{"id":10357,"date":"2020-05-08T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2546679"},"modified":"2020-05-08T12:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T12:50:00","slug":"acast-partners-with-jiosaavn-one-of-indias-largest-streaming-audio-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/08\/acast-partners-with-jiosaavn-one-of-indias-largest-streaming-audio-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Acast partners with JioSaavn, one of India\u2019s largest streaming audio services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/GettyImages-837551280.jpg?w=730&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Condenser microphone for recording in studio\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/en\">Acast<\/a>, a podcast monetization and distribution platform, announced a new partnership with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jiosaavn.com\/\">JioSaavn<\/a>, one of the largest streaming audio services in India. The agreement mean&nbsp;<a class=\"crunchbase-link\" href=\"https:\/\/crunchbase.com\/organization\/saavn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"organization\" data-entity=\"saavn\">JioSaavn&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;will distribute content from Acast and have access to its technology for podcasters.<\/p>\n<p>JioSaavn, which claims 104 million monthly active users, is the second-largest streaming audio service in India after Gaana, and holds about 24% market share, according to an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/article\/346761\">OTT Audience Measurement Insights report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Podcasts from&nbsp;<a class=\"crunchbase-link\" href=\"https:\/\/crunchbase.com\/organization\/acast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-type=\"organization\" data-entity=\"acast\">Acast&rsquo;s&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;network will be added to JioSaavn&rsquo;s streaming app over the next two months. Based in Sweden, Acast focuses on developing ways to help podcasters monetize, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/05\/01\/acast-access\/\">subscription paywalls<\/a>&nbsp;and dynamic ads. Publishers on Acast&rsquo;s network include the Guardian, BBC, the Financial Times and PBS NewsHour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"piano-inline-promo\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>JioSaavn launched original programming in 2016, including JioSaavn podcasts, which it says now has more than 200 hours of original content.<\/p>\n<p>In a press statement, Ishani Dasgupta, JioSaavn&rsquo;s lead of podcast partnerships, said, &ldquo;Podcasting is still largely nascent to consumers in the Indian market, with momentum growing quickly. The ability to grow and build new audiences, new shows and establish pathways for brands to access both is really just beginning for our 1.3 billion potential consumer market.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.acast.com\/en<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Catherine Shu<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Catherine Shu<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acast, a podcast monetization and distribution platform, announced a new partnership with&nbsp;JioSaavn, one of the largest streaming audio services in India. The agreement mean&nbsp;JioSaavn&nbsp;&nbsp;will distribute content from Acast and have access to its technology for podcasters. JioSaavn, which claims 104 million monthly active users, is the second-largest streaming audio service in India after Gaana, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/05\/08\/acast-partners-with-jiosaavn-one-of-indias-largest-streaming-audio-services-2\/\">Continue reading <span>Acast partners with JioSaavn, one of India&rsquo;s largest streaming audio services<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/08\/acast-partners-with-jiosaavn-one-of-indias-largest-streaming-audio-services\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Acast partners with JioSaavn, one of India\u2019s largest streaming audio services - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/05\/08\/acast-partners-with-jiosaavn-one-of-indias-largest-streaming-audio-services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Acast partners with JioSaavn, one of India\u2019s largest streaming audio services - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acast, a podcast monetization and distribution platform, announced a new partnership with&nbsp;JioSaavn, one of the largest streaming audio services in India. 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