, such as: NFL clubs, the English Premier League, AFL (Aussie Rules) and major broadcasters such as
Southern Cross Austereo, YEA Networks & the BBC.

The Audioboom platform allows our partners to bring their content to millions of fans worldwide via embeddable players, mobile applications, Facebook & Twitter integration.

Audioboom also allows the monetisation of audio via the dynamic insertion of pre- and post- roll advertising even in to Twitter and Facebook.



http://audioboomplc.com/

23 Jun Arden Partners 14.00 Buy .

Shares - The £25 million cap is described as the audio equivalent of YouTube and recently partnered with Sky Sports.




New content partners: CBS and Sky Sports

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5 June 2014

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



New content partners: CBS and Sky Sports



Audioboom Group plc (AIM: BOOM), which owns Audioboo the digital social media audio platform, announces that CBS Radio Limited ("CBS") and Sky Sports Limited ("Sky Sports") have agreed to become major new content partners on Audioboom's social media platform.



CBS is one of the largest broadcast media organisations in the United States, reaching more than 72 million consumers nationwide every week. It owns and operates 126 radio stations in 27 markets, including the top ten stations as ranked by Nielsen Audio. Their sports coverage includes leading franchises such as Major League Baseball, the NFL, the NBA, and the National Hockey League.



CBS is in the process of setting up a full master and sub-channel structure with Audioboom, which will initially launch with two of their largest stations; New York's WFAN, the world's first 24-hour all-sports radio station, and KROQ, Los Angeles's biggest music station. It will then be rolled out across their entire portfolio of 126 stations in the United States. This will give up to 72 million US radio listeners access to the Audioboo platform and services.



Sky Sports operates multi-platform television services with access to over 10.5 million households across the UK and Ireland. Sky Sports is in the process of setting up a master Audioboo channel, with up to 40 additional sub-channels, covering the Premier League and all other major Sky Sports broadcasts. They will embed daily highlights from their channels, with a full 'listen again' service integrated into Skysports.com and push hundreds of audio items per day into the Sky Sports Twitter feed. This will give their 2.2 million Twitter followers and nearly 4 million Facebook fans daily access to the Audioboo social media platform. Sky Sports will also use Audioboom's auto-updating embedded players to record live from sports event and provide updates with presenters and sports stars during and after live sports events around the world.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "CBS and Sky Sports are two of the world's biggest broadcasters and we are delighted they are using our technology and platform to further utilise and share their wonderful audio content. They are two of the most significant channel partners we have signed and are a great boost to the expansion of our sport and entertainment vertical audio markets.



"CBS also gives us fantastic reach and exposure in America which is a key and rapidly expanding market for us. Agreements with world class companies such as these illustrate the potential global reach of Audioboom as it continues to build momentum and become a major social media company."

Thanks to bubblyhuxter on LSE-

British investors get first homegrown social media stock

http://gantdaily.com/2014/07/04/british-investors-get-first-homegrown-social-media-stock/

talkSPORT deal and Notice of Interim Results

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23 July 2014

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



talkSPORT to take on Audioboom's UK sports network sales





Notice of Interim Results





Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the social media audio platform, today announced that it has appointed talkSPORT Limited as its exclusive UK sales partner to sell digital audio and display advertising through Audioboom's unique network of sports websites, mobile apps and content.



This means that, for the first time, media agencies and their clients will have 'one-stop' access to channel partners including The Premier League, Football League, talkSPORT, The ECB and Sky Sports. Through Audioboom, they can now advertise and target media campaigns directly to sports fan-bases for some of the world's greatest sports publishers, teams and organisations.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "I am delighted to announce this commercial partnership with Talksport, reflecting Audioboom's position as the UK's only integrated audio and graphic display sports ad network.



"I hope this will mark the first of many similar deals around the world. We are currently in discussions with other major media companies to replicate this agreement across other content verticals and geographies, including the USA and Australia. This is the first step in the monetisation of the global social media platform we are creating."



Calum Macaulay, Managing Director of talkSPORT said, "Digital is the fastest growth area in media and increasingly advertisers are looking to sport to connect and engage with their target audiences. By bringing sport content onto one digital audio platform we are creating a really exciting one-stop sell to reach sports fans across the UK. Audioboom has a wide ranging and expanding sports content offering and we'll be bringing our expertise in selling that content to create a dynamic and exciting commercial partnership."



The Company has recently been approached by certain investors who have expressed interest in investing capital into the business. The Board considered these approaches, as the Company is growing very rapidly and additional personnel are required in new offices and in content management to direct this expansion. The Board has, however, decided that the number of initiatives in progress mean that this is not an appropriate time to raise further capital. The Board intends to announce a number of new initiatives in the coming weeks and looks forward to announcing its interim results on 26 August 2014

Beaufort securities - Audioboom Group (LON:BOOM)

Yesterday, Audioboom Group announced the selection of talkSPORT Limited, the world’s biggest sports radio station, as its exclusive UK sales partner. As per the terms, talkSPORT would sell digital audio and display advertising using Audioboom’s unique network of sports websites, mobile apps and content. The deal provides media agencies and their clients’ access to Audioboom’s channel partners including The Premier League, Football League and Sky Sports under one roof. Audioboom would enable them to advertise and target media campaigns directly to sports fan-clubs for some of leading sports publishers and organisations. On a separate note, Audioboom informed that some investors have shown interest in funding the company’s business. However, given a number of initiatives in progress, the company has decided to postpone fundraising to a later date. The stock rose 4.4% yesterday.

Our view: The new contract would help Audioboom capitalize from the global social media platform created by them as well as position themselves as the sole provider of integrated audio and graphic display sports ad network in the UK. The company would leverage on talkSPORT’s sales expertise and widespread reach to sports fans across the UK to sell its varied range of sports content, making it a one-stop to reach all sport-bases in the UK. Previously, partnership with CBS Radio and Sky Sports gave Audioboom access to their wide customer base, boosting Audioboom’s sports and entertainment audio markets. Going forward, should the deal with talkSPORT turn out to be successful, Audioboom could replicate this strategy in other markets, including the US and Australia. In light of these positives and a rapidly growing global social media market, we remain optimistic about Audioboom’s growth prospects and hence, maintain a Speculative Buy rating.

Interim Result
26 Aug 14 Audioboom Group [BOOM]

Half Yearly Report

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26 August 2014








Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Unaudited Interim Financial Statements for the period ended 31 May 2014



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the audio social media platform, announces its unaudited interim financial results for the five month period ended 31 May 2014.



Period highlights



- Acquired the entire issued share capital of Audioboo Limited through the issue of 174.5m new shares and 19m warrants in May 2014

- Raised £3.5 million cash (gross) through the issue of 233m new shares in March 2014



Post-period highlights



- Registered users up 100% in 12 months from 1.4m to 2.8m at 25 August 2014

- Estimated 12m monthly active users across all content partner websites, apps and social media channels in July 2014

- 93 million page impressions served in July 2014

- Content partners increased from 150 to 1,200 in 12 months, including SkySports, BBC, Global Radio, Bauer Media Group, Aljazeera, talkSPORT and The Guardian

- Opened offices in New York, San Francisco and Australia to continue platform roll out

- Development of new Audioboom app, launching end of September 2014 on iOS and Android

- Monetisation of platform commenced through media sales partnerships with talkSPORT, for sale of UK sports audio inventory, and Global Radio for UK news, current affairs and entertainment inventory

- Major new content partner agreement with Essel Group



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented: "The admission of Audioboom to AIM in May has been a huge success for Audioboom. The funding and profile it has provided have seen a step change in our business development, size and ambitions in just a few short months.



"I believe the launch of the new app at the end of September will revolutionise the way audio is consumed, providing a seamless, automated way to search and consume news, sport and entertainment. Monetisation of the platform continues, reflected by today's announcemet of a media sales agreement with Global Radio to sell UK news, current affairs and entertainment inventory.



"Today's announcement of the major new content deal with Essel Group continues Audioboom's international expansion; a key driver of growth in the future. We shall be releasing a Spanish language version of the platform and app, to target the lucrative Hispanic markets in North and South America.



"Alongside our own development, the world of social media continues to flourish; strategic acquisitions by global players, both Western and Asian, continue with regularity and at high valuations. Audioboom is operating in a global market, if we continue to develop our platform and technology, the future will look very interesting for shareholders. I intend to make the most of these opportunities."

Major new content partnership deal with Essel Gp

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Audioboom PLC

26 August 2014








Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Major new content partnership deal with Essel Group



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the audio social media platform, announces a major new content deal with Essel Group ('Essel'). Essel is one of India's leading conglomerates, with a portfolio of entertainment and news channels including:



- Zee Entertainment Enterprises ('ZEE') one of India's leading television media and entertainment companies, reaching over 730 million viewers across 169 countries. ZEE owns a number of digital properties, including Ditto TV, India's first premium television distribution platform, delivering live news, sports, soaps and music to mobiles, tablets, laptops and connected TVs. ZEE also owns Ditto Suno which delivers audio content to GPRS, 3G and WAP enabled mobiles, providing content across many genres, in Hindi and other regional languages;



- Zee Media Corporation is India's largest news network, with 10 channels, reaching over 130 million viewers through channels and digital properties such as zeenews.com and dnaindia.com. It reaches about 84% of India's population.



Audioboom is working with companies and brands across Essel Group, including Zee TV, DNAindia, India.com's key brands including CricketCountry, BollywoodLife and TheHealthSite. Initially, Audioboom will provide over 30 new channels, allowing embedding and sharing of content across websites, apps and social media and live reporting from the field by ZeeTV reporters and journalists.



There is also a considerably bigger market opportunity that Audioboom and Essel are currently developing. As well as targetting the estimated 100m+ smartphone users in India, there are an estimated 750m+ 'feature phone' users who access news, sport and entertainment content over WAP and IVR systems. Audioboom and Essel will be developing a technology solution that will connect Audioboom's content platform to Zee's IVR systems.



This will mean Essel's portfolio of brands and Audioboom will be able to instantly broadcast content to smart phones, feature phones and basic phone lines via IVRs, offering paid premium or free sponsored callback content to over 750m users across the Indian sub-continent. Work is ongoing and at an early stage, but this technology will provide Audioboo and Essel access to one of the largest and fastest growing media markets in the world.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented: "We are delighted that Essel and its many global media properties are partnering with us. This gives us the prospect of reaching hundreds of millions of smart and feature phone users, providing them with free and paid for news, sport and entertainment audio content and providing content partners and advertisers with the technology to reach this important market.



"This is a significant deal for Audioboom; it establishes our brand in the Indian sub-continent with a major media partner, creates immediate operational scale and establishes a clear path to monetisation. I look forward to further developments as the technology and content is rolled out across India and intend that this deal becomes a template we will replicate with other global media companies. "

Small Cap Value Report (26 Aug 2014) - BQE, BOOM, CNC

Audioboom (LON:BOOM)

Share price: 9.125p
No. shares: 466.5m
Market Cap: £42.6m

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This share is an interesting speculation. It cannot be described as anything else, as on fundamentals you would probably value it at less than cash (i.e. below £3.1m in cash reported at end May 2014). So why is it valued so highly, considering that it has today reported dismal interim results? Well, part of the reason is that it was a shell company, and the company which reversed into it, called AudioBoo, is only reporting 11 days figures in the interims to 31 May 2014 reported today, the deal having been completed on 20 May 2014.

So the interim figures today don't really matter, which is a good job, as they show turnover of just £24k, and a pre-exceptional loss of £745k.

I should add at this point that I spotted the highly speculative potential here a couple of months ago, and bought some stock. It's not a value or GARP share, it's a pure speculation. Having said that, I think it's potentially very interesting for the following reasons. It is currently the UK market's only Listed social media share. The company is trying, through the AudioBoo platform, to become the world's YouTube, but for audio (instead of video).

That may sound ambitious, but they've already made a lot of progress - AudioBoo has 2.8m registered users at 25 Aug 2014 - growth of 100% in 12 months, and importantly this is happening with no marketing spend, growth is viral. What I've noticed is that when I find audio links on Twitter, they are very often hosted by AudioBoo. The company is collecting & managing audio content from many top media companies, e.g. the BBC, Sky, radio companies, etc. Users can then create their own radio station of audio content that appeals to them. This can then be monetised in various ways, e.g. advertising. However, as with most social media companies, it's likely to be cash burning for some time).

It might all sound bonkers to value investors, who look for assets, cashflows & divis, but this isn't a value investment, it's a fashionable growth company, where in my view I saw that it was going up, bought some as a complete punt, and will probably sell half at some point, and run the rest for free. So I am putting a massive, flashing neon wealth warning sign in front of this share, it's a total punt - but that's what people probably thought about Facebook, Twitter, etc, when they were small & growing rapidly.

The user interface with AudioBoo is rubbish in my view, at the moment. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone, and was very disappointed. However, the company is set to launch a new, all singing, all dancing user interface in Sept this year, which could provide some excitement if it's good.

A content deal in India is announced today, which sounds interesting.

So in summary, the figures are terrible, and the valuation is nuts. However, at the moment that doesn't really matter, because investors are prepared to take it to a higher & higher valuation. Bear in mind that in the USA social media companies are often valued on $x per user, and growth rates are taken into account too. So if AudioBoo manage to continue growing their user base rapidly, and get a decent App out there, then who knows maybe one of the heavyweights (e.g. Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc) might bid for it at a stratospheric valuation? Sounds crazy, but it's happening quite often at the moment - with paper on a wacky valuation, those giants can afford to shell out mad prices for bolt on acquisitions.

Anyway, it's easy to scoff, but just look at the chart below - nobody who owns shares in this will be complaining!

I should also note that this company's ticker, BOOM, is my second favourite ticker. This is great fun when telephoning an order through to your broker, as you can invoke various comedy voices, and make them jump by saying the ticker very loudly! (my favourite ticker is ZZZ for Snoozebox)

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EDIT: Another point worth mentioning, is that in an announcement on 23 Jul 2014, about new content, BOOM said;

The Company has recently been approached by certain investors who have expressed interest in investing capital into the business. The Board considered these approaches, as the Company is growing very rapidly and additional personnel are required in new offices and in content management to direct this expansion. The Board has, however, decided that the number of initiatives in progress mean that this is not an appropriate time to raise further capital.

Now we don't know the amount, or price, of new funds being offered to BOOM by investors, but this does reinforce the point that social media is a very hot space at the moment. I increased my shareholding after reading that announcement, as it seems to augur well for the future.
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Boom. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thinking of investing in Audioboom? Take a look at 7Digital instead…

Audioboom, whose ticker symbol (BOOM) raises some rather ambivalent emotions, has certainly got off to a cracking start after it reversed into One Delta Plc in April. One of those proverbial “next big things”, Audioboom shares have already quadrupled in the space of a few months. So what is all the fuss about?

Audioboom

Essentially, Audioboom seems to be attempting to do for audio what YouTube did for video.

The firm provides both broadcasters and content creators with a very simple and effective way of distributing audio clips via social media. Using both a web browser interface and a mobile app on iPhone and Android, users can browse content uploaded by others or create content themselves. Each audio upload can then be easily or even automatically attached to a tweet or sent to Facebook friends.

On the Audioboom app itself, broadcasters and content creators have ‘channels’ on which their uploads are collected. It is now used widely by most of the UK radio sector, adopted by the BBC as an official technology partner and is beginning to move into the broadcast market in the US.





http://www.spreadbetmagazine.com/blog/thinking-of-investing-in-audioboom-take-a-look-at-7digital-i.html

7DIG climbing well today, as well as BOOM.

Audioboo to become Audioboom in app revamp



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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/390856/audioboo-to-become-audioboom-in-app-revamp

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Launch of new iOS app and rebranding of platform

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Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Launch of new iOS app and rebranding of platform



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the audio sharing social media platform, announces that it has launched its free iOS AudioBoom app and has relaunched its audio content sharing platform, AudioBoo, under the new brand of AudioBoom.



AudioBoom is a social media audio platform that allows content producers to create and broadcast audio content and syndicate it across the global social media platforms. Content partners include the BBC, the Telegraph, the Guardian, Sky Sports, Southern Cross Austereo, the Premier League, ZeeTV and Universal Music Group.



The new Apple-based app - which works on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch features:



· A completely redesigned user interface.

· Swipe-based navigation which remembers what a listener likes based on how fast they swipe.

· A custom-built recommendations engine to learn what the listener loves.

· The 'Daily Download' - automatically stores 2 hours of favourite audio for offline listening on the cummute

· On the spot sharing buttons - making sharing audio immediate to other platforms like Twitter and Facebook

· An updated record, trim and upload function to let you quickly create your own clips to share with the world.



Audioboom expects to launch an Android version of the app in the next few weeks.



At the same time, the Company's audio sharing platform has been relaunched under the new brand AudioBoom (previously AudioBoo) - for more details visit the relaunched website: www.audioboom.com



AudioBoom now has over 3 million registered users and has seen a huge increase in traffic over the past few months, recording 260m page impressions in August an increase of over 280% on the previous month. In September AudioBoom experienced its biggest day to date with 1,744,113 listens in just 24 hours and 2,051,220 unique users logging on to listen to content from the likes of Sky Sports News and talkSPORT covering football's transfer deadline day.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented: "The launch of the new app marks the next stage in AudioBoom's ever increasing growth. We are all really looking forward to giving users access to the best content in the world. We are, quite literally, reinventing audio for the digital age giving our users the chance to find, listen and curate the audio they want, when they want it."

A lot of talk about Amazon news due on the boards.

Think this ones going to 100p in the next few years.

Lol, mitzy.

I'm in dreamcatcher from this morning.

And sold out.

Directors' Dealings

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4896381

Audioboom raises £8m

StockMarketWire.com

Audioboom Group, the digital social media audio platform, has raised £8m from new and existing institutional and other shareholders through the issue of 64 million new ordinary shares at 12.5p apiece.

The proceeds will be used to fund the growth of the business.

The company has also agreed to release 7digital from the lock-in arrangements entered into at the time of the acquisition of Audioboo Limited in May.

7digtal has conditionally placed 29,029,307 existing ordinary shares through Arden Partners at 12.5p each. 7digital will retain 58 million ordinary shares, representing 10.9% of the enlarged issued share capital of the company.

Chief executive Rob Proctor said: "Since Audioboom was admitted to AIM in May 2014, we have been overwhelmed by the response and take up of the platform. Audioboom served over 260 million page impression in August 2014, making it one of the UK's largest digital media platforms. I anticipate that the new app and new content deals will quickly drive this figure significantly higher.

"I am delighted that the Placing was heavily oversubscribed and to have received the backing of both existing and new institutional and private investors. Our substantial balance sheet will now allow the accelerated global growth of our platform, major expansion of our aggregated audio advertising network and the roll-out of the new Audioboom app, which I believe will revolutionise the digital consumption of audio."

At 1:43pm: (LON:BOOM) Audioboom Group share price was -1.75p at 14.88p

And back in again.

You have 35 mins to get out again mitzy. lol

I sticking for now dreamcatcher.

That's fine then. :-))

I'm in too!

Good luck I bought me some more today.

Naked trader -

Audioboom (LON:BOOM) is a very interesting one, it came up at a follow up seminar I did just before heading off for holidays and I did like the look of it (thanks to whoever at the seminar brought this one up). It's the country's only integrated audio and graphic display sports ad network.

From Lse -

Sunday Times -

We need a word about Audioboom — not just because the shares are up 800%

It’s radio’s turn to feel the heat from digital media with this YouTube for the spoken word

Matthew Goodman Published: 12 October 2014

For football fans, transfer deadline day is excruciating. Every rumour about which star is going where is dissected and discussed while the clock ticks down. It has become a media frenzy.

This scramble to get the latest gossip has proved a boon to the likes of Sky Sports on television and Talksport on radio. It has also worked its magic on Audioboom, a network best described as YouTube for audio.

The London business, launched five years ago, recorded its busiest ever day last month when the transfer window closed, with more than 2m users logging in to listen to clips on player moves. “Football deadline day was off the clock, the busiest we have ever seen,” said Rob Proctor, chief executive.

Football supporters are not the only people getting excited about Audioboom. City investors are tuning in in ever greater numbers, too. The business’s shares have soared some 800% in the five months since it joined the stock market through a reverse takeover of One Delta, an AIM-listed shell company. Having debuted at 1.5p, the shares closed on Friday at 13.9p.

This month the company raised £8m in a share placing that saw a number of high-profile names buy into the business. The new backers included blue-chip institutions such as BlackRock and Legal & General, the small company specialist Octopus, and celebrities such as the Australian soap star Holly Valance, wife of the millionaire property developer Nick Candy.

The deal also allowed 7 Digital, an AIM-listed music service whose UBC operation was a founding investor in Audioboom, to sell down its stake. Having pumped £1.8m into the business, it took £3.6m off the table from selling shares and still retains 11% of the company, so it stands to benefit from further growth. Directors — including Proctor and Rodger Sargent, who helped to raise money for One Delta with serial sports and media investor Chris Akers — also contributed to the fundraising.

Despite the enormous rise in its share price, some market watchers believe Audioboom remains conservatively valued compared with far bigger, more established social media businesses such as Twitter and Facebook. Its market value is a little over £73m — about £25 for each of its almost 3m registered users — which is about half or one-third of the equivalent measure for Twitter or Snapchat.

“The value per subscriber is not excessive by any means,” said Peter McNally, technology analyst at stockbroker Charles Stanley. “It is still early days for Audioboom. It has a long way to go, but it has shaken up how audio content should be delivered.”

The reason Audioboom has attracted so much excitement among investors is the potential of its business model. “It is well positioned for growth,” wrote analysts at Arden Partners, the stockbroker that handled the fundraising, in a note this month.

When it was launched five years ago, under the leadership of Mark Rock and with backing from UBC and Channel 4, which retains a 0.5% stake, Audioboo (as the site was then known) allowed users to post audio clips they had created.

It was the aural equivalent of YouTube and it attracted celebrity fans such as Stephen Fry and Robert Llewellyn, star of the TV sitcom Red Dwarf. The only proviso, one that remains today, was that all the material had to be spoken word. There is no music, so Audioboom never pays royalties to labels or performers, a cost services such as Spotify and Pandora have had to bear.

However, like many dotcom businesses, it had not yet worked out how to make money from its loyal audience.

“Many businesses go through two or more generations,” said Simon Cole, the chief executive of 7 Digital and a non-executive director of Audioboom. “Look at Google, YouTube, Shazam. They set out as one thing and went through a handbrake turn. They realised they needed to be different businesses to be successful.”

Last year the founding shareholders appointed internet veteran Proctor as chief executive to point the business in a new direction. “We took some of the core [software] code but basically ripped up what was there and reinvented it,” he said.

The big idea was to switch from having amateur users upload material to signing up professional organisations that would make content available through the site.

Today, Audioboom has about 1,400 commercial partners, including the BBC, Sky Sports, Talksport and The Spectator magazine, providing clips.

The next stage in the development of the business was to launch a mobile phone app that allows users to create their own “programmes” by downloading the content they are interested in. The latest version of the service has just been launched on the iPhone and is due to go live on Android devices imminently.

The app allows users to choose the type of content they wish to receive and can be configured so that material can be downloaded automatically to a mobile phone. Someone who wants, say, a daily financial news bulletin can receive exactly that every morning on their device so they can listen to it on the way to work, for example.

Proctor hopes Audioboom will eventually replace radio broadcasts as the means by which listeners receive information. He argues that many listeners have to put up with repeated news bulletins, traffic reports, weather forecasts and so on that they have no interest in. Audioboom’s system of “curated content” will change that, he hopes.

Proctor said: “Radio stations have hours and hours of airtime they have to fill. But in a mobile [phone] environment that doesn’t work. Users expect to be able to choose and curate their experience. Pushing them three hours of a drivetime show doesn’t work. Radio has done an amazingly good job of ring- fencing itself against the rise of digital [media] up to this point. That is now being broken.”

The development will not stop there. Proctor says the business will move into a third phase — syndicating content to a large network of websites that can then be used to sell advertising.

For example, Audioboom may have an interview with Louis van Gaal, the Manchester United manager, which it can supply to the top 100 most read websites dedicated to the football club. That, he argues, becomes a compelling proposition for advertising buyers. “We will give them options.”

The company also sees great potential to expand internationally. At the moment, about two-thirds of its listeners are in Britain and America, with a further 15% in Australia. But deals such as the recent tie-up with Zee TV, the Indian media giant, indicate the company has its sights set on moving farther afield.

South America is a big opportunity, as is the Spanish-speaking part of the American market.

Malcolm Wall, a veteran media figure who heads Pinewood Studios’ joint venture in China, is set to join the board as a non-executive director to help advise on the overseas growth.

Given the global appeal of the Premier League, the next transfer deadline day, in January, could be even more of a boon for Audioboom.

Just read that in the Times tonight dc , very interesting , i must pay more attention to these threads :)

Directorate Change

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RNS Number : 0645U

Audioboom Group PLC

13 October 2014








Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Board changes and update on September performance



Audioboom Group plc (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media audio platform, announces the appointment of Malcolm Wall as Non-executive Chairman and Jason Mackay as Non-executive Director to the board of Audioboom with immediate effect.



Malcolm Wall has worked across the media spectrum in the UK and overseas. He has been CEO, Content at Virgin Media, CEO of Abu Dhabi Media, COO of UBM plc and held a number of senior roles within ITV companies. He is currently working with Pinewood Studios to develop their Chinese interests. He is an advisor to the Abu Dhabi Media Zone Authority, a Non Executive Director of the international film fund, Image Nation, Chairman of Dock 10(the Media City production facility) and Non Executive Director of Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc, a leading digital consumer engagement provider.



Jason Mackay has extensive experience in the financial markets having worked for 11 years at UBS and Morgan Stanley most recently as a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley's equity business. Jason was also co-head of hedge fund GLG's UK equity business for 7 years, responsible for managing $3bn of assets. Over the last 4 years Jason has founded several property businesses and invested in and helped numerous small companies. Jason will have a particular focus on the marketing of Audioboom.



As a result of these appointments, Roger Maddock will step down as Chairman, but will stay on the board with responsibility for Jersey matters. Rodger Sargent will leave the board, having helped complete the recent fund raise. Given the speed of progress and growth of international operations, the board is actively engaged in searching for a finance director and expect to announce an appointment in due course.



September performance



September 2014 saw over 170,000 new registered users, a 30% increase on the August figure. In the 10 days to the end of September since the launch on 22nd September, there have been over 275,000 downloads of the new app, on minimal marketing, a figure considerably ahead of management expectation. Amongst many other statistics, 'follows', that is, users making a content provider a 'favourite' whose content they automatically follow, have increased over 125% since the app launch, an indication of significantly increased engagement and 'stickiness' that bodes very well for the future.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "I am delighted to welcome Malcolm Wall and Jason Mackay to the board- it is a reflection of Audioboom's progress that we are able to attract two such high calibre people. Malcolm's experience in global media, digital and technology and Jason's considerable success and expertise in the capital markets will be crucial as we take Audioboom to the next level.



The statistics released today show the progress Audioboom has made In a short period of time; I am particularly encouraged by these early indications of uptake for the new app. However, they also reveal there is a huge untapped global market out there for us to aim at and I look forward to making further updates on our progress in the near future."

From the Sunday Times - Despite the enormous rise in its share price, some market watchers believe Audioboom remains conservatively valued compared with far bigger, more established social media businesses such as Twitter and Facebook. Its market value is a little over £73m — about £25 for each of its almost 3m registered users — which is about half or one-third of the equivalent measure for Twitter or Snapchat.



Clearly still under valued.

Behind the Scenes of Our New App Video

By Harriet on Oct 29, 2014 in Behind-The-Scenes



http://blog.audioboom.com/

For what it's worth dc, I noticed that Robbie Burns aka Naked Trader bought in on 28/10 with a target price of 17p and stop at 11p. Just for info, it was posted on his website.

Cheers doodle, have not ignored you , only just got in.

What was Robbie's buy price ?

12.10p alwickk - according to his website. He also bought two tranches in August @8.45p, one of which he has since sold.

ok, cheers

So his stop was 9% @ 12.10 , is that a bit wide

Our system’s recommendation today is to BUY. The BULLISH HARAMI CROSS pattern finally received a confirmation because the prices crossed above the confirmation level which was at 13.1250, and our valid average buying price stands now at 13.1500. The previous SHORT signal was issued on 04/11/2014, 8 days ago, when the stock price was 13.5750. Since then BOOM.L has fallen by -3.13%.

Market Outlook

The bulls have strong evidence on their side and this evidence prompts us to make a bullish bet. The bullish pattern that was previously identified is finally confirmed and a BUY signal is generated. It is probably the right time to be part of this boost and bullish market sentiment. The market is telling you about a possible new profit. Do not miss this chance.



http://www.britishbulls.com/SignalPage.aspx?lang=en&Ticker=BOOM.L

New Content Partners

RNS


RNS Number : 0090X

Audioboom Group PLC

14 November 2014








Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



New Content Partners



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces a number of new content partners within the music, sports, business and publishing sectors.



● Beggars Group New York and London, the biggest independent record label in the world

● Barclays Bank A new partnership helping Barclays make more audio content and increase accessibility for all customers including the visually impaired

● IMG Including coverage of Ryder Cup golf and UEFA Champions League Football

● Vauxhall Football Shows on the Euro qualifiers from the sponsors of home nations football

● TIME Magazine The Brief: 12 things you need to know from the editors of TIME Updated daily

● World Economic ForumA channel containing global forums and summit coverage

● Big D and Bubba Americas most popular syndicated country music radio show with big social media followers, including exclusive interviews with Country Music Awards winners posted directly

● United Christian (Global) Broadcasters The world's biggest religious broadcast network with affiliates in 25 countries, including the world's first live Christian mobile TV channel



We continue to attract major sporting organisations to the platform including the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars, who are using Audioboom to connect with their growing UK fan base, including allowing fans to record good luck messages to the team before last Sunday's game at Wembley.



Additionally signed this month: Premiership team Stoke City, leading Championship sidesCharlton and Wolves, Lords Cricket Ground, London Scottish, Harlequins and 15 other teams and sports organisations.

In addition, Audioboom's base in Australia continues to grow. Now on the platform are:



● The Football Federation of Australia.

● A number of A League soccer teams including Perth Glory.

● Flemington, home of The Melbourne Cup

● The Fairfax Media Group - Australia's leading diversified media company are fully integrated onto the platform, including news and sports interviews from their six radio stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "This is just a sample of the premium content Audioboom has attracted onto the platform in recent weeks. We continue to actively build content partnerships that enhance the Audioboom listening experience and grow audience reach for content providers. The international spread, in particular into America, bodes very well for future strategic developments."

Major media sales partnerships in UK and US

RNS


RNS Number : 6640Z

Audioboom Group PLC

12 December 2014






12 December 2014



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



Major media sales partnerships in UK and US



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces that it has signed two major media sales partnerships with Global Radio (UK) and AdLarge Media (US), a major step towards the Company's goal of developing significant advertising revenues.



In the UK, Audioboom has entered into an exclusive media sales partnership with Global Radio, with its inventory being featured on the new DAX (Digital Advertising Exchange) platform, which allows media buyers a single purchasing point for Audio on Demand advertising. Global Radio will be directly representing Audioboom inventory across news, current affairs, politics and business, to all of the major media planning and buying agencies in the UK.



In the USA, Audioboom has signed a non-exclusive partner agreement with AdLarge Media, the fastest growing independent audio advertising sales company in America. AdLarge Media aims to connect national advertisers with consumers on nationally distributed Audio on Demand inventory via digital and mobile platforms.



The agreement with AdLarge Media will see them directly representing all of Audioboom's inventory across all content genres. Indeed the first campaign has already been booked for US auto insurance company Geico at $36,000, after only one day of the companies working together.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "I am really excited by our latest media sales partnerships. To be working with two of the highest profile and most prolific media sales companies in the world, really demonstrates that Audioboom is on the way to achieving its goals of becoming a major global media company and delivering significant revenues."



Cathy Csukas, Co-Founder & President of AdLarge Media, commented, "With the immense growth of on-demand spoken word content, we are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Audioboom. The targeting capabilities and reach that Audioboom offers gives our brand investors a unique opportunity to connect branded messaging with their core demographics."



Stuart Mays, Director of Commercial Strategy, DAX & Global Radio, commented, "I'm very pleased to count Audioboom as one of the earlier partners into DAX, the UK's biggest Digital Audio Exchange. DAX aims to bring together remarkable products and services in the digital audio space and provide advertisers and media agencies a simple access point to this burgeoning sector. The equivalent US market generates revenues of approximately $1.5bn and significant growth is predicted. The UK market is starting to grow rapidly with interest across most advertising categories and strong brands like Audioboom, with great content and growing audience numbers, will lead this sectors' growth."

Agreement with Audible

RNS


RNS Number : 7063Z

Audioboom Group PLC

15 December 2014






15 December 2014



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



Agreement with Audible



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, has agreed a content deal with Audible Limited ("Audible"). Audible, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc, is the world's largest audio entertainment company, with over 1,500,000 hours of content, including digital audiobooks, radio and TV programmes, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers.



Audioboom's new apps have an algorithm that learns a user's likes and tailors content delivery accordingly, allowing the creation of favourites, follows and playlists. This allows the showcasing of Audible content as part of the automated 'feed' of audio delivered on a genre-by-genre, region-by-region basis. Initially Audioboom will carry the latest releases and bestselling titles from Audible each month and will subsequently list all the relevant titles within the Audible portfolio.



Once the user has listened to a free sample of an audiobook, they can click directly through to Audible and register for a free trial and receive their free title as a reward. In addition, Audioboom has created a dedicated audiobook category within its apps and website, allowing users to browse bestsellers from different content genres, play samples and click straight through to Audible to register for an account.



Audible has a well-established affiliate programme that fits ideally into Audioboom's architecture. Audioboom will receive an upfront payment for every user that registers to Audible through Audioboom and an on-going percentage of retail sales from that subscriber on an ongoing basis via the Audible affiliate programme. The better Audioboom's recommendation engine works and the faster its user base grows, then the more revenue will be generated.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "Audible is by some way the world leader in audiobooks and we are delighted to have signed this agreement with them. It shows the potential of the Audioboom platform to promote exceptional content and our ability to monetise our rapidly growing user base.



"We continue to work on a number of other agreements with global companies in order to generate significant new user numbers but also accelerate the platform's revenue generating capabilities. Whilst I am delighted with the progress we are making on our key revenue source - the roll out of our aggregated audio advertising network - it is particularly pleasing that this separate, non-advertising based revenue stream is now coming through."

yum yum - BOOM indeed:




New content partners
RNS
RNS Number : 9645Z
Audioboom Group PLC
17 December 2014




RNS Reach

17 December 2014

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



New content partners



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces a number of new content partners:



· Sky News Radio (UK): The biggest news supplier to UK commercial radio, Sky News Radio is uploading daily news and analysis podcasts

· Astro Radio - Malaysia's largest radio group

· KSL NewsRadio (USA): One of the biggest regional news services in the US, KSL is the number one station in Utah. KSL is uploading news reports and daily shows to nine content channels

· Global Radio Group - LBC, Heart and XFM uploading content to audioBoom

· Magic FM - Magic FM is now uploading the best clips and highlights of their shows to audioBoom

· Ladbrokes: Ladbrokes is a world leader in the betting and gaming industry with over 2,700 betting outlets in the UK, Ireland, Belgium and Spain and over 800,000 active online customers. They are uploading previews of key football games

· WASPS Rugby Club: English Premiership rugby club will upload post-match interviews and previews of their forthcoming debut season in Coventry

· Oxford University: The oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford University is now using audioBoom to post their audio content

· Pakistan Cricket Board: The national cricket of team of Pakistan are uploading post-match interviews from tests and one-day internationals



Additionally signed in the UK:

Gathering Heritage, Pirate Party, Buddhist Voices, Igniting Souls, Wickham Festival, Wrexham FC, Preston North End Ladies FC, HouseKeeping DJs, SpellBinding Media



Additionally signed in Rest of World:

Watan FM (Syria), Blackcaps (New Zealand cricket team), Brisbane Strikers FC (Australia), Hockey Australia, Hockey New Zealand, Michael Chopra (soccer, India)



Furthermore, two existing content partners have increased the breadth of the content published to audioBoom:



· Sky Sports News: Sky Sports have enhanced the amount of audio content they are placing through audioBoom, increasing audio interviews and analysis in football and now other sports such as rugby, cricket and darts

· Big D & Bubba - Following a successful campaign with exclusive interviews with Country Music Award winners, Big D & Bubba now have new Channels for their podcasts and interviews which will be embedded in their affiliate station websites



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "We continue to attract premium and household names to audioBoom through our active building of content partnerships. Our wide range of content partners within both our key verticals and more niche listening areas, continue to provide audioBoom app users with the best audio content in the world, and we continue to provide our content partners with the best technology."

Year-end 2014 trading update

RNS


RNS Number : 9641Z

Audioboom Group PLC

17 December 2014






17 December 2014



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Year-end 2014 trading update



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, provides a trading update for the year ended 30 November 2014, a year of growth in registered users and content partners, and the establishment of a platform for accelerated future growth.



Highlights



· Trading continues in line with market expectations - the successful fundraising in October will allow for certain expenditure for growth to be accelerated into 2015



· Year-end cash balance of c. £8.9 million



· Over 2,000 content partners, an increase of 675% over 12 months (Nov 2013: 297), with major content partners such as Sky News Radio, Global Radio Group, Magic FM and Ladbrokes recently added - see separate RNS Reach announcement for more information



· 3.14 million registered users, up 64% on same time last year (Nov 2013: 1.92 million)



· The Company expects to release its audited results for the year ended 30 November 2014 on 23 February 2015



Directorate change



Brian Southward, a non-executive director of the Company, has today resigned from the Board following a successful transition to the new non-executive directors appointed at the time of the October fundraising. The Board would like to thank Brian for his good counsel since the acquisition of Audioboom, re-admission to AIM and during the subsequent fundraising and for all his assistance during this transitional period.



Issue of shares



As announced at the time of his appointment to the Board on 13 October 2014, the first year of remuneration for Malcolm Wall, the Chairman of the Company, of £35,000 is to be settled by way of an issue of shares on a basis consistent with that of the other non-executives appointed at the time of the re-admission of the Company to AIM and subsequently, except that the shares are to be issued at 12.5 pence per share, the price of the October placing. In this respect the Company has today issued 280,000 new ordinary shares to Mr Wall, who will as a result hold 480,000 ordinary shares in the Company. Following the issue of the shares and their admission to AIM, the total number of ordinary shares in the Company in issue will be 533,014,557. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, their shareholding in Audioboom.

A big fall today.

Recent share price movement

RNS


RNS Number : 1166A

Audioboom Group PLC

18 December 2014






18 December 2014

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" of the "Company")



Recent share price movement



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces that the Company knows of no trading or operational reason to warrant the material change in the share price yesterday.



The Company provided a positive trading update to the market on 17 December following on from recent announcements regarding the monetisation of the aggregated audio ad network, further new content wins and a deal with Audible.



The Company continues to pursue its stated strategy for growth.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented, "I was disappointed to see the fall in Audioboom's share price yesterday; recent announcements have shown the progress we continue to make as we turn Audioboom into a global media company.



"Following the successful launch of our iOS app which saw over 500,000 installs in just three weeks, the Company is greatly looking forward to rolling out its latest iOS app in January 2015 and our all new Android app in February, supported by an extensive online, offline, on air and outdoor marketing campaign throughout Q1."

Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS


RNS Number : 3545A

Audioboom Group PLC

19 December 2014






19 December 2014



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Director/PDMR Shareholding



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces that the Company has received notification that Rob Proctor, Chief Executive of the Company, has today purchased 96,153 ordinary shares in the Company at 10.4p per share.



Following the purchase, Rob Proctor holds 416,153 ordinary shares in the Company (representing approximately 0.08 per cent of the total shares in issue).

19/12/2014 BUY Rob Proctor CEO 96,153

Expansion into Africa
RNS
RNS Number : 5993B
Audioboom Group PLC
08 January 2015



8 January 2015



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



Expansion into Africa



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces that it has signed an agreement with an African mobile content aggregator: Cloud Africa, to deliver its Software-as-a-Service ('SaaS') platform functionality, audio content and digital audio advertising to around 100 million mobile subscribers across the continent.



The partnership with Cloud Africa will see the AudioBoom app either pre-loaded onto new handsets, or offered to current mobile contract users as a branded service on the portals of the region's major mobile network operators such as MTN, Airtel and Etisalat.



The telecom companies concerned will support the launch of these services with above-the-line marketing campaigns promoting the AudioBoom service as it rolls out through each country.



The African market has shown tremendous growth in the past few years. Mobile device sales have risen from 11 million in 2001 to 735 million devices in 2014. Mobile is the primary way Africans access the internet.



Revenues will be generated from this pan-continental partnership via a mixture of shared earnings from data packages purchased by mobile subscribers to use the service and various advertising and branding opportunities.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom said: "Our SaaS platform continues to attract interest around the world from mobile service providers, content partners and consumers alike. We are delighted to bring the Audioboom experience and content to African mobile users.



"The potential in this market is clear to see and working with a premium partner like Cloud Africa, who already have several significant partnerships and a presence throughout the continent, makes it more of an even more attractive proposition."



Rajesh Parmar, CEO of Cloud Africa said: "Audio is an area which could have a significant impact on large markets where bandwidth to deliver mobile video has traditionally been a challenge.



"We believe Audioboom presents a very powerful proposition that will enable local brands and businesses to effectively engage and monetise the mobile channel through the power of premium audio content and strong call-to-action advertising."

more to come here soon
gla

fantastic rns - contract win USA

BOOM!!
gla

Partnership agreement with Nobex Radio
RNS
RNS Number : 7194B
Audioboom Group PLC
09 January 2015



9 January 2015



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



Partnership agreement with Nobex Radio

AudioBoom (AIM: BOOM), the digital social media platform, announces a partnership with Nobex Technologies Inc. ("Nobex") in the United States. Nobex has an award winning app for streaming live radio content. It has over 20,000 worldwide radio stations on its platform, with over 500 million users.



The partnership between AudioBoom and Nobex will allow 20,000 radio stations in the United States, and 75 other countries around the world, to make on-demand and listen-again audio content available to Nobex mobile app users. The integration of AudioBoom will provide radio stations utilising the Nobex app the opportunity to make use of AudioBoom's full content and technical functionality; stations will be able to get their show highlights, guest interviews, catch-up service and podcasts to their audience via phones and tablets via AudioBoom's on-demand functionality.



Under the terms of the partnership, AudioBoom will pay Nobex a referral fee for every radio station that opens an AudioBoom account to create on-demand functionality and will receive all of the revenue, net of ad sale costs and partner payments, until the referral fee has been recouped. Revenues are likely to be generated through display and audio ads inserted around on-demand plays. Once the referral fee has been recouped, Nobex will pay AudioBoom a fixed percentage of revenues generated through the on-demand audio usage via the Nobex app.



Rob Proctor, CEO of AudioBoom, said:

"We are delighted with this new partnership with Nobex and look forward to working with the company closely to ensure that we are able to provide thousands of radio stations with our functionality and content. We hope this is the first of many partnerships in the US and globally that will not only strengthen the AudioBoom brand and proposition, but also that of our partners and their digital and advertising solutions."



Gadi Mazor, CEO of Nobex, said:

"The partnership between AudioBoom and Nobex will allow us to provide our thousands of radio station partners a complete solution available only to large radio networks until now: an online solution that provides both live and on demand content for their listeners. We are very excited to work with AudioBoom, and provide together the most comprehensive solution to our customers. We believe stations own more than just their content. They own the relationship with their listeners. Nobex Partners provides a mobile app that strengthens that relationship. We want the listener to engage with a station in the station's own app - with the brand the station has built and the listener trusts."

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Audioboom shares up over 1,000% last year as boss plans to build on one of 'the hottest digital sectors out there'




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/investing/article-2916815/SMALL-CAP-SHARE-IDEAS-Audioboom-shares-1-000-year-boss-plans-build-one-hottest-digital-sectors-there.html

Audioboom making a big noise in the 'hottest new digital sector out there'

By Ian Lyall

January 22 2015, 10:55am
Phoning it in: Phase-two will see it chase the consumer market aggressively, for this is where the real value lies. That means it now has to become the default spoken word and podcast player on mobile devices.
Phoning it in: Phase-two will see it chase the consumer market aggressively, for this is where the real value lies. That means it now has to become the default spoken word and podcast player on mobile devices.


Robert Proctor said he could barely raise a smile from the Silicon Valley venture capitalists or indeed any UK based VCs when he took the Audioboom (LON:BOOM) story out on the road, looking for cash.

“Spoken word audio and audio on demand were just not that trendy a couple years ago. Now they are the hottest digital sectors out there,” he told Proactive Investors.

Audioboom’s share price, up over 1,000% last year, reflects the medium’s new-found popularity.

Having utterly transformed the business in less than two years, the aim now is to deliver the real value.

That means cracking the phone and tablet market while at the same time creating a profitable and cash generative business.

Audioboom styles itself as the NetFlix for audio. It was initially set up as a user generated content social network, akin to Twitter for audio.

However, the service offering is now aimed squarely at the largest broadcasters, publishers and sporting organisations, which use Audioboom’s technology as their default audio player on their websites and social media channels.

This has been a huge success with companies such as the BBC, Bauer, Global and Fox using the technology worldwide.

Proctor reckons the firm is now the world’s biggest repository of on demand spoken word content.

More than 2,000 content partners are signed up to Audioboom, which has 5,600 channels and 3.3mln registered users (up from just 25,000 in April 2013) and over 30 million monthly active unique users.

Phase-two will see it chase the consumer market aggressively, for this is where the real value lies. That means it now has to become the default spoken word and podcast player on mobile devices.

It will officially launch on Apple’s iOS platform later this month, although the alpha version of the app is already in the Apple app store, while the Android version will formally go live towards the end of February.

The target is to have 5mln registered users by the end of the year. Proctor reckons the tipping point where the service will have gone viral is around the 7-8 million user mark.

Once this landmark is achieved it can be safely assumed that Audioboom is established and sticky and the process of monetisation through advertising can begin in earnest.

Until it gets to this point, the CEO is keen to keep the mobile app ad-free.

The reality of being a publicly listed firm is that Audioboom, unlike virtually every other high growth internet company in the world, must at some point make money for its investors.

However, Proctor doesn’t want to degrade the user experience before that vital tipping point of virality has been hit.

So, he and the team have come up with a plan that allows the business to break even during 2016 while continuing to develop the consumer offering.

The company will do this by syndicating out its highest quality audio content to third-party websites, with this content carrying pre-,post-roll and graphic display advertising.

By way of explanation let’s use the Audioboom’s tie up with websites devoted to Manchester United.

It has identified around 3,000 sites and blogs that cover the footballing ups and downs of one of the world’s most popular club.

Only a handful of them have media capabilities. So, Audioboom has singled out 128 to receive Man U related audio with advertising attached.

This model is being replicated for all the Premier League teams, across other sports such as cricket, rugby and cycling. Aditionally the company is creating audio content and ad networks for all of its major content genres, including: entertainment, news, business and music.

By the end of the quarter, the company estimates its sports network alone could number 4,000 sites, attracting 30mln unique users.

Web advertising experts reckon conservatively this could generate a monthly income of around £300,000 for the sports content alone. Proctor won’t comment on the figure.

The group came to AIM by reversing into cash shell Delta One.

It raised just under £3.5mln at 1.5p in March and topped this up in October with a further £8mln.

The current market capitalisation of £52mln may from the outside may look a little toppy for a business that is likely to remain loss-making for most of the next two years.

However, this is very definitely the wrong way to look at Audioboom.

Spotify is widely rumoured to be gearing up for an IPO that would value the music streaming service at US$10-15bn.

On that basis its 60mln users are worth just over US$200 each.

Applying that metric to Audioboom delivers a number that is just under 10 times its current market capitalisation.

But given the user base is nowhere near the critical mass it requires, you would have to discount that per subscriber valuation significantly.

A value of US$25 per subscriber gives us the business’s current market worth. There is an argument that for Audioboom $50 to $100 per head is closer to the mark.

That argument can rage. This analysis simply reveals that the current share price, which has gone from 1.5p last March to just under 10p today, provides a conservative valuation yardstick.

The recent flow of announcements reveals the group is gaining significant traction with content providers.

Its partnership with Nobex Technologies opens the door to 20,000 radio stations worldwide with 500mln users streamed via the American firm’s award winning app.

Meanwhile, the tie-up with Amazon-owned audio books group Audible reveals how Audioboom’s attraction as platform for paid-for content.

Deals of this ilk were the thing of dreams back in April 2013 when the business in its current form started with just 25,000 registered users.

“We started from a low base less than two years ago,” said Proctor. "I think we have done alright so far, but we have big plans for 2015 and we can see the hockey stick growth beginning across a number of our key KPIs.”

Finals Mon 23 Feb

Final Results
RNS
RNS Number : 5357F
Audioboom Group PLC
23 February 2015



23 February 2015

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Final Results



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, announces its final audited results for the 11 month period ended 30 November 2014, a period of continued growth in its active userbase and content partners, and during which the Company has established a platform for accelerated future growth and long term revenue generation.



Audioboom is a mobile, web and connected device platform which aims to provide the very best spoken-word content in news, current affairs, business, entertainment and sports - see www.audioboom.com. Audioboom is using this platform to create the world's first aggregated audio content syndication and advertising network.



Period-end highlights

· 3.14m registered users, up 64% on same time last year (Nov 2013: 1.92m)

· Over 2,000 content partners (Nov 2013: 297)

· Launch of new free iOS Audioboom app and rebranding as Audioboom

· Media sales partnership with talkSPORT

· Year-end cash balance of £8.9m following oversubscribed placing in October 2014



Post-period highlights

· Major new content deal with Russell Brand and launch of marketing campaign

· Advertising revenues to come from media sales deals with Global Radio (UK) and AdLarge Media (US)

· Revenue referral agreement with Audible, a subsidary of Amazon.com

· Partnership to make on-demand and listen again functionality available to radio stations utilising the Nobex mobile app platform

· Expansion into Africa via mobile content aggregator Cloud Africa

· Continued growth in registered users (to 3.4m) and content partners (to 2,300) in Q1



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented:

"We remain very much on course with our plans to establish a global userbase of listeners who are attracted by our 'go to' destination for spoken-word audio covering sport, news, business, entertainment and current affairs. We believe consumers want a new way to listen to spoken-word audio and that is through digital devices, with content delivered on-demand. The number and range of high quality, global content partners using Audioboom to provide short, snappy, interesting and shareable pieces of audio continues to grow.



At this stage of the business our focus, and the driver of shareholder value, will be through providing the highest quality content and attracting as wide an audience as possible. A platform like this has significant potential for revenue generation through the creation of the first aggregated audio content syndication and ad network based on embedded audio carrying adverts."



Presentations for analysts and investors will take place later today. To

YOLO tunes into Audioboom with £245k investment

By Andrew Neil

February 23 2015, 5:36pm
YOLO tunes into Audioboom with £245k investment

YOLO (LON:YOLO), an AIM listed company investing in leisure and technology, has invested £245,000 in digital social media platform Audioboom (LON:BOOM).

The cash deal sees YOLO acquire 2.5mln shares in the firm – equivalent to a 0.47% stake in the company.

Audioboom styles itself as the NetFlix for audio. It was initially set up as a user generated content social network, akin to Twitter for audio.

However, the service offering is now aimed squarely at the largest broadcasters, publishers and sporting organisations, which use Audioboom’s technology as their default audio player on their websites and social media channels.

Simon Robinson, chief executive of YOLO, said: "We are very pleased to have taken a strategic investment into Audioboom, on the basis that the business has strong growth and value potential within the global mobile audio and streaming sector.

“As the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, Audioboom is well positioned to establish a global userbase of listeners covering sport, news, business, entertainment and current affairs."

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Audioboom Launches New Android App
RNS
RNS Number : 6629F
Audioboom Group PLC
24 February 2015



Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Audioboom Launches New Android App



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, announces that it will relaunch its Android app with an updated design and a host of new features tomorrow.



The new app - which will be available from Google Play - launches shortly after the announcement of the Company's partnership with comedian and presenter, Russell Brand, who will be recording The Russell Brand Podcast exclusively for the platform.



The platform currently has 3.4 million registered users around the world, and works with over 2,300 global content partners and broadcasters.



The Android app includes:



· a completely redesigned interface in line with the Audioboom iOS app;

· Your Player, which plays the freshest content from the channels and people the user is following, plus trending and relevant audio from the categories they like;

· a custom-built recommendations engine to learn what audio the listener loves;

· a download function to save audio posts for offline listening with one swipe;

· an updated record, trim and upload function to let the user quickly create their own clips to share with the world.



Rob Proctor, CEO of Audioboom, commented:

"The launch of our iOS app at the end of last year was a huge success, and we're excited now at long last to bring the same functionality to our Android users. We believe we are reinventing radio consumption for the digital age, and the new app allows people the opportunity to listen and curate audio when they want to. Having moved from user generated content to high quality, professional content, we are rapidly becoming the Netflix for audio."

Following AudioBoom CEO Rob Proctor’s results statement on 23 Feburary, House Broker Arden Partners updated their forecasts on results day.

Arden is forecasting sales of £3m for the year to 30 November 2015 rising to £7 million in 2016. A loss of £3 million is forecast for 2015 with a small profit of £0.2 million for 2016. The broker has a share price target of 24 pence. - See more at: http://www.investorschampion.com/aimzine/

Audioboom hooks up with in-car entertainment specialist Aupeo

By John Harrington

March 06 2015, 7:23am
Word up: AUPEO! is currently available on more than five million vehicles globally, covering 20 marques and 60 countries.
Word up: AUPEO! is currently available on more than five million vehicles globally, covering 20 marques and 60 countries.


Aupeo, the personalised Internet radio service, is to start carrying spoken-word content from Audioboom (LON:BOOM).

The content will be available on Aupeo's in-car offering, AUPEO!, which is currently available on more than five million vehicles globally, covering 20 marques and 60 countries.

Audioboom will create, curate and seamlessly deliver UK, US, Australian and European news, sport, comedy and entertainment audio content directly into the AUPEO! platform.

The AIM-listed firm will generate revenue-sharing income based on the installed base, which includes the Audioboom "stations", as well as a 50% share of advertising revenue (net of channel fees) generated on clips listened to for more than 30 seconds.

In the short-term revenue expectations are likely to be modest, Audioboom said, but the board expects these to increase significantly as take-up and familiarity grows.

Content aggregated and provided by Audioboom will be available to AUPEO! users early in the second quarter of 2015.

Rob Proctor, chief executive officer of Audioboom, said Aupeo is one of the most innovative operators in the in-car entertainment sector, which will be a major focus of Audioboom over the coming year.

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Audioboom (LON:BOOM) – Speculative Buy

On Friday, Audioboom announced a global agreement with Aupeo, a market leading supplier of in-vehicle platforms and personalised content for connected vehicles. Aupeo, owned by Panasonic, recently launched Personal Radio by AUPEO!, the in-car infotainment platform and service which allows consumers to listen to news, sports, traffic and weather with their favourite music in their own intuitive, personal and vehicle-friendly radio station. The service is currently available on more than five million vehicles globally, covering 20 automobile brands and 60 countries. We see the market growing substantially in the medium term. Audioboom will be a global provider and delivery platform of audio content to Aupeo and will create, curate and seamlessly deliver UK, US, Australian and European news, sport, comedy and entertainment audio content directly into the Personal Radio by AUPEO! in-car infotainment platform. Audioboom will generate revenue-sharing income based on the installed base which include the Audioboom stations as well as a 50% share of advertising revenue generated on clips listened to for over 30 seconds. In the short-term revenue expectations are likely to be modest but the Board expect these to increase significantly as take-up and familiarity grows. Content aggregated and provided by Audioboom will be available to AUPEO! users early in the second quarter of 2015.

Our view: The significance of this deal is that Panasonic has chosen Audioboom as its platform for delivery of the spoken word to its in-car radio service. This collaboration further enhances Audioboom’s reputation as a global brand, and seeks to position Audioboom as a leader in spoken-word audio content within the automotive market. A large percentage of radio audience is in-the-car and we believe the Audioboom/Aupeo agreement is not insignificant. As the CEO of Audioboom comments: “We’re absolutely delighted to work with Aupeo and to be one of their key collaborators world wide. We consider the company to be one of the most innovative in the automotive infotainment space, which is a major focus for us over the coming year as we continue to grow our global user base of listeners.” We continue with our view that Audioboom is not just the only social media company listed in the UK, but uniquely focused on the spoken word. Speculative Buy

Update on key performance indicators
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RNS Number : 6422K
Audioboom Group PLC
20 April 2015



Audioboom Group plc

(the "Company" or "Audioboom")



Update on key performance indicators



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, announced at the time of its recent annual results that it would provide regular updates on its key performance indicators (KPIs). The Board intends to provide quarterly updates with reference to its quarter ends (being February, May, August and November). However, ahead of its AGM to be held this week and in light of the recent launch of the new Android mobile app, the exclusive Russell Brand podcasts and the marketing campaign, the Board wishes to provide KPIs in respect of March.



Content partners - over 2,400 active content partners by the end of March (up more than 150 during the month), with recent notable additions including BBC Radio 4's Six O'Clock News, the All Blacks (New Zealand Rugby), the ATP Tour (the worldwide men's tennis tour) and the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Total content partners number approximately 4,000 whereas active content partners are those who have posted content in the previous week.



Registered users - over 3.6 million at the end of the month, with more than 200,000 new registered users signing up in March, a monthly record.



App downloads - 244,000 total mobile app installs during March (113,000 iOS and 131,000 Android), another monthly record. This figure is almost 50% of the total mobile app installs in all previous months taken together. The apps charted in the entertainment categories on the Apple App Store and on Google Play respectively.



Although not currently a KPI, it is worth noting that monthly active uniques (MAUs) - being the number of unique users who have accessed Audioboom content in the past month via the website, both apps and embeddable content players - measured 22.8 million in March.



In terms of monetisation, a significant number of companies have now signed up to advertising campaigns associated with Audioboom content, including McDonalds, Burger King, Holden Australia (a subsidiary of General Motors), Walmart and Progressive Insurance.



Audioboom CEO, Rob Proctor, commented: "The KPIs show the progress we have made in a short period of time, with March being comfortably our best month since launch. There has also been a multiple increase in "follows" on the app which is particularly exciting as it indicates user engagement and the developing relationship that users have with Audioboom. As well as the mobile growth, it is pleasing that traffic to the website in March increased almost 75 per cent over February."

App integration: Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
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RNS Number : 9163K
Audioboom Group PLC
22 April 2015



22 April 2015

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom")



App integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, announces the global integration of its iOS and Android apps with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto respectively.



Using the Audioboom app, users can now listen to the very best spoken-word content, on demand, whilst in their car. Changes to Audioboom's iOS and Android apps allow them to be integrated into over thirty of the biggest car manufacturers in the world using Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Manufacturers include Audi, BMW, Ford, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Peugeot and Renault.



Users can simply open the Audioboom app on their phone and plug it in using the car's in-built USB port. The app will then seamlessly take over the vehicle's built-in display. Users can navigate through the app as usual, browsing through audio clips by category or what's trending using their car's touch control system on the dashboard or through their steering wheel controls.



This is another breakthrough into the commuter market for Audioboom, who recently announced a deal with in-car entertainment specialist Aupeo, a system which is currently available on more than five million vehicles globally.



Audioboom CEO, Rob Proctor, commented: "2015 was always going to be the year Audioboom targeted the car, as 80% of all audio listening comes from drivers. With our Aupeo partnership and now the integration with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, Audioboom is at the forefront of reinventing the in-car audio experience."

Director's dealing
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RNS Number : 0367N
Audioboom Group PLC
13 May 2015



13 May 2015

Audioboom Group plc

("Audioboom" or the "Company")



Director's dealing



The Company received notification on 13 May that Nick Candy, a director of Audioboom, purchased 9,170,000 ordinary shares in the Company at 5.88p per share on 12 May.



Following the purchase, Mr Candy is taken to be beneficially interested in 24,820,000 ordinary shares in the Company, representing approximately 4.66 per cent of the issued share capital.

Property mogul Nick Candy ups his stake in Audioboom

By Andrew Neil

May 13 2015, 1:40pm
Audioboom specialises in streaming podcasts and radio programmes via its mobile app.
Audioboom specialises in streaming podcasts and radio programmes via its mobile app.


High profile property developer Nick Candy has purchased over £500,000 worth of shares in digital social media platform Audioboom (LON:BOOM).

Candy, along with his brother Christian, made his name building luxury flats. Developments include the luxury One Hyde Park apartment complex in London.

Last month he became a non-executive director at Audioboom, which specialises in streaming podcasts and radio programmes via its mobile app.

The company recently signed Russell Brand as its flagship presenter while the likes of talkSport, the Guardian, Absolute Radio and the BBC have signed up to use the platform.

In a stock exchange statement today, Audioboom said Candy purchased 9,170,000 ordinary shares in the company at 5.88p apiece on 12 May – a £531,500 purchase.

Candy now holds nearly 25mln shares in the firm which accounts for 4.6% stake.

Audioboom shares headed higher on the news and were up 14% to 8.1p in early afternoon deals.

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Quarterly key performance indicators
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RNS Number : 1596P
Audioboom Group PLC
04 June 2015



4 June 2015

Audioboom Group plc

(the "Company" or "Audioboom")



Quarterly key performance indicators



Audioboom (AIM: BOOM), the leading spoken-word audio on-demand mobile platform, announced at the time of its 2014 annual results in February that it would provide quarterly updates on its key performance indicators (KPIs).



The following KPIs cover the Company's second financial quarter from March to end-May:



Content partners- over 3,000 active content partners1 at the end of May. Approximately 650 new content partners were added during the quarter, with recent notable additions including the hit US podcast Undisclosed: The State Vs Adnan Syed, Baseball America, SNY.TV (New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Mets), ARU (Australian Rugby Union), Epsom racecourse, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, BBC Hindi, MCM Comic Con and the Bob Harris Legend Series.



1Active content partners are those who have posted content during the period



Registered users- over 4 million at the end of May, with almost 600,000 new registered users signing up in the quarter (including c. 206,000 in May, a new monthly record).



App downloads- over 1,275,000 total mobile app installs during the quarter (approximately 60:40 Android to iOS), with more than 550,000 added in May alone, another monthly record.



Although not currently a reported KPI, the number of "listens" (that is, the number of times users consume Audioboom content through the website, the iOS and Android apps, and via the embeddable content players) will become an important metric in the coming months as it will ultimately drive advertising revenue. Total listens for the quarter exceeded 75 million, taking the total lifetime listens for Audioboom content past the 500 million mark.



Audioboom CEO, Rob Proctor, commented, "May was another record month, not just for our reported KPIs but also for other key metrics including monthly active users, listens and follows. Together with strong performance in March and April, the quarter was comfortably our best to date. With our current rate of growth we are on track to meet or exceed the full year expectations for all these performance measures."