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.



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Partnership agreement with Nobex Radio
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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'




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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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."