SCA’s audio platform LiSTNR takes off: A year on from a risky plan to bundle live radio, podcasts, news and sport into a platform people must sign-in to listen, SCA’s CEO Grant Blackley and CSO Brian Gallagher reveal the data-rich numbers, challenges and success: ‘We can target Nike ads to someone who's jogging’

One year ago, SCA leapt into the unknown with a streaming platform that bundled radio, audio, podcasts, and live streaming and a signed-in audience. How has it gone? Well, every day over the past year, more than 1,300 people have signed up and signed into the LiSTNR app. CEO Grant Blackley and Chief Sales Officer Brian Gallagher say it has already smashed expectations – and the momentum is still building. There are 500,000 signed in users now, and there have been 14 million streams over the past 11 months. “We’ve got the same kind of audiences as Spotify in the ad-funded space,” says Gallagher. Monetisation always lags uptake, Blackley says, but the “J-curve” they predicted a few months ago is steepening fast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.