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Radioplayer is growing! After adding partnerships in Spain, Italy, and Denmark last year, today we’re announcing that France, the Netherlands, and Sweden are all joining. You can read more and download the press release here
Radioplayer has signed a partnership agreement with BMW Group. Together, we will work on the ‘smart radios’ of the future, and our station metadata will power brilliant broadcast radio interfaces in
@bmw
cars. Details here
What a week for birthdays! Radioplayer has just turned 10 years old, and this morning at an event in Paris,
@radioplayer_fr
will launch. The room is ready...bonne chance, tout le monde!
We’re proud that Radioplayer is able to support the launch of an innovative new electric car. We’re working with Polestar to improve the radio experience, including developing smart ‘hybrid’ radio apps which blend broadcast and internet.
Great news for a Monday morning...today we’re welcoming our 10th country to the Radioplayer family.
Broadcasters in Denmark have decided to work together to keep radio strong in cars and connected devices, using our technology.
More details here
Radio has never been more important, delivering news, entertainment, and companionship. That’s why we’re continuing to forge partnerships with car and tech companies, to keep radio strong. Read about our latest work
Here’s the MD of Radioplayer France,
@ylegarson
, at this morning’s launch event in Paris. He was joined on stage by CEOs of French radio groups representing more than 90% of all listening in France.
Congratulations to our
@RadioplayerCa
team on the
#InfiniteDial
research, previewed at
#CMW2019
.
It shows Reach and Awareness of Radioplayer Canada are growing faster than for any other audio brand.
Thanks
@JamesCridland
and
@pat_bohn
for pics. Pink bar is 2018, red bar 2019.
Breaking news from
@lharrison61
at
#RDE23
– Radioplayer and Renault have signed a hybrid radio partnership agreement. That means
@rpworldwide
now has tech partnerships with automotive companies representing 41% of cars sold in Europe. Details here
All systems go, for the launch of Swiss Radioplayer. We’re going live as the industry gathers in Zurich for
@SwissRadioDay
2018. Good luck/Viel Glück/Bonne Chance/Buona Fortuna!
For the first time, there’s a Radioplayer team at the
#NABShow
in Las Vegas. If you’re there, come and say hi at our booth in the In-Vehicle Experience area. Find out more here
Some important Radioplayer news: Congratulations to
@Lharrison61
, who we’ve appointed as our new Automotive Partnerships Director.
He’ll work with car companies to ensure radio’s simple, safe, and central in the dashboards of the future.
Details here
Radioplayer’s growing again! We announced our partnership with Italian broadcasters last week, and today we’re proud to announce our launch in Spain. The
@RadioplayerES
app is available for download now, and you can read about the launch here.
We’re proud to announce that we’re working in partnership with Panasonic Automotive, one of the world’s leading in-car technology suppliers. Together we’ve developed a hybrid radio interface for cars, using the Android Automotive operating system. Details
Radioplayer’s growing! Yesterday we signed an agreement with public service and commercial broadcasters in Italy, to launch Radioplayer Italia. Powered by our technology, it will launch in the new year. Details here
We’re very pleased to announce that Switzerland will become the 9th country to join the Radioplayer family.
Public service and private broadcasters are working together there, and will launch using Radioplayer technology this summer.
Details here
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve signed an agreement with the AUDI/Volkswagen Group which deepens our in-car radio collaboration. We’re working together on hybrid radio, and developing next-generation radio experiences with them.
“Radio is approaching an invisible tipping point, a bit like climate change. Unless our industry acts quickly to keep radio strong in the dashboard, in-car listening will be under threat”. Our MD,
@RadioMikeHill
, speaking at the
#RAINsummit
in London this morning.
Takling about good
#car
#radio
experiences... Here is the best! 👍🏻Audi’s new
#hybridradio
.
#DAB
/FM and IP in one list and automatic service following across all platforms. It looks nice with logos, slide show and cover arts also.
#radioplayer
inside
#audi
#etron
#a7
and others
In the future, Android Automotive OS will power millions of car dashboards. Radioplayer’s working hard to ensure radio stays strong here. Today we’re demonstrating our ‘work in progress’ - hybrid radio working on Android Automotive for the first time
We’re proud to be part of a major research initiative launched today, showing that car buyers value radio in the car over any other audio source. We’ve partnered with
@WorldDAB
and others on this massive study. Full details here
Radioplayer is today announcing the appointment of a new CEO, to lead the organisation through its next phase of growth. Yann Legarson, currently MD of Radioplayer France, is taking up the baton. Full story…
At
#worlddabauto
in Turin, Radioplayer’s announcing a new way for car companies to get high-quality, official metadata from broadcasters.
They can now access streams, programmes, and more, protected by the
@RadioDNS
ClientID standard. More details here
Congratulations to our
@RadioplayerDE
team, for making Radioplayer a launch partner on the new 'Magenta' smart-speaker from
@deutschetelekom
. A fantastic achievement.
Radioplayer is partnering with BOSE to bring live radio and podcasts/catchup programmes to their excellent range of speakers.
We’re sending high quality streams from all our partner countries, direct to BOSE SoundTouch and Soundbar products. More details
Radioplayer is proud to be sponsoring, speaking, and exhibiting at the
#WorldDABauto22
conference today. Lots of great conversations, including with Radioplayer team members
@ylegarson
and
@eugeniolateana
What’s the future of radio in cars? How will dashboards look in electric vehicles? What were the big trends at
@ces
?
Our Director of Automotive Partnerships,
@Lharrison61
, has been rubbing his crystal ball.
Does radio have a bright future in car dashboards? Our MD
@RadioMikeHill
has written a piece for
@radioworld_news
, looking at how we can work together to ensure it does.
This is the 12th Audi model with a beautiful hybrid radio, powered by data from Radioplayer stations. Proud to be partnering with such innovative people!
Great first session at
#wdab18
, full of positive stories about radio from across Europe.
@knockalaughta
talked about the UK market, and how the industry collaborates through
@ukradioplayer
.
The beautiful new all-electric Audi e-tron has a smart radio interface, powered by data from Radioplayer stations around the world. Thanks to
@torvmark
for this demo, showing how the radio stays locked to a station, even if reception varies
Commercial radio revenues are growing in the UK. Why? Because we work together, to keep the whole industry strong, says
@JamesCridland
. Radioplayer’s proud to be part of that.
We’ve just unveiled our Reference Radio at
#wdab18
. It’s a prototype ‘smart radio’ for cars, intended to kick off a conversation.
How can we make radio simple, safe, and sexy in the connected cars of the future? Watch our demo, and tell us what you think
Day two of our international Radioplayer meeting in Paris. Great to be with friends and colleagues from around the world in this fabulous space at M6/RTL. Thank you to them for hosting us today.
Bob Shennan from the
@BBC
and Siobhan Kenny from
@Radiocentre
discuss collaboration at
#wdab18
.
Bob says: “One of the biggest challenges we all share, is keeping Radio strong in the car. Radioplayer’s playing a pathfinder role in addressing this challenge”.
Radioplayer Announces Major New Investment for Digital Radio Innovation.
Fresh investment from our broadcaster members will support significant expansion of Radioplayer in cars and connected devices, and in International markets.
Recently, broadcasters from across Europe gathered at the
@EBU_HQ
Digital Radio Summit in Geneva. Eleanor van Heyningen and Asha Knight from the BBC spoke about in-car radio listening, and why industry collaboration is key. Here’s their BBC blog post
This is a very welcome move from the AER, an association which represents commercial radio across Europe. We are proud and grateful to receive this endorsement. Many thanks.
Given the growing importance of online radio listening alongside broadcast radio, AER supports the future growth and success of Radioplayer and the radio industry as a whole 👉read our statement here:
It’s our Automotive Partnerships Director,
@Lharrison61
, talking to
@JackyBierhorst
and
@magicbadger
at the
#d2d19
conference. They’re talking about radio in the car, and how we can work together to make it better.
Radioplayer is excited to unveil at
#RDE24
its most ambitious product launch yet at kickstarting a new era of innovation in
#radio
integration for
#connectedcars
and mobile devices - come to our launch session in Track
#4
at 2pm today!
Radioplayer is hiring! We’re looking for an Automotive Partnerships Director, to help us work with car companies on next-generation radios. Details here
Radioplayer is at the
#NABShow
, talking to broadcasters and car companies about building better radio interfaces.
We have partnerships with car companies representing 34% of all new vehicles in Europe. Here’s what ‘powered by Radioplayer’ really means
Congratulations to our Danish friends, who are launching their own Radioplayer platform using our shared technology today. More countries to be announced soon!
#collaboration
@lharrison61
is speaking right now at the
#NABShow
, sharing Radioplayer’s work on improving the in-car user experience for radio. If you’re at NAB and you want to chat, drop him a message.
Our MD,
@RadioMikeHill
, is at the first ever Radiodays Asia conference. He’ll be talking about radio in connected cars, and how our player-platform works. Message him to chat about how Radioplayer could help in your country.
#rdasia19
Radioplayer is part of the
@WorldDAB
Automotive UX Group, and we’ve produced this video about making your station stand out in the dashboard. All Radioplayer stations benefit automatically from our metadata services. Get in touch to find out more.
Our own
@RadioMikeHill
just spoke at
#mediafastforward
in Brussels. He announced that
@vrt
and other broadcasters from Flanders are planning to join the
@radioplayerbe
platform. He also talked about Radioplayer’s part in the EU-funded HRadio project.
The excellent weekly newsletter written by
@JamesCridland
features coverage of our team at the
#NABShow
last week. We recommend subscribing, so you can stay up to date on industry news
This is our Director of Automotive Partnerships,
@Lharrison61
, speaking at the
@WorldDAB
Summit in London. He shared our work with
@BMW
to make broadcast radio prominent and attractive in the dashboard.
.
@PoetGregor
from
@Audi
shows off his hybrid radio demo unit at the Digital Radio Symposium in Hilversum, NL. Radioplayer’s here to talk about how broadcasters can work together to make radio smarter.
Radioplayer CEO
@ylegarson
announces a new official partnership with
@Google
on the stage at
#RDE24
with Greg Marcheteau, Strategic Partnerships Development Manager at
#Google
Team Radioplayer is well represented at the
#worlddabauto
conference in Munich today. Speakers and attendees from Radioplayer Norway, Belgium, Germany, and UK. Lots of discussion about the User Experience for radio in cars. Also how to improve coffee machines.
Thanks to
@WorldDAB
for featuring Radioplayer in this piece. It mentions our newly-extended partnership with VW Group, and our new Developer Hub, aimed at making it easier to integrate with official radio metadata from broadcasters.
WorldDAB member
@rpworldwide
partners with car manufacturers to help create world-class hybrid radio user experiences. Their main focus is on keeping radio strong in car dashboards and currently represent broadcasters in 12 countries. Read more:
#DABplus
Great piece by
@Meg_Laz
from
@edisonresearch
. ‘The biggest answer I can give for how radio can compete...is to unite around “Agree on technology and compete on content.”… With a single, unified, easy-to-use technology – like the Radioplayer...’
Radioplayer announces
@Google
Assistant Integration to revolutionise and empower radio.
#Google
's commitment to enhancing the listener experience underscores the significance of collaborating with a unified
#radio
industry through Radioplayer
#RDE24
Proud to get this recognition at the European level. Please talk to us if you’d like to work collaboratively in your country, using the Radioplayer model.
High praise for the
#RadioPlayer
from the EU Commission representative
@AEReurope
conference-RadioPlayer is a great example of customer focused technology &collaboration between independent &state funded radio stations,something which is not happening in other media!
@rpworldwide
Our Director of Automotive Partnerships,
@Lharrison61
, is speaking again at
#NABShow
. This session is about the latest innovations in automotive infotainment systems
Radioplayer is in the WorldDAB Automotive UX Group. Together, we've produced a video showing the importance of great metadata (station info) in cars. Stations in Radioplayer already benefit from our technology sending their metadata to car companies.
Really good to have friends from all the Radioplayer countries together again, as we meet for 2 full days in Paris. Lots of conversations about how we take Radioplayer to the next level, building more partnerships with broadcasters, car manufacturers, and technology companies.
Radioplayer was at the Paris Motor Show. Our French MD
@ylegarson
helped our partners
@renaultgroup
demonstrate the ‘Radioplayer for Renault’ app in their new electric Megane and Austral vehicles. Very impressive tech!
Radioplayer will roll out in Italy over the coming months. We’ve just signed an agreement with the public service and commercial broadcasters there, to launch Radioplayer Italia. Story here from
@RadioTodayLive
On
#IWD18
we’re proud that the Radioplayer Worldwide group includes some very high-powered women. Our UK Chair is
@knockalaughta
, Germany CEO
@CarolineGraze
, Canada CEO
@julieadam
, Lisa Ni Choisdealbha from Ireland, and Andrea Heidrich is in charge in Austria.
Our Director of Automotive Partnerships,
@Lharrison61
, is at
@IBCShow
in Amsterdam. He’s been sharing the recent research we did in partnership with
@WorldDAB
and others. It shows that more than 80% of us are less likely to buy a car without a radio.
Very proud to announce that we have launched in our 19th partner country. Broadcasters in Luxembourg now have a seat round the Radioplayer table, and the best radio apps and integrations in the world.
We’re very proud of this news. More and more broadcasters around the world are joining us, so they can keep their stations strong in connected car dashboards and other devices.
Many thanks to
@coaklejp
and
@rte
/
@IBIreland
for hosting the Autumn meeting of Radioplayer member countries - our most ambitious yet. We’re very grateful to all our contributors, both here in Dublin and down the line.
Our ‘Powered by Radioplayer’ video has been generating a lot of interest at the
#NABShow
in Las Vegas. It features the VW/Audi hybrid radio, our app for the Polestar, and our Android Automotive hybrid radio app running on Panasonic automotive hardware.
Great to hear BBC DG Tim Davie speak about Radioplayer at
#ConnectedCar2022
- ‘Fantastic work on getting to a point where you are now at scale. And when you’re at scale, guess what? You double down, you triple down, you go for more scale…and you make the thing work’.
Last night there was a huge live televised
#ConcertForUkraine
, which raised more than £12m. Radioplayer team members Stevie and Lawrence gave their time to make the technology work for the broadcast, and we’re very proud of their involvement.
Radioplayer’s
@Lharrison61
on stage at the
#WorldDABAuto22
event, discussing voice control in cars. He interviewed Johan Wouters from
@CerenceInc
, who revealed that the top voice search in cars is to play a radio station.
@Chris__Winter
from Audi/VW tells
#RDE18
about their fabulous new hybrid radios.
They’re powered by a Radioplayer metadata feed, which is now available to any car company. Data also comes in from
@RadioDNS
.
Learn more in the Connected Car session on Tuesday PM.
Great to see so much love for Radioplayer at the
#AllThingsRadio
conference in Athens, on this
#WorldRadioDay
. Here’s Bauer’s George Butler, celebrating the launch of Radioplayer in Greece.
Great clip of
@Lharrison61
speaking at a
@Radiocentre
conference this week. He demonstrated our hybrid ‘Reference Radio’ app, built in
#Android
Automotive.
We’re grateful to our friends
@PINCreative
for helping us with our new branding. This is rolling out not only in the UK, but in all our member countries.
New brand for
@ukradioplayer
launched this week with branding by
@PINCreative
Listen out for the radio ads (obviously) but look out for the bus ads (less obviously).
Congratulations to
@torvmark
and our broadcaster partners in Norway, on the launch of the Radioplayer app for the Telenor TV platform (in half a million Norwegian homes). Looking good next to Netflix and YouTube on the app launcher strip!
Radioplayer Norge lanseres på Telenor T-We! Mange hører radio via TV’n. Nå blir de norske radiokanalene og podcaster enklere tilgjengelig for Telenors kunder. Les mer:
#Radioplayer
#Telenor
#radiop
åtv
#norskradio
This week we announced that
@radioplayerbe
is expanding to include Flemish stations, including the public service
@VRT
.
Here’s Radioplayer’s
@RadioMikeHill
, speaking about innovation and collaboration, at a recent VRT conference.