Wondery, Amazon‘s podcast studio and community, on Wednesday unveiled the launch of Wondery+, its curated podcast subscription service, within the U.Okay.
It touted “unique podcast content material, ad-free listening in addition to early entry to new episodes of widespread exhibits.” All in all, the service guarantees subscribers “dozens of unique podcasts, early entry to greater than 50 exhibits, and over 45,000 episodes all ad-free.” Wondery+ is on the market within the U.Okay. for £5.99 ($7.44) a month or £44.99 ($55.91) yearly.
The information comes amid continued progress in podcasting within the U.S. and past.
“Our enhanced Wondery+ service is now out there for U.Okay. audiences, with curated best-in-class native U.Okay. and international content material from Wondery and our valued collaborators, with a premium, personalised and immersive listening expertise,” stated Wondery CEO Jen Sargent. “The Wondery+ U.Okay. launch extends our dedication to the U.Okay. market, constructing on our long-term technique to work alongside sensible native storytellers and expertise throughout all genres, to ship podcast-first storytelling with relevance and enchantment to native audiences.”
New releases by U.Okay. producers coming to Wondery+ embrace the true-crime present RedHanded, “which releases one week early and presents unique bonus Shorthand episodes weekly,” Brydon&, and, beginning on Might 1, restricted sequence Solutions for Claudia, which investigates the disappearance of British chef Claudia Lawrence.
The corporate on Wednesday touted that its revamped Wondery app additionally helps individuals uncover such “new, immersive content material” as The Value of Paradise, hosted by Alice Levine of British Scandal, a brand new U.Okay. unique restricted sequence that follows “the tumultuous real-life story of a lady who swaps her life in suburban Hampshire to purchase a personal island within the Caribbean,” The Bachelor of Buckingham Palace, which explores “one of many world’s most uncommon actuality relationship exhibits,” and new seasons of Wondery U.Okay. originals, together with Terribly Well-known: Kate Moss Says Sure, British Scandal, The Spy Who, and Legacy.
Wondery+ additionally contains entry to the corporate’s rising library of U.Okay. exhibits and such Wondery international hits as Dr. Demise, Scamfluencers, Diss and Inform, Even the Wealthy, and Enterprise Wars.
Amazon Music agreed to purchase Wondery in December 2020 in a bid to bolster its fledgling audio enterprise.