The best radio stations, now also on Amazon Fire TV and Android TV

With its free smart TV apps for Android TV and Amazon Fire TV, radio.de brings more than 60,000 radio stations from all over the world straight into the living room

Hamburg, 7 September 2023, more than 60% of households in Germany now own a smart TV with an internet connection. With the newly developed apps for Android TV and Amazon Fire TV, radio.de makes more than 60,000 radio stations easily accessible in the living room.

The apps focus on optimized controls designed for navigation on smart TVs. Personal favorites, local stations from the user’s region and the Top100 are always quick to reach. Using the search, the wide selection of stations from all over the world can be explored comfortably from the couch.

The radio.de database covers the full range of stations, from German FM stations to international news and music stations, as well as web radios for every imaginable music genre. This means you can not only quickly stay informed about your own region via the right local station, but also easily enjoy the latest club hits from Ibiza, authentic salsa music from Latin America, the best Schlager or hip-hop from France.

“The TV is still the entertainment hub in the living room. With our smartphone apps for iOS and Android, our users always have the full diversity of the radio world with them. With our apps for Android TV and Amazon Fire TV, developed from the ground up, we are bringing real variety right into the living room. We have specially reworked the app’s controls for the smart TV platforms so that everyone can easily listen to their personal favorite stations,” says Katja Ostrowsky, Managing Director of radio.de GmbH. “Our goal is to offer the easiest access to the whole world of radio. On the web, as an app or on all popular smart TV platforms.”

The apps are available free of charge via the Google Play Store for Android TV (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.radio.android) and in the Amazon App Store (https://www.amazon.de/radio-de-GmbH-Der-Radioplayer/dp/B0098XZHSU). The free radio.de app is also available for Apple TV in the App Store.

About radio.de GmbH

radio.de GmbH is a company founded by MADSACK Mediengruppe. With radio.de it offers the leading radio service in Germany and is active internationally with the brands radio.net and GetPodcast. With more than 38 million downloads worldwide, 60,000 stations and more than two million podcasts, the services offer the easiest access to the digital audio world. Overall, the service is available in more than 20 languages, in the browser, on smartphones and tablets, as well as on connected devices and smart TV platforms.

About MADSACK Mediengruppe

MADSACK Mediengruppe focuses on the future potential of regional and local media. Its portfolio includes 19 newspaper titles, the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND), RND OnePlatform, high-reach digital offerings and free advertising papers. Today, the titles of MADSACK Mediengruppe record more than 215,000 digital subscriptions. In addition, around 140,000 subscribers receive the combination of e-paper and print. The group also includes various subsidiaries specializing in publishing services. On top of this, there are in-house start-ups and holdings in the fields of digital business, postal services and logistics, film and television production, as well as advertising and communication.