iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network Expands Distribution

– Leading, original podcasts from iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network now also available on Spotify, as well as on the iHeartRadio Canada app,
Apple Podcasts, and more –

TORONTO, Aug. 14, 2018 /CNW/ - Bell Media's iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network announced today its podcasts are now available to listeners on Spotify, expanding the reach of Bell Media's leading, original podcasts in sports, entertainment, lifestyle, and news categories originating from TSN, Much Studios, RDS, CTV News, iHeartRadio Canada, and Bell Media Studios across every major audio platform in the country.

Currently, the Top 10 Bell Media-produced podcasts from TSN and Much are now streaming on Spotify, with additional content to be added to the platform in the coming months:

TSN		Much
•	THE JAY AND DAN PODCAST	•	MIKE ON MUCH
•	TSN OVERDRIVE	•	JUST2BOYZ
•	THE TSN HOCKEY BOBCAST	•	EXTRA GRAVY
•	JAMES DUTHIE PRESENTS: THE RUBBER BOOTS PODCAST	•	HOW TO NOT
•	CABBIE PRESENTS: THE PODCAST	•	BIANCA HARRIS WIPPED C.R.E.A.M

The iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network offers a robust and popular library boasting more than 11,000 unique programs, with hundreds of thousands of hours of new content produced every month.

"This new agreement with Spotify augments our ability to deliver the best storytelling to diverse audiences across the country, in every medium, on every platform, and now to more Canadians than ever before," said Rob Farina, Head of Radio Content, Strategy, and iHeartRadio at Bell Media. "Podcasting is an established and growing content ecosystem where diversity of opinion flourishes and a near limitless array of genres and sub-genres can be discovered and explored. As Canada's leading content company, we look forward to growing our footprint through sustained investment in this dynamic content community."

In addition to Spotify, the iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network reaches podcast listeners through distribution partners including Apple, Audible, Stitcher, and Google Play Music to create a personalized user experience while offering a safe and fluid advertising space through which brands flow seamlessly. The iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network currently offers podcasts in 17 wide-ranging categories including entertainment, news, sports, science, politics, food, business, comedy, and crime.

Canadians can look forward to the iHeartRadio Canada Podcast Network announcing a range of exciting developments in the coming months.

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SOURCE iHeart Radio

Rob Duffy, Bell Media, 416-384-5717 or [email protected]; Alyssa Roy, Bell Media, 416-384-4496 or [email protected]