Orange have thrown their hat into the internet radio market in the UK with the launch of a wireless internet radio device, which will be branded under the Liveradio name.
The service will enable customers to access over 4,000 internet radio stations, from a local, national and international database. Orange have a website designed to be used with the service, which is located at liveradio.orange.co.uk.
After registering on the site, you will be able to customise the preset radio stations and create folders to easily reference different radio channel types. Adding a radio channel is as simple as drag n drop.
Mike Newnham, Vice President of Home, Orange UK said:
‘The internet radio market in the UK is growing at an increasingly rapid rate and Orange with its home internet pedigree is well placed to be part of it. The Liveradio device weve launched today is testament to our ability to offer consumers a multi-platformed entertainment experience, and is the first of many such products Orange plans to offer for the home.’
There is a Liveradio device which can be purchased from the Orange Liveradio site. With this device your PC does not need to be on to listen to the radio, all you need is a broadband connection and a wireless router, and you can listen to internet radio all round the house or in your garden, basically anywhere within range of your router.
In some ways this new technology is a step forward from many Orange mobile phones that have built-in FM radios and with the convergence of mobile phones and broadband it can only be a matter of time before new handsets start to offer digital radio enabling a massive choice of radio stations wherever you are.
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[Source: The UK Mobile Phone Blog]
