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Winners announced for the 2023 Audio Production Awards
The Audio Production Awards, sponsored by Audible, were held at a gala event on Wednesday 22 November at the BFI on London’s South Bank. Nish Kumar & Coco Khan, presenters of weekly British political comedy podcast, Pod Save the UK, were this year’s hosts. The...
Audio creatives highlight competition concerns as plans confirmed to move BBC speech audio production to BBC Studios
AudioUK, the trade body for independent audio production companies, has responded to the BBC confirming that it will be moving a significant part of its speech audio production to BBC Studios by April 2024. This will mean the BBC will be competing against the...
Nominations announced for Audio Production Awards 2023
The full list of nominees has been released for the Audio Production Awards 2023. Comedian, Nish Kumar, and journalist, Coco Khan, presenters of the Pod Save the UK podcast, have been confirmed as hosts for this year’s Audio Production Awards ceremony to be held on...
The Audio Production Awards announces Amazon Music & Wondery as Pay What You Can scheme sponsors
AudioUK is delighted to be joining forces with Amazon Music & Wondery for a third year on the Pay What You Can scheme to help the Audio Production Awards to grow and to reach even more audio creators across the UK. The scheme is key to ensuring inclusive and equal...
Two new Board Directors appointed at AudioUK
AudioUK this week appointed two new Directors to the Board. At its Annual General meeting on Tuesday, the independent audio producers’ trade body announced that Geoff Jein, Head of Audio at TBI Media, and Viv Parry, Head of Operations at Reduced Listening, would be...
The Audio Production Awards are back for 2023!
The Audio Production Awards are back for 2023! Extended 9-week entry period & Early Bird fee announced plus all entry details Audible announced as headline sponsor The Audio Production Awards, sponsored by Audible, have returned for their thirteenth year....
Storyglass’ Steve Carsey becomes Chair of Audiotrain podcasting, radio and audiobook skills programme
Steve Carsey has taken over as Chair of Audiotrain, the training and skills initiative run by producers’ trade body AudioUK which increases skills and knowledge for audio production professionals making podcasts, radio and audiobooks. Steve is the Managing Director of...
UK audio producers call for more competition for BBC audio content as the BBC moves into wider market
AudioUK, the trade body for independent audio production companies, is calling for more of BBC’s radio and audio non-news speech content to be open to competition for external producers. The BBC has announced its internal radio and audio speech production review, the...
AudioUK and Radiocentre welcome ‘highly positive’ Audio Content Fund evaluation
AudioUK, the trade body for independent audio production companies and Radiocentre, the trade organisation for commercial radio, today welcomed the publication of the formal evaluation of the Audio Content Fund. The ACF is a pilot scheme which was given three years’...