Clear Channel Announces iHeartRadio App Hits 135 Million Downloads
By Rob Scott
November 26, 2012
November 26, 2012
- Clear Channel Media announced that its iHeartRadio app has reached a new milestone by surpassing 135 million downloads.
- The app now has 20 million registered users, and claims to be outpacing the growth of rival entertainment offerings from Pandora, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
- The iHeartRadio network has more than 48 million unique digital visitors per month, while Clear Channel boasts 239 million monthly listeners.
- “Since its launch 13 months ago at the inaugural iHeartRadio Music Festival, iHeartRadio has exceeded more than 20 million registered users,” notes Radio Online. “Registered users are only a percentage of iHeartRadio’s overall listeners, since registration is only required for the Custom Station feature which launched in September 2011.”
- “iHeartRadio has experienced unprecedented growth as it continues to resonate with our listeners and super-serve our partners,” said Brian Lakamp, president of digital for Clear Channel Media and Entertainment.
- “The reach of our broadcast radio properties, combined with our digital platforms truly creates unmatched promotional power that is unique to Clear Channel and allows us to be wherever our listeners are with the products and services they expect.”
- In a related story, Affinity Labs of Texas has filed a lawsuit that claims the iHeartRadio platform “violates Affinity patents for receiving streamed FM audio signals over a wireless device as well as how the station information is displayed on such a device,” reports Radio World.
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