Web-radio

Name

Web-radio

Website

https://web-radio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Web-radio is a private internet radio broadcasting service founded in 1995, operating web-radio.com and webradio.fm with an 11–50 employee base and a ColdFusion-based web front-end administered by BRS Media.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Internet Radio Broadcasting

NAICS

Radio Broadcasting Stations (516110), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Radio Broadcasting Stations (4832)

akta.pro primary industry

Internet Radio & Streaming Broadcast Stations (Simulcast/Online-only) (MPAIAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Radio Streaming & Catch-Up Audio Platforms (MPAIADAJ), Non-Interactive Digital Radio (Lean-Back Streaming) (MPAIACAB)

Keywords

• Internet radio streaming
• Online broadcasting service
• Web-based radio
• Audio streaming platform
• Digital radio broadcast

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Web-radio provides internet radio broadcasting services, delivering streamed radio content to listeners over the web via its online platform (webradio.fm / web-radio.com). The company operates a small, privately held organization founded in 1995 with 11–50 employees focused on web-based audio broadcasting. Specific product features, channel lineups, and service tiers are not disclosed in the available source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Web-radio Internet Radio Broadcasting Service Web-based internet radio broadcasting service delivered to individual listeners via the company's website (web-radio.com / webradio.fm). The service streams radio content online; specific channels, tiers, and feature set are not disclosed in the source material.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Emerging players

• Streema: Streema is a smaller internet radio directory and streaming aggregator focused on letting listeners access global AM/FM stations online. Comparable to Web-radio at a similar scale, providing a focused web-based radio listening experience.
• LiveOne: LiveOne operates an ad-supported streaming audio platform with live radio and music programming. It is an emerging player competing in the same internet-delivered audio space with a similar freemium/ad-supported revenue model.
• Radio Garden: Radio Garden is a research-driven internet radio platform streaming live FM stations on an interactive globe. It represents a niche, design-forward approach to web-based radio listening comparable in spirit to Web-radio's online broadcasting focus.

Direct peers

• Radio.com: Radio.com (formerly owned by Entercom/Audacy) provides an online platform to stream local AM/FM stations over the internet. It is a direct comparable as a web-based radio broadcasting aggregator serving the same listener use case as Web-radio.
• TuneIn: TuneIn operates a leading internet radio streaming platform aggregating tens of thousands of AM/FM stations and podcasts worldwide. It is the most direct comparable to Web-radio as both deliver internet-based radio broadcasting/listening services to consumers.

Broad incumbents

• SiriusXM: SiriusXM is a major satellite and streaming radio subscription service with millions of subscribers in North America. It is comparable as a radio broadcaster delivering audio content to consumers, though via satellite/streaming rather than free web radio.
• Spotify: Spotify is the world's largest audio streaming subscription service, including personalized radio-style listening modes. While primarily a music streamer, it competes for the same internet radio audience hours and ad-supported audio inventory.
• Pandora (SiriusXM): Pandora, owned by SiriusXM, pioneered personalized internet radio in the US and remains a major streaming-audio incumbent. Comparable to Web-radio through its internet-delivered radio product, though operating at much larger scale under a media conglomerate parent.
• iHeartMedia (iHeartRadio): iHeartMedia is the largest US radio broadcaster with hundreds of terrestrial stations and the iHeartRadio streaming app. It competes directly in internet radio while operating at vastly greater scale, making it the dominant incumbent peer.

Others

• Audacy: Audacy operates a large portfolio of terrestrial radio stations and the Audacy streaming platform, serving tens of millions of listeners monthly. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping internet radio distribution and similar audio advertising economics.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/web_radio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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