RadioTime acquires TuneIn Internet radio iPhone app

RadioTime, Inc, the world’s leading provider of applications for finding and listening to radio online, today announced that it has acquired the TuneIn Internet radio iPhone application, the best-selling and highest rated Internet radio application for the iPhone and iTouch. RadioTime has also hired the man who created the TuneIn application to oversee the development of RadioTime’s iPhone and future iPad applications.

In less than a year, more than 700,000 iPhone and iTouch owners have purchased the $1.99 TuneIn app. TuneIn features the RadioTime directory of AM/FM and online-only radio stations airing in 140 countries and broadcasting in 55 different languages.

TuneIn was the first Internet radio application to turn the iPhone or iTouch into a DVR for radio. Users can pause, rewind and record live radio programmes, and search for music and programmes by the names of artists or on-air personalities, specific songs, station call letters and genre. Other features include using the iPhone’s GPS or WiFi capabilities to automatically detect local stations no matter where the user travels.

“I have realized the dream many independent apps developers share of having my app become a best-seller on iTunes, which is very difficult considering there are more than 225,000 apps and counting available for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch,” said Ben Alexander, who developed the TuneIn app. “Partnering with RadioTime and being able to leverage its technology provided me with a significant advantage over the ever-growing number of Internet radio and streaming music apps, and I’m excited about the opportunity to join the company and work on bringing Internet radio to a wide variety of mobile, automotive and connected in-home media players, televisions and sound systems.”

(Source: RadioTime)