The BBC and Amazon Music have struck a deal that will make BBC podcasts available on the streaming service for the first time outside the U.K.
Beginning on Monday, subscribers to Amazon’s Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited services can “exclusively access a curated suite of over 50 of the BBC’s most popular podcasts ad-free, including notable BBC titles such as Americast, BBC Global News Podcast, Dua Lipa: At Your Service, The Global Story, Infinite Monkey Cage, Planet Premier League, and World of Secrets,” the partners said.
Financial terms weren’t disclosed. The agreement, however, marks the latest step for the growth plans for the audio unit of BBC Studios, the the commercial arm of the U.K. public broadcaster BBC. Late last year, BBC Studios launched BBC Podcasts Premium, its Apple subscription podcast service, in 166 new countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the…