<s>
Radioplayer	B-Application
is	O
a	O
radio	O
technology	O
platform	O
,	O
owned	O
by	O
UK	O
radio	O
broadcasters	O
and	O
operated	O
under	O
licence	O
in	O
some	O
other	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radioplayer	B-Application
is	O
operated	O
by	O
UK	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
Ltd	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
not-for-profit	O
organisation	O
owned	O
by	O
UK	O
radio	O
broadcasters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Launched	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
on	O
31	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
set	O
out	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
accessible	O
way	O
to	O
listen	O
to	O
radio	O
via	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
working	O
internally	O
at	O
the	O
BBC	O
for	O
Tim	O
Davie	O
,	O
then	O
Director	O
of	O
BBC	O
Audio	O
&	O
Music	O
,	O
Michael	O
Hill	O
led	O
the	O
project	O
since	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
Managing	O
Director	O
of	O
UK	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
Ltd	O
on	O
28	O
July	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
launch	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
was	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
straightforward	O
Flash-based	O
radio	O
player	O
,	O
linked-to	O
by	O
radio	O
stations	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
mobile	O
app	O
on	O
iOS	O
phones	O
with	O
an	O
Android	O
version	O
following	O
shortly	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
chosen	O
by	O
Amazon	O
to	O
integrate	O
with	O
their	O
new	O
voice-controlled	O
'	O
Echo	O
 '	O
device	O
,	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
UK	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Sonos	O
and	O
Bose	O
multi-room	O
speaker	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UK	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
currently	O
contains	O
around	O
500	O
UK	O
stations	O
,	O
from	O
Ofcom-licensed	O
broadcasters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radioplayer	B-Application
Car	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2014	O
as	O
a	O
hybrid	O
radio	O
receiver	O
that	O
switches	O
between	O
FM	O
,	O
DAB	O
and	O
streaming	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
strongest	O
signal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
Car	O
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
several	O
spin-off	O
benefits	O
of	O
the	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
Car	O
project	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
hybrid	O
radio	O
metadata	O
API	O
for	O
cars	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
'	O
WRAPI	O
 '	O
(	O
Worldwide	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
API	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
a	O
separate	O
company	O
called	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
Worldwide	O
,	O
Radioplayer	B-Application
technology	O
is	O
licensed	O
to	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
territories	O
.	O
</s>
