October 7, 2014
Content Discovery

Content Discovery – Making the Most of Your Audio Assets

We have received a lot of interest in our latest product, XAPP Content Discovery. Our first product, Interactive Audio Ads addressed the challenge of mobile audio monetization straight on. Interactive Audio Content Discoveries leverage the platform even further. Instead of advertisers generating engagement for their offers, publishers can use the platform to promote their audio content libraries.
October 6, 2014
Mobile Marketer on XAPPmedia Content Promos

Mobile Marketer on XAPPmedia: “The XAPP technology has boosted engagement with both NPR’s sponsorship units and promos.”

From Mobile Marketer, October 2014: "NPR listeners can now use voice commands with a mobile application to seamlessly interact with in-program promotions and other media within the network’s system, increasing engagement with the public radio network’s brand."
October 2, 2014

XAPPmedia Launches Interactive Audio Content Promos for Internet Radio Publishers & Advertisers

Today, XAPPmedia announced Interactive Audio Content Promos, a proprietary voice interaction solution that allows consumers to access content by speaking while using audio apps. The microphone on mobile devices is used to allow the 100 million American consumers listening to audio through mobile apps to access content hands-free and eyes-free.
September 25, 2014

Advertising Week Panelist Spotlight: Brian Benedik, Spotify

Spotify’s Vice President of North America Advertising, Brian Benedik is one of four panelists on next week’s Advertising Week panel, “Out of Touch but Still Connected: Today’s Ultramobile Consumers.” He shares what he’s seen change in advertising over the years and how mobile has rocked the whole industry.
September 24, 2014

Advertising Week Panelist Spotlight: Bryan Moffett, NPR

National Public Radio Vice President of Digital Strategy and Sponsorship Operations, Bryan Moffett is one of four panelists on next week's Advertising Week panel, "Out of Touch but Still Connected: Today's Ultramobile Consumers" sponsored by XAPP. He shares what's changed in the radio industry over the past decade and how digital became a key component.
August 6, 2014
NPR One App

Re/code Recounts XAPP Ads Encounter

Today, Re/code’s Katie Boehret reviewed the new NPR One App. Not surprisingly, she had many good things to say about it, including NPR's work with XAPPmedia.
July 29, 2014
NPR One "Ask Me Another" Promo featuring XAPP Ads

The NPR One App: Infinite News, Education, Stories, XAPP

Part news, part audio education and talk entertainment, NPR One provides for news and talk listeners what Pandora pioneered for music. Instead of selecting your news stories a la carte or being served up the undifferentiated broadcast, NPR One seeks to personalize the experience for each listener automatically.
July 23, 2014
XAPP Ads Workflow

Making XAPP Ads Easy for Publishers to Use – Scalability Part 3

In our two previous blog posts, we discussed how XAPP Ads scale for Consumers and Advertisers. The final piece in the puzzle is how we provide scalability for mobile Publishers. Four scalability factors impact them directly: Transactions, Implementations, Integration and Ad Ops.
June 17, 2014
Monthly Mobile Audio Listeners

The Data Piles Up – Radio Serves Ultramobile Listeners

Whether you are talking about terrestrial broadcast radio or Internet radio, it has become a story about ultramobile consumers. These consumers are typically listening from a mobile device, but more specifically the listening behavior is hands free, eyes free audio consumption. This may seem obvious – audio content shouldn’t require visual or manual attention. However, we see advertising models in audio listening today that ignore this reality.