financed platforms web iphone ipod touch ipad android symbian windows phone several hardware devices format stream catalogue 900 000 songs availability worldwide website http www.aupeo.com ceo holger g. weiss david j. taylor aupeo is a personalized internet radio service . the service currently offers over 120 pre developed stations 1 and covers a range of genres ; these include pop rock hip hop r & b heavy metal country house techno classical and punk . users are able to select stations that follow a theme genre or musical mood . in addition to these stations users can also listen to artist stations stations that play music related to an artist selected by the user . aupeo s mood tuner allows users to listen to stations specifically based on musical mood happy relaxing aggressive dramatic stressful . 2 aupeo is the first audio app to team up with volkswagen cars using mirrorlink technology . it is also available in audi vehicles . 3 aupeo is a licensed webcaster in more than 40 countries worldwide . 4 the company was formed in 2008 in berlin as aupeo gmbh and is financed by venture capital . as of november 2011 the aupeo archive encompasses around 900 000 tracks . 5 contents 1 history 2 personal radio by aupeo 3 the aupeo business model 4 legal status 5 references 6 external links history edit in 2008 aupeo established itself as a music streaming company and offered a personalized radio service called aupeo personal radio . aupeo relied on its technology to enable listeners to develop a personalized radio stream either by selecting a genre of music an existing station with a pre defined theme or by typing in the name of an artist . the aupeo personal radio recommendation system functioned by using an automated classification system that is subsequently verified by members of staff . in collaboration with the fraunhofer institute aupeo developed an algorithm which allowed the service to quickly identify certain musical qualities automatically assigning genre classification . these classifications were then reviewed and refined by aupeo members of staff . over the years aupeo teamed up with several leading manufacturers from the mobile pc connected tv stb and home entertainment industry such as loewe 6 philips 7 asus 8 acer 9 nokia 10 onkyo 11 technisat 12 and sonos . 13 aupeo s technology rapidly attracted the interest of the automotive industry and thus in 2010 the company brought the aupeo service into mini vehicles 14 aupeo quickly expanded its platform availability to several car partners such as bmw 15 mercedes benz 16 honda 17 toyota 18 ford 19 audi 20 volkswagen 21 and jaguar and land rover . 22 in april 2013 the company got acquired by panasonic corporation of america and is now focused on providing entertainment and infotainment services in vehicles . 23 personal radio by aupeo edit during ces 2015 aupeo launched personal radio by aupeo a new connected audio platform for the automotive industry . the service currently offers more than 350 curated stations from all genres and time periods . in addition to these stations users can also listen to artist stations stations that play music related to an artist selected by the user . aupeo s mood tuner allows users to listen to stations specifically based on musical mood happy relaxing aggressive dramatic stressful . with personal radio by aupeo consumers can also hear local and global news sports traffic and weather with their favorite music . the talk stations are available in the north american market and featured content from cbs radio news theblaze radio news and theblaze radio network accuweather geo traffic and umano . the service is currently available in more than 60 countries worldwide and five million vehicles globally covering 20 brands from most major manufacturers . 24 the aupeo business model edit aupeo is a wholly owned subsidiary of panasonic corporation of north america . 25 the service is funded by advertising mainly in the form of audio advertising and banner advertisements . alternatively aupeo also offers the possibility for users to subscribe to a premium service for 4.99 usd eur per month . premium user accounts are void of all advertising . in premium accounts the audio quality is increased to 192 kbit s and the limit of skips the ability for users to skip through songs that are being played is raised up to 10 times per hour and 50 times per day . 26 legal status edit aupeo is not an on demand streaming service but falls under the international webcasting agreement created by the ifpi . 27 in accordance with these requirements aupeo is able to provide its services in more than 60 countries . 28 royalties are distributed to artists and labels through external performing rights organizations including gema in germany and the bmi in the united states . references edit west jessica august 9 2011 . onkyo adds aupeo support expands last.fm to all 2011 network receivers . beststuff.com . retrieved 11 nov 2011 . baker jenni august 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