Germany’s largest radio platform turns 10

• 10 years ago, radio.de launched in Germany as a website
• Today, radio.net is an international umbrella brand with 10 platforms in 14 languages, usable worldwide and free of charge with any computer, smartphone and the most popular connected devices such as SONOS and Amazon Echo

Hamburg, 20 April 2018. Ten years ago, radio.de launched as a free website in the browser to finally make the world of web radio easily and directly accessible to every user. Over the past ten years, the idea has developed into a worldwide service that is available on all relevant connected devices. With a total of more than 25 million app downloads and 33 million monthly IVW visits, the service is Germany’s largest radio platform.

To mark its tenth anniversary, radio.de is giving away numerous prizes for the best radio enjoyment at www.hoerenswert.de. From the latest top smartphones from Apple and Samsung and speakers from SONOS to high-quality headphones from Teufel and the compact Amazon Echo Dots.

With radio.de, users always have more than 30,000 radio stations, web radios and podcasts from Germany and around the world with them. The offering ranges from their favorite local station and special music streams to news stations with reports and podcasts on special topics.

The service is available as an app for smartphones and tablets and is represented on the major connected device platforms such as Amazon Alexa and SONOS. In this way, radio.de brings real choice to the world of radio conveniently and, in the smart home era, also via voice control. With its own radio.de Alexa Skill, the wide range of stations can already be used on many devices. The radio.de SONOS integration combines sound quality and multiroom audio with real variety. On TVs, the service can also be used via Apple’s tvOS, Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast.

In addition to the free app, there is also a paid PRIME version that completely dispenses with video and banner advertising in the app.

radio.de is also represented with its wide range of stations in the automotive sector. As a database partner for well-known car manufacturers, radio.de extends the audio offering, for example in the new Audi A8 or in the Porsche Connect and Smart Connect apps.

“Having started as a website in Germany, radio.net is now active worldwide with 10 platforms and in 14 languages. Despite all the change, the core of our service remains the same: ‘Simply listen to radio’. Whether at the computer, on the go with a smartphone or in the car,” says Bernhard Bahners, Managing Director of radio.net. “In our age of smart speakers and connected devices, radio and podcasts play a central role in usage. And the future of radio is more exciting than ever before.”

About radio.net by radio.de GmbH

radio.de GmbH is the operator of the international service radio.net, as well as the national services radio.de, radio.at, radio.fr, radio.es, radio.pt, radio.it, radio.pl, radio.se and radio.dk.

After the successful launch of radio.de in 2007, the Europe-wide expansion began in 2008 and was continued outside Europe in 2015 with the launch of the international brand radio.net.

With just one click, the service offers access to more than 30,000 national and international stations, web radios and podcasts. The right station is always at hand on the go, too – the free app is available for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, SONOS speakers, Apple’s tvOS, as an Alexa Skill and for the Fire TV platform.

With the radio player, users can find purely internet-based stations as well as the online streams of well-known FM stations. In addition to editorial and personal listening tips, stations can be sorted by popularity, music genre, topic, city, country or language.

According to IVW, radio.de is Germany’s largest radio platform with 33 million website and mobile visits in March 2018.