Radionomy

Type of business	Private
Available in	French (primary) English
Founded	January 2008 (2008-01) in Brussels, Belgium
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Targetspot (majority stake),[1]Union Square Ventures (minority stake)
Founder(s)	Alexandre Saboundjian Yves Baudechon Gilles Bindels Cedric van Kan
Key people	Alexandre Saboundjian (Founder andCEO) Jef Mauguit (CTO) Thierry Ascarez (VP of Business Development)
Services	Internet Radio
URL	radionomy.com
Advertising	Banner ads, Audio ads
Registration	Free (required to save stations)
Launched	April 2008
Current status	Closed, January 2020

Radionomy was an online platform that provided tools for operating onlineradio stations. It was part of Radionomy Group, a company which later acquired the online streaming platformSHOUTcast fromNullsoft, and eventually consolidated Radionomy into itsSHOUTcast service.

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Radionomy, a portmanteau of "radio" and "autonomy," is a platform that facilitates user-driven creation and consumption of online radio content. Through the Radionomy Musical Platform (RMO), users possess theautonomy to curate and program their online radio stations, incorporating elements such as music, commentary, and radio jingles. The platform empowers users to contribute original audio content, including musical compositions and jingles, and offers the capability for livebroadcasts.^[2]

To ensure compliance withcopyright regulations, Radionomy secures licensing fromSABAM, enabling the legal use of music content. The platform sustains its operations and fulfills royalty obligations by incorporating advertising into broadcasts, limited to a maximum of four minutes per hour. This advertising model serves as a primary revenue source, supporting the platform's commitment to facilitating user-created online radio experiences while adhering tolegal and financial considerations.^{[citation needed]}

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Radionomy was founded in September 2007 by four Belgian entrepreneurs: Alexandre Saboundjian Gilles Bindels, Cedric van Kan and Yves Baudechon.^[3]

• 17 January – Radionomy held a press conference at theEiffel Tower inParis, and announced the public launch of the planned business April 17, 2008.^[4]
• Late February – the alpha version of the Radio Manager is broadcast from a community of beta testers selected based on their radio project. This is the beginning of the beta test.^{[citation needed]}
• 17 April – the Radionomy site opens to the Belgian and French public, allowing visitors to listen to Internet radio stations created on the platform.^[5]
• 17 June – Radionomy has released its beta.^{[citation needed]}

• Unknown – after several beta waves, live function is incorporated into all web radios, whatever the creation date and the number of radio listeners.^{[citation needed]}

• February 15 – opening of the feature "Play the radio" allowing all producers radios can have a website pre-designed.^{[citation needed]}
• March – the launch of the advertising Adionomy that allows advertisers to broadcast their advertising on the web radios targeting listeners.^{[citation needed]}
• 30 May – Radionomy invests in Hotmixradio.^{[citation needed]}

• June 28 – Radionomy announces the signing of an agreement with the US digital advertising platform Targetspot.^{[citation needed]}
• August 29 – Adionomy board was launched, new governance in the world of digital radio in France.^{[citation needed]}
• 5 September – Radionomy announces the opening of its US headquarters in San Francisco.^{[citation needed]}
• 18 September – Radionomy launched G2, the new version of the platform. This includes updates to the site radionomy.com, and the release of the Radio Manager Online online platform which replaced the older Radio Manager desktop application. Facebook, iPhone, and iPad applications were also released.^{[citation needed]}
• late October – Alexander Saboundjian, CEO of Radionomy, became manager of Hotmixradio, instead of its founder Olivier Riou.^{[citation needed]}

• 18 September – Radionomy won the award "International Excellence in Online Audio" awarded at the RAIN Summit in Orlando, Florida.^{[citation needed]}
• December 16 – Radionomy acquired U.S.-based advertising Targetspot.^{[citation needed]}

• 17 January – Radionomy formalizes the acquisition ofWinamp andSHOUTcast fromAOL.^[6][7] However,TechCrunch has reported that the sale of Winamp and Shoutcast is worth between $5 and $10million, with AOL taking a 12% stake (a financial, not strategic, investment) in Radionomy in the process.^[8]

On 17 December 2015,Vivendi acquired a 64.4% majority stake in Radionomy. Its shareholders including its employees and a U.S based investment companyUnion Square Ventures, retained its stake in the company.^[9]

• 26 February – In a lawsuit filed at a California federal court, a group ofSony brands – includingArista Records,LaFace Records andSony Music Entertainment – accused Radionomy of copyright infringement.^[10][11] The case was settled out of court shortly thereafter.^[12]

• AudioValley acquired a majority stake in Radionomy.

"In August 2017, AudioValley acquired the 64.4% stake held by Vivendi in Radionomy Group BV. AudioValley now owns 98.53% of the company's capital."^[1]

• On 1 January, Radionomy shut down its streaming service and migrated towards the Shoutcast platform.^[13] This move was part of the group's wish to offer all digital radio producers new professional-quality tools to better meet their needs.

• 5 July – AudioValley renames itself to Targetspot, with its focus shifting to its digital audio monetisation business.^[14]
• 22 November -Azerion Group N.V. acquires Radionomy Group B.V. and all of its subsidiaries (Targetspot and Shoutcast) from Targetspot SA.^[15]

• February - Targetspot SA rebrands to Llama Group, based on its remaining Winamp subsidiary consisting of Bridger,Jamendo and Winamp.^[16][17]

In addition to its own online radio aggregation service, Radionomy owned audio and radio-related digital properties:

• Hotmixradio
• Jamendo
• SHOUTcast
• Targetspot
• Winamp

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• Belgian companies established in 2008
• Internet radio

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