By: Aseem Gaurav, April 21, 2011 (New Delhi)
Users of iPad can now access Clear Channel Radio’s popular iHeartRadio service through a new app. This is certainly good news for the iPad users who earlier had to make do with the iPhone and iPod Touch version of the app.
With this free to download app, a user can now listen to company’s 750 online stations in the US, in addition to its additional online commercial-free stations. You’ll also get Airplay support which allows you to stream audio from your iPad to another device like an Apple TV. Stations are streamed in ACC format.
The company claims the app to be top free music app at the App Store and number five on the overall list of free apps.
In a press release Clear Channel Radio said with this new app, the iPad users can now take advantage of:
Robert Pittman, Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms for Clear Channel said the app takes advantage of iPad’s screen size and wonderfully simple and intuitive interface. “The iHeartRadio App for iPad is the most complete and engaging digital radio experience possible – it recasts the radio experience in a compelling visual way, and enables users to engage more deeply with their favorite stations and favorite artists,” he said.
The entry of Clear Channel Radio is sure to heat the music streaming/subscription services market on the iPad as till now two major players namely Pandora and SiriusXm. What goes in favour of the company is that app is free to download.
Users of iPad can now access Clear Channel Radio’s popular iHeartRadio service through a new app. This is certainly good news for the iPad users who earlier had to make do with the iPhone and iPod Touch version of the app.
With this free to download app, a user can now listen to company’s 750 online stations in the US, in addition to its additional online commercial-free stations. You’ll also get Airplay support which allows you to stream audio from your iPad to another device like an Apple TV. Stations are streamed in ACC format.
The company claims the app to be top free music app at the App Store and number five on the overall list of free apps.
In a press release Clear Channel Radio said with this new app, the iPad users can now take advantage of:
- Sharing stations and videos via Facebook, Twitter and email;
- Displaying a station’s Twitter feed when users listen to the station;
- Previewing what a station is playing by pressing its logo;
- Enabling users to save favorite stations and songs;
- Conducting a slideshow of artists as their songs play;
- Searching for a station by location, name or music genre.
Robert Pittman, Chairman of Media and Entertainment Platforms for Clear Channel said the app takes advantage of iPad’s screen size and wonderfully simple and intuitive interface. “The iHeartRadio App for iPad is the most complete and engaging digital radio experience possible – it recasts the radio experience in a compelling visual way, and enables users to engage more deeply with their favorite stations and favorite artists,” he said.
The entry of Clear Channel Radio is sure to heat the music streaming/subscription services market on the iPad as till now two major players namely Pandora and SiriusXm. What goes in favour of the company is that app is free to download.
