5-3-2012
Clear Channel says the latest update is a major milestone for iHeartRadio. President of Digital for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Brian Lakamp says, ?With this update to the, we?ve focused intently on user feedback. We wanted to make sure it was the experience our millions of users wanted and expected from us ? and we?re thrilled with how it has all come together.?
Clear Channel CEO John Hogan added, ?This is another great example of how we continue to capitalize on our company?s incredible digital assets, and integrate those efforts with our strong local and national consumer brands, to deliver powerful solutions with unparalleled consumer reach and strong listener loyalty. Digital continues to be a big opportunity for us and as the industry-leading broadcast and digital company, we are dedicated to providing our millions of listeners the best services on mobile and desktop.?
The iHeartRadio for iPad App now includes:
?Custom Stations, allowing users to create their own personalized stations by simply entering an artist or song and iHeartRadio will then create a station of similar music. iHeartRadio?s Custom Stations offer a number of industry-leading features, including: ? More Songs ? Users can draw from a massive catalog of nearly 14 million songs and 400,000 artists.
? Greater User Control ? With its unique ?discovery tuner,? users can tune their Custom Station to play familiar songs ? or adjust the tuner to ?discovery mode? to play a wider variety of artists and songs from iHeartRadio?s massive music catalog. A ?Thumbs Up? or ?Thumbs Down? feature allows users to indicate song preferences to further personalize their stations.
? Better Music Intelligence ? iHeartRadio?s music intelligence capability combines a sophisticated technology solution with ongoing consumer music research and the expertise of Clear Channel?s leading radio programmers to give users the best custom radio experience available.
? Commercial-free ? Custom Stations continue to be commercial-free since launch last September.
?Support for the Retina display on the new iPad, enabling users to experience the New iHeartRadio with stunning visual clarity; and
?Deeper Facebook integration, which lets users share listening activity with friends via their timelines and tap into each other?s musical tastes by listening to songs and stations that they like. This deeper Facebook integration serves as a means to greater music discovery, making users? digital radio experiences more personal and relevant.
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