TuneIn Inc. is an American audio streaming service delivering live news, radio, and sports, in addition to music, podcasts, and audiobooks, to an audience of over 60 million monthly active users worldwide. The company is based in San Francisco, California. Founded by Bill Moore in 2002 as RadioTime in Dallas, Texas, TuneIn has more than 100,000 broadcast radio stations and four million on-demand programs and podcasts from around the world. TuneIn is available on the web at TuneIn.com, for a suite of mobile apps: iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Samsung, Windows Phone, and on over 200 connected devices, including Sonos, Bose, Amazon Echo, and Google Home connected speakers. TuneIn service is also available in over 50 vehicle models, including the Tesla Model S. TuneIn raised over $47 million in venture funding from Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, GV, General Catalyst Partners, and Icon Ventures.
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Function
TuneIn's website and free mobile apps offer users the ability to listen to streaming audio of over 100,000 radio networks and radio stations worldwide, including AM, FM, HD, LP, digital and internet stations. Additionally, over four million podcasts are available for streaming on TuneIn. TuneIn's directory carries a very comprehensive list of sports, news, talk, and music from around the world.
TuneIn Radio is available as an app on all smartphones and tablets, online at tunein.com and on over 200 platforms, including over 55 vehicle models. Other platforms supported include Sonos, Amazon Echo, HEOS by Denon, Samsung TV, Roku, Google TV, Chromecast, Nexus Player, Ouya PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4. and Xbox One
TuneIn's website is currently available in 22 different languages. Each language has its own version of the website, with content tailored for the specific language or region.
In August 2015, TuneIn launched a premium service, which includes audiobooks and sports content from MLB, NFL, NBA, in addition to news content from MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and more.
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Content
Broadcasters
TuneIn has partnered with numerous broadcasters to offer sports, news, talk, and music to its listeners. Some examples include partnerships with CBS, ESPN Radio, NPR, Public Radio International (PRI), CBC / Radio-Canada, C-SPAN Radio, All India Radio, AIR FM Gold, Emmis Communications, Hearst Radio, Entercom, Radio One, mvyradio, Wu-Tang Radio (Wu World Radio), ABC Radio and Regional Content (Australia), Bonneville International, Sport Your Argument and talkSPORT.
Sports
In August 2015, TuneIn announced partnerships with MLB and Premier League and the Bundesliga for live play-by-play coverage. In October 2015, NFL announced a partnership with TuneIn to broadcast live, play-by-play coverage of all NFL games to its premium subscribers.
On December 22, 2015, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that TuneIn would gain radio rights to the NHL. TuneIn would create an individual station for every NHL team to simulcast their home market broadcasts on. Additionally, TuneIn would create a replay channel for each team so fans could listen to the games archived. They would also create a 24/7 NHL Channel, and the NHL would imbed TuneIn's player onto the NHL.com website. All TuneIn NHL items would be made available to the entire public for free. The first broadcasts for TuneIn began New Years Day, 2016.
Technology
Software: TuneIn Radio is available as a free app on smartphones and tablets, including iOS, Android, Windows, and Blackberry. There is paid version, "TuneIn Radio Pro" (USD $9.99), which allows subscribers to record anything played through the TuneIn service. Recordings made by TuneIn Radio Pro are stored on the device and cannot be played on other devices.
Consumer Electronics: TuneIn is available on numerous Smart Radios and Connected Speakers (Sonos, Amazon Echo, Google Home, Bose, HEOS by Denon, iHome), Smart TVs (Panasonic, Samsung TV, Google TV) and TV boxes (Roku, Boxee).
Game Consoles: TuneIn Radio is available on Xbox, PlayStation, and Ouya.
Auto Manufacturers: As of 2016 TuneIn is available on over 55 vehicle models. TuneIn Inc has partnered with auto manufacturers, such as Ford, General Motors, Tesla, BMW and MINI. After-market auto stereo devices made by JVC, Parrot and Clarion also work with TuneIn.
Audiobooks: In August 2015 TuneIn launched content deals with book publishers including Penguin Random House and HarperCollins to provide an audiobook library.
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