The Digital Download

What The Digital Download does

The Digital Download is a privately held media company that produces a weekly business talk show broadcast live on LinkedIn Live every Friday at 14:00 GMT / 9:00 EST. The show is co-founded by Adam Gray and Tim Hughes, both Co-Founders of DLA Ignite (a social selling consultancy), and positions itself as the longest-running weekly business talk show on LinkedIn Live. Episodes typically run 39–52 minutes and feature rotating panels of business experts covering Social Selling, Social Enablement, Digital Transformation, and Change Management, with guest appearances and live audience participation as core format elements.

The product surface centers on the live podcast show (broadcast via LinkedIn Live and globally syndicated on TuneIn Radio through IBGR), supplemented by on-demand replays on YouTube (@digitaldownload) and Apple Podcasts, a weekly newsletter, a blog with written contributions from guests and panelists, and an archive of previous shows. No proprietary technology stack, AI/ML capability, app, or API is disclosed; the company's website is built on FunnelStreams, a platform offered by Flywheel Results. The business model is not explicitly monetized in the source data, with no pricing, sponsorship, or subscription information disclosed.

The customer base is a horizontal audience of business professionals, entrepreneurs, and sales and marketing leaders interested in social selling and digital transformation themes, distributed globally through the show's multi-channel footprint. A recurring panelist ecosystem draws from DLA Ignite's partner network (Supero, TLB Coaching, Flywheel Results, Accelery, Performa Strategy, William Shorten Learning Solutions, Odysseus & Co), embedding the show within the parent consultancy's commercial orbit. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, parent company, or external institutional investment.

Name

The Digital Download

Legal name

DigitalDownload.live

Website

https://digitaldownload.live

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Digital Download is a privately held media company producing the longest-running weekly business talk show on LinkedIn Live, covering social selling, digital transformation, and change management for a global audience of business professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Podcast Media

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

akta.pro primary industry

Podcast Live & Interactive Podcast Platforms (Live Shows, Call-ins) (MPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Audio & Social Audio Platforms (MPAIADAD)

Keywords

• Business talk show
• Live podcast
• Social selling content
• Digital transformation media
• Weekly business podcast

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Digital Download is a weekly business talk show broadcast live on LinkedIn Live and syndicated globally on TuneIn Radio through IBGR, with on-demand replays distributed via YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Each Friday episode features a rotating panel of business experts and guests discussing social selling, social enablement, digital transformation, and change management, with audience participation as a core element. Supporting content includes a weekly newsletter, an archive of previous shows, and a blog where guests and panelists expand on show topics.

Product overview

The Digital Download is a weekly business talk show media company offering a unified content platform. The core product is the live podcast show broadcast on LinkedIn Live (syndicated on TuneIn Radio through IBGR and available on YouTube and iTunes), supplemented by a weekly newsletter and a blog where show topics are expanded upon. The company also maintains an archive of previous show replays. The show covers business topics including Social Selling, Social Enablement, Digital Transformation, and Change Management, featuring rotating panels of business experts and special guests. Episodes range from 39 to 52 minutes in length and include audience participation elements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Digital Download Podcast A weekly business talk show broadcast live on LinkedIn Live and syndicated on TuneIn Radio (via IBGR), with on-demand podcast replays on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. Episodes feature a rotating panel of business experts and guests discussing social selling, social enablement, digital transformation, and change management, with audience participation as a core element. Targeted at business professionals, entrepreneurs, and sales/marketing leaders.
• Digital Download Newsletter A weekly email newsletter delivering business insights and updates about The Digital Download show topics and upcoming episodes to subscribed business professionals.
• Digital Download Blog A written-content blog where guests, panelists, and audience members expand on topics discussed in the show, covering themes such as mental health in sales, leadership, and personal development for business professionals.
• Previous Shows (Episode Replays) On-demand archive of past Digital Download episode recordings, covering topics such as AI differentiation, social selling strategies, digital territory expansion, resilience, mental health in sales, and data literacy, accessible to business professionals who did not catch the live broadcast.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DLA IgnitecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Digital Download was founded by Adam Gray (Co-Founder) and Tim Hughes (Co-Founder and CEO) of DLA Ignite. The show is the longest-running weekly business talk show on LinkedIn Live, with topics covering Social Selling, Social Enablement, Digital Transformation, and Change Management — areas aligned with DLA Ignite's core business.
• SuperocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupero (yoursupero.com), led by Founder Alex Abbott (F.ISP), is a proud DLA Ignite partner. B2B social influence advisors Jordan Abbott and Jensen Abbott from Supero are regular panelists on The Digital Download, contributing insights on social influence and interaction strategies.
• TLB Coaching & EventscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTLB Coaching & Events, founded by Tracy Borreson, is a proud DLA Ignite partner. Tracy Borreson is a regular panelist on The Digital Download, bringing expertise in branding and coaching to the show's discussions.
• Flywheel Results LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlywheel Results LLC, founded by Rob Durant, is a proud DLA Ignite partner. Rob Durant is a regular panelist on The Digital Download, helping startups scale through sales enablement and social selling expertise.
• William Shorten Learning Solutions LtdminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilliam Shorten Learning Solutions Ltd is a proud DLA Ignite partner. William Shorten appears as a panelist on The Digital Download, focusing on creating safe spaces for individuals and teams to learn, grow, and develop.
• Accelery, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccelery, Inc., founded by Lenwood Ross, is a proud DLA Ignite partner. Lenwood Ross is a panelist on The Digital Download, contributing business expertise to weekly discussions.
• Performa StrategyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerforma Strategy, founded by Lorena Borgo, is a proud DLA Ignite partner. Lorena Borgo specializes in legal marketing and digital communications for lawyers and participates as a panelist on The Digital Download.
• Odysseus & CocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOdysseus & Co, founded and managed by Bertrand Godillot, is a proud DLA Ignite partner. Bertrand Godillot serves as a recurring host on The Digital Download, facilitating panel discussions and whiteboarding sessions on topics such as AI differentiation, echo chamber breakout strategies, and digital territory expansion.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• The GaryVee Audio Experience: Gary Vaynerchuk's business and social-media content engine, which pioneered video/audio business talk on LinkedIn and YouTube; competes for the same business-professional audience The Digital Download targets with social-selling and digital-marketing content.
• The Diary of a CEO: Steven Bartlett's long-running weekly business talk show with celebrity guests and audience engagement — closest format analogue to The Digital Download's live broadcast talk show with audience participation, though operating at premium-end scale and investment.
• Masters of Scale: Reid Hoffman's flagship business podcast covering entrepreneurship, digital transformation and change management — directly overlapping The Digital Download's topic set, with an order-of-magnitude larger audience and production.
• HBR IdeaCast: Harvard Business Review's flagship weekly business podcast featuring expert discussions on management and digital transformation — overlapping topic coverage with The Digital Download's digital-transformation and change-management focus, but at vastly greater scale and production budget.
• Morning Brew: Business-media franchise built on a daily newsletter and adjacent podcasts targeting young business professionals — useful comparable for how an audience-first business-media property can scale into multi-channel monetization beyond the original format.

Emerging players

• The Sales Gravy Podcast: Long-running B2B sales-focused podcast addressing sales enablement and social selling — comparable audience overlap (sales leaders, RevOps) and thematic proximity to The Digital Download's social-selling positioning.
• Social Buzz (Socially Sorted): Niche social-media and digital-business content brand targeting marketing professionals — comparable to The Digital Download in audience persona, though focused on visual/social platforms rather than LinkedIn-native selling.

Direct peers

• Marketing Over Coffee: Long-running weekly business/marketing talk podcast with a casual conversational format and guest interviews, directly comparable to The Digital Download's weekly talk-show cadence and B2B audience.
• DLA Ignite: Parent/sister company of The Digital Download; co-founded by the same founders (Tim Hughes and Adam Gray) and addresses the same social-selling and digital-transformation audience, with The Digital Download acting as a content-marketing surface for DLA Ignite's consulting practice.

Others

• LinkedIn Live (as a platform): The platform on which The Digital Download primarily broadcasts; functions as the upstream enabling infrastructure for the show's live distribution and audience funnel rather than a peer, but is the single most important ecosystem dependency.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/digdownloadlive
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@digitaldownload
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-digital-download

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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