New UK webradio player will include public & private stations

A new online player for both public (BBC) and private radio stations from the United Kingdom was presented in England yesterday.

This is what British newspaper The Guardian writes about the project:

'iPlayer for radio' set for December launch
Radio streaming application containing content from BBC and commercial stations unveiled at Radio Festival in Salford

A BBC-backed radio streaming application with the potential to allow users access to audio content from more than 400 stations nationwide is to launch in December.

The first working version of the UK Radioplayer project – dubbed 'the iPlayer for radio' – was unveiled at the annual Radio Festival in Salford yesterday.

Content from about 50 radio stations, both BBC and commercial, will be available when the site goes live in December, with 150 more on board at the time of full commercial launch in February 2011.

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