TuneIn
TuneIn is a global audio streaming service providing news, radio, sports, music, and podcasts to over 75 million monthly active users.[19]
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- Mobile apps and devices
- iOS[1][2]
- Android
- watchOS
- Wear OS
- BlackBerry[3][4]
- Microsoft Windows
- PlayStation Vita
- Desktop client
- Microsoft Windows
- Game console
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 4[5]
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox One[6]
- Xbox Series X/S
- Ouya[7][8]
- Smart radios and speakers
- Logitech Squeezebox[9][10]
- Sonos
- Amazon Echo
- Harman Kardon Invoke
- Google Home
- Nexus Player
- Bose
- HEOS by Denon[11]
- iHome
- Smart TVs
- Panasonic
- Samsung
- Polaroid
- Google TV
- Android TV
- Digital media player
- Amazon Fire TV
- Roku
- Boxee
- Chromecast
- Cars
- Ford[12]
- General Motors[13]
- Tesla
- BMW[14]
- MINI[15]
- Aftermarket car stereo devices
- JVC[16]
- Parrot[17]
- Clarion[18]
22 languages
TuneIn is operated by the company TuneIn Inc. which is based in San Francisco, California. The company was founded by Bill Moore in 2002 as RadioTime in Dallas, Texas. Users can listen to radio on the TuneIn website, using a mobile app, smart speaker, or another supported device. As of 2016, TuneIn was also available on more than 55 vehicle models.[20] In 2013, the company raised more than $47 million in venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, GV, General Catalyst Partners, and Icon Ventures.[21]
In November 2020, TuneIn appointed Richard Stern as Chief Executive Officer and Rob Deichert as Chief Revenue Officer, with a new investment led by Innovation Endeavors.[22]
Function[edit]
In August 2015, TuneIn launched a premium service, "TuneIn Premium", that includes audiobooks, sports content from MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA, news content from MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and more.[23] Subscribers had been able to record anything played through the TuneIn service,[24] but the feature was first discontinued in the UK in early 2017, and the rest of the world on September 14, 2020, citing legal issues.[25] However, that feature remains on older versions of the TuneIn Pro app.
In 2017, the company raised $50 million and was valued at $500 million.[26]
In March 2018, TuneIn launched another premium live audio subscription called "TuneIn Live," which offers play-by-play calls from thousands of live sporting events, plus access to premium news stations, talks shows and other content. The company launched the subscription-based radio service exclusively for Alexa-enabled speakers and subscribers can prompt Alexa to stream news programs as well as play-by-play broadcasts of MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL games.[27][28] TuneIn Live marked the first time TuneIn premium content was available over a voice platform.[29] In October 2018, the company launched a commercial-free news offering through TuneIn Premium, which included news programs from CNBC, Fox News Talk, and MSNBC, as well as news podcasts from Progressive Voices, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal.
From 2019, the TuneIn website and apps allow users to listen to more than 100,000 radio stations from around the world including AM, FM, HD, LP, digital and internet stations, along with podcasts.[30] TuneIn's directory lists various sports, news, talk, and music broadcasts from around the world. TuneIn's website is available in 22 languages, each with its own content tailored for the specific language or region. TuneIn also offers 5.7 million on-demand programs.[31]
Legal issues[edit]
In 2017, TuneIn was sued by Sony Music UK and Warner Music UK, alleging copyright infringement by offering access to international radio stations not licensed for distribution in the United Kingdom. The companies also took issue with a feature in its premium tier (which was later disabled in the country) that allowed users to record broadcasts. In November 2019, the English High Court ruled that despite its arguments that it was merely an aggregator similar to a search engine, the TuneIn service infringed the labels' rights by making streams not licensed in the country available to its users (an infringement of the exclusive right to communicate a work to the public, under EU copyright law). The court granted a request for an appeal.[64][65][66]
In September 2020, TuneIn began to geoblock all international radio stations for users in the United Kingdom, citing the earlier court order.[67][64]
On March 29, 2021, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court decision, ruling that TuneIn infringed the right of communication to the public.[68]
In May 2022, TuneIn removed United Kingdom stations that were not registered with the music licensing bodies PRS and PPL.[69]