Wizzard Media Announces Over 130 Apps in the App Store
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Readies for Holiday Sales and New iPhone Consumers
PITTSBURGH, PA – December 15, 2009 – Wizzard Media (NYSE Amex: WZE), the world’s largest podcasting network, today announced that it has reached over 130 apps for sale in the App Store. With the holiday season approaching and the promise of new iPod® and iPhone® consumers, Wizzard is well-positioned to help its podcast producers move their freshly minted Apps into the hands of their growing audiences and capitalize on increased sales for its own newly acquired iPhone Apps.
Many Wizzard Media Network favorites are topping the newly announced iTunes® Rewind 2009 showcasing the best in iTunes Store content over the last year. Among the noted podcasts are: Yogamazing, The Steve Dahl Show, Podsurf.tv, Hawaii Surf Session Reports and Showbiz Newsy News, all of which now have Wizzard created iPhone Apps available in the App Store.
“We typically see an explosion in podcast downloads following the holidays as consumers acquire new Apple devices and explore all the music, movies, podcasts and Apps in iTunes,” says Wizzard Media President Laurie Sims. “With our top podcast Apps having now converted over 20% of their audience from free subscribers to paid users in the first four months of our podcast App initiative, we look forward to even more of our network audience acquiring iPhones and iPod Touches over the next few weeks. We will also be running millions of advertisements across our network during the holiday season promoting automobiles, satellite television, professional sports teams, DVD rentals, audio books, mortgage lenders and online trading companies, in addition to highly targeted marketing of our newly acquired iPhone Apps.”
Expectations for healthy sales for Apple products during the holiday season are strong, following leading online indicators and download statistics. Peter Farago, VP of Marketing at Flurry, reported in Mobile Crunch, “Monitoring application downloads tracked by Flurry over the last six months, we observe strong patterns of seasonality and an aggressive ramp toward the holiday season.” Adding, “Historically, the week after Christmas has been the strongest for data downloads to mobile phones, since consumers load up after receiving new handsets as holiday gifts. With download growth at its current rate, Flurry predicts that December downloads will exceed November by at least 20%, making it a strong season for Apple.”
About Wizzard Media
Wizzard Media provides publishing and distribution services to podcasters and monetization services for podcasters. Wizzard Media is the industry’s leading podcasting network with an unprecedented 1.2 billion download requests in 2008. Podcasts are a means for independent and professional content creators to publish audio and video shows for the world to enjoy over the Internet or on mp3 players, such as the Apple iPod®, iPhone® and the Microsoft Zune®. Podcasting is a relatively new phenomenon, but Wizzard Media collectively broadcasts millions of podcast downloads per day through media aggregators like Apple’s iTunes and Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace. With the holiday season approaching and the recent launch of the iPhone in China, Wizzard’s Management believes the number of people using iPhones and iPod Touches to consume podcasts and interact with Apps will continue to grow well beyond the current 50 million user base.
For more information, please visit www.wizzardsoftware.com/media . Wizzard Media is a division of Wizzard Software, a leader in speech technology distribution and development.
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