TuneIn Radio - No more BBC

[Yaayuh!]

Looks like BBC have finally removed themselves from TuneIn Radio. It was always likely given they have their own iPlayer Radio and BBC Sounds apps.

Annoying though. I want all my radio stations in one place.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

What's BBC?

 

[Flibster]

Yup. But only in the UK...

BBC Info Link

Also screws people who use Echo devices as alarms as you can't use the BBC on tunein as your alarm. The BBC apps on the Echo devices doesn't allow you to use the stations as alarms. Oh Joy.

The reason? They want data.

We want our programmes, products and services to be the best they can be. And a major way we ensure that is by using meaningful data. Data is more and more important – as it helps us to make more types of programmes we know people like, and equally importantly, identify gaps in our commissioning to ensure we’re making something for all audiences. We also use the data collected about what you watch, listen to or read online to offer personalised programme recommendations – and make our services even more tailored to you.

When we make our programmes available via third parties, we ask that those platforms either allow you to sign into your BBC account – or provide us with meaningful data directly. Unfortunately, TuneIn doesn’t do either of these, so we couldn’t reach a data sharing agreement with them.