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Radioplayer is a radio technology platform, owned by UK radio broadcasters and operated under licence in some other European countries. It operates an internet radio web tuner, a set of mobile phone apps and an in-car adaptor. Radioplayer is operated by UK Radioplayer Ltd which is a not-for-profit organisation owned by UK radio broadcasters. Initial shareholders were the BBC, Global Radio, GMG Radio, Absolute Radio and RadioCentre. After consolidation in the radio market, current shareholders are the BBC, Global Radio, Bauer Media Group and RadioCentre. == History == Launched in the UK on 31 March 2011,〔http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/radioplayer-launches-in-the-uk/045331〕 Radioplayer set out to offer a simple and accessible way to listen to radio via the internet. It contained 157 stations at launch. Initially working internally at the BBC for Tim Davie, then Director of BBC Audio & Music, Michael Hill led the project since March 2009,〔http://www.radiocentre.org/files/michael_hill_appointed_as_managing_director_of_radioplayer.pdf〕 and was made Managing Director of UK Radioplayer Ltd on 28 July 2010. At launch, Radioplayer was a simple and straightforward Flash-based radio player, linked-to by radio stations on their own website. The player included searching and bookmarking across all of UK radio station content. On 5 October 2012, Radioplayer launched a mobile app 〔http://www.thedrum.com/news/2012/10/05/radioplayer-launches-mobile-app〕 on iOS phones with an Android version following shortly afterwards. The apps are unavailable for download outside the United Kingdom. This was followed by a tablet app on 25 September 2013.〔https://www.radioplayer.co.uk/sites/default/files/6_tablet_app_launch_-_final.pdf〕 The apps also support Android Wear and Android Auto,〔https://media.info/radio/news/radioplayer-now-works-with-android-auto〕 Apple Watch〔http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/radioplayer-set-to-appear-on-apple-watch/061614?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+musicweek%2Fstream+%28Music+Week%3A+Stream%29〕 and Apple CarPlay.〔http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/03/16/bbc-bauer-and-global-backed-radioplayer-app-launch-apple-carplay〕 It currently contains 441 stations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radioplayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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