Unbiased podcast firm Acast has signed a brand new international partnership with New Zealand’s hottest longford interview podcast, Between Two Beers.
Boasting greater than 4 million complete downloads and 150,000 month-to-month listens, Between Two Beers options in-depth conversations with New Zealand’s greatest begins throughout the fields of sport, enterprise, leisure and extra. Visitors embrace businessman and ex-All Blacks star Marc Ellis, worldwide mannequin Rachel Hunter, prolific broadcaster Jason Gunn, rugby coach extraordinaire Sir Wayne Smith and Olympian Dame Lisa Carrington.
Between Two Beers has signed a multi-year partnership with Acast, who would be the unique internet hosting, distribution and monetization associate for the podcast globally. The partnership will embrace advert sponsorship alternatives on the audio podcast, video podcast and related social channels. The video podcast has had greater than two million views on YouTube and the hosts have amassed over 10,000 followers throughout their socials.
Finest pals Steve Holloway and Seamus Martin launched the podcast in 2019, armed with solely a microphone and laptop computer in a Hamilton storage. Inside 5 years, the present skyrocketed to the highest of the Apple and Spotify charts in New Zealand and gained awards for ‘Finest Society and Tradition Podcast’ on the 2024 New Zealand Radio and Podcast Awards and the ‘Gold Highlight Award” on the New Zealand Podcast Awards. In 2023, Between Two Beers gained ‘Finest Episodic Podcast” on the Voyager Media Awards.
Ryan Lamont, Senior Podcast Improvement Supervisor at Acast (Australia & New Zealand), says:
“Steve and Seamus are the gold customary within the New Zealand podcast area, having constructed an enormous listenership via their genuine ardour for storytelling, dedication to the craft of podcasting and richly detailed analysis of their company. It’s a delight to associate with my fellow Hamiltonians as they step into this subsequent chapter of their profession as unbiased podcaster with omnichannel creators with the worldwide help of Acast.”
Between Two Beers co-host Steve Holloway says:
“We’ve had three improbable years with NZME and are so grateful to everybody there who helped construct our present and supported us alongside the way in which. Our transfer to Acast is extremely thrilling for our podcast and enterprise, and we couldn’t be happier with our new house.
This podcast began 5 years in the past, in my Hamilton storage, and what it’s change into has eclipsed our wildest goals. As unbiased creators, we’re so excited concerning the alternatives in entrance of us and the place we will take Between Two Beers in 2025 and past.
Acast has executed an unimaginable job of supporting us via the transfer and shopping for into our imaginative and prescient and can handle our advertisements and sponsorships — permitting us extra time to chortle, cry and say ‘journey’ with the world’s most attention-grabbing company.”
Between Two Beers will proceed to launch weekly episodes throughout all main podcasting platforms, alongside a full model of the podcast on YouTube.
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