AudioUK
AudioUK is the trade association for audio production companies. We exist to help grow and promote the UK audio production sector, both at home and abroad.
Website: www.audiouk.org.uk
About AudioUK
AudioUK is the trade association for professional audio production companies, creative businesses around the UK making high-quality content for radio, podcasting, and audiobooks, as well as much more.
Our main aim is to help our member companies, and by extension the UK audio production industry as a whole, to operate successfully and to grow their businesses.
Latest news
- Oct 16: Over 400 UK podcasting and audio businesses have signed an open letter to the UK government demanding recognition in the Creative Industries Strategy, which could lead to funding for IP development or access to tax relief. The letter was issued by AudioUK, who also announced that the UK’s DCMS has committed to commissioning a research study to measure key data across the podcast and audio industry.
- Oct 2: Free training for podcast and audio professionals has been made available by Audiotrain from AudioUK in partnership with the BBC. The platform contains a wide range of on-demand courses, available for free to anyone in the world. Among the 19 courses currently available: “YouTube for Podcasts”, “Negotiating like a pro”, and “Social Media for podcasts”.
- Jul 14: UK audio awards the APAs from AudioUK has announced its Pay What You Can scheme, which offers free or discounted entry to the awards and to the ceremony for those who otherwise would not be able to do so due to financial constraints. The scheme supporters are Amazon Music and Wondery.
- Jul 8: In the UK, AudioUK has launched a campaign for formal recognition of podcasting and audio as a core UK creative industry. It follows similar action in Canada and France. Recognition could mean tax relief and a place in policy-making committees. The release includes action that UK-based audio companies or individuals can take.
- Jun 30: France’s podcast industry has called for official government recognition for podcasting. “If we want podcasting to remain a diverse, creator-driven medium, it must be recognized as a cultural industry in its own right”, the organisation said, in a statement following its AGM. This follows AudioUK asking for the same in the UK; and podcasters asking for similar recognition in Canada.
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