AXS TV Named Official TV Network of 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards Live at SXSW

LOS ANGELES – (March 10, 2025) – AXS TV, a leading television, streaming, digital, and social music and entertainment brand, delivers exclusive coverage of podcasting’s biggest night as the official television partner of the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards Live at SXSW. The star-studded event is being held tonight at  ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX, and AXS TV will broadcast the Awards Show on Tuesday, March 11 at 8P ET.

Hosted by Jack O’Brien and Miles Gray of iHeart’s acclaimed comedy podcast The Daily Zeitgeist, the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards are the ultimate celebration honoring the industry’s most influential voices, groundbreaking shows, and unforgettable moments. As part of the festivities, the iHeartPodcast Awards also feature an impressive roster of all-star presenters boasting Annaleigh Ashford and Melissa Moore, Cam Jordan, Chelsea Handler, Dennis Quaid, Ed Helms, Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff, Joe Manganiello, Kyle MacLachlan, Sarah Spain, Sophia Bush, and many more.

This year is poised to mark the event’s largest production and venue to date, putting the spotlight on a diverse field of talented nominees across 29 categories including Best Comedy Podcast, Best Crime Podcast, Best Overall Host, and more. It all leads up to the coveted Podcast Of The Year award, where the fans, themselves, will vote to determine the top winner from a talented pool featuring Normal Gossip, Three, Giggly Squad, Call Her Daddy, Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, Hysterical, The Telepathy Tapes, Who Killed JFK?, Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD and The Good Whale.

“Podcasting has redefined the traditional listening experience with dynamic content, visionary creators, and innovative formats that truly have something for everyone,” said AXS TV President Andy Schuon. “AXS TV is proud to serve as the official television partner of the iHeartPodcast Awards, giving our viewers access to an incredible evening honoring the absolute best in podcasting. The partnership is a testament to our continued drive to give leading brands unprecedented access to AXS TV—empowering industry pioneers such as Julien’s Auctions, Gibson, iHeartMedia, Anime.com, and more to reach millions of dedicated music enthusiasts around the world via AXS TV, while providing our audience with exclusive and original music programming that they can’t find anywhere else.”

Proud partners of this year’s iHeartPodcast Awards include Audible, Lenovo® and Wild Turkey® Bourbon.

About AXS TV

AXS TV is a leading television, streaming, digital, and social music and entertainment brand owned and operated by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, Inc.  AXS TV’s programming celebrates music’s rich history and keeps its audience current on what’s happening in music today with non-fiction docs, live concerts, music news and information, reality shows, and well known programs including The Big Interview with Dan Rather and The Top Ten Revealed. AXS TV is also home to TNA Wrestling, one of the world's top wrestling brands.  Multi-platform AXS TV is available on television in all 50 states and across Canada, parts of the Caribbean, and streaming through its FAST (free-ad-supported-streaming television) channel. AXS TV has a vast reach on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok. For a full list of providers and territories, please visit axs.tv/subscribe.

About iHeartMedia, Inc.

iHeartMedia, Inc. [Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month. iHeart’s broadcast radio assets alone have a larger audience in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the size of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled audience of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next two podcast publishers combined, has the most recognizable live events across all genres of music, has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand, and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.