TORONTO, May 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) announced today AMI-audio shows Live From Studio 5 and Kelly and Company will now be available to download as podcasts on iTunes through the podcasting app.
Research conducted last year indicated that AMI’s core audience, the blind and partially sighted community, regularly incorporates podcasts as part of its media consumption. More than one quarter of surveyed participants confirmed that they spend approximately one hour listening to podcasts each day – and that number is growing.
AMI continues to value feedback from our listeners. Vice President of Programming and Production, John Melville encourages continues feedback from our audience; “Whether it be through research or direct feedback through social media, our audience is telling us that podcasting on their mobile device is one of the best ways to access their audio information and entertainment wherever they go. By subscribing to AMI podcasts listeners can count on receiving their favourite AMI audio shows on their timetable and can listen back to the AMI audio shows they may have missed, wish to share, or play again.”
The Podcasts app for iOS provides easy access to popular and featured podcasts using the navigation icons at the bottom of the app. To subscribe to AMI shows, search for them and then tap Subscribe on the page for that podcast. To play a podcast, tap on any episode. To download an episode, tap the iCloud icon in the episode list.
Subscribe to the Live from Studio 5 Podcast
Subscribe to the Kelly and Company Podcast
For more information on how to access the podcast directory in the iTunes store, visit Apple’s Podcasting FAQ Page.
Live stream AMI-audio at AMI.ca/listenlive or to find the AMI-audio channel with your cable provider please use our online channel guide.
About Accessible Media Inc.
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is a not-for-profit multimedia organization serving more than five million Canadians who are blind, partially sighted, deaf, hard of hearing, mobility or print restricted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s mission is to make accessible media for all Canadians. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.
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