Corus Client Marketing

Podcasts & Digital Audio DAI Network

Digital Audio DAI is a dynamic ad enabled environment built for Corus’ digital audio properties of streaming content. Streaming content is consumed via Corus’ Podcasting Network Curiouscast, and Corus’ Digital Radio Network. We now offer targetable & trackable digital audio ads bought on a CPM basis across simulcasting Corus radio.

Curiouscast Podcasting

  • 45 podcasts across multiple genres: True Crime, History, Music, Finance, News, Politics, etc

Corus National Digital Radio Network

  • 39 market-leading radio stations across ON, BC, AB & MB

Why Digital Audio?

  1. Premium Content
    Corus digital audio network offers premium, brandsafe content with podcasts such as The ongoing History of New Music, Money Talks, Marsfall and Radio stations like 102.1 The Edge, Country 104 and so on.
  2. Trusted, intimate and favourable ad environment
    Digital audio provides a 1:1 connection with our audience making it one of the most trusted, intimate, and favourable ad environments. Research found that Podcast ads were the most well-received of all advertising mediums in a recent study meaning our audience is receptive to your brand’s messaging.
  3. Trackable ROAS
    Trackable Return on Ad Spend for advertising that is proven to work.
  4. Hyper-targeting available
    Targeting by CMA is currently available, and once we build reach and scale we will eventually have hyper-targeting capabilities by city.
  5. Creative flexibility & timely messaging
    Reach your audience at the right place at the right time with messaging that can be dynamically inserted in real time meaning you can insert multiple different creatives depending on the time of day, the weather, and other geo-filters.
  6. High completion rates
    Ads are not skippable, resulting in high completion rates and an efficient return on ad spend.
  7. High completion rates
    Ads are not skippable, resulting in high completion rates and an efficient return on ad spend.

Packages

All sales packages and audio examples can be found here.  Packages are updated on a monthly basis so please check back on the first week of each month for updated numbers.

Podcasts

Creative

Specs

Client Provided

  • Client provided creative
  • Runs as pre-roll
  • :30s only

Host-Read

  • Host-read creative
  • Runs as pre-roll or mid-roll
  • :30s-:60s available

Host-Read Endorsement

  • Host-read endorsement
  • Inserted as mid-roll
  • Up to 2 minutes
  • Additional Host fees may apply

Custom Brand Integrations

  • Exclusive Charter sponsorships, guest interviews etc.

Digital Radio

:30 Second Spot

  • Targeting by CMA to start (city targeting to follow)

*Corus can help produce ad creative for an additional fee