By Amy Gilroy
Livio, which makes Internet radio car kits that have been sold through Hammacher Schlemmer, Amazon, Crutchfield and other retailers, said it is exiting the car radio kit market.
Livio will phase out car kit products such as the Grooveshark Car Kit by Livio Radio, and the Bluetooth Car Internet Radio Kit that accesses 45,000 stations in an easy to use format while driving.
Livio has increasingly focused on back end Internet radio and apps services for car radio makers and car makers and says that this will now be its primary business.
The company recently announced its software is offered in the Chevy Spark.
It’s Livio Connect platform won a Frost & Sullivan award and the company announced in Las Vegas Monday, just prior to CES, a new platform that makes it easy for FM radio broadcasters to offer two-way communication with its users over a Bluetooth smartphone connection.
Source: CEoutlook
Amy Gilroy is the Editor of CEoutlook and a Contributing Author to Satellite Radio Playground and Market Playground. Amy has been a fan of car audio longer than she cares to admit. At age 17, she was told an amplifier could make the car radio sound better, and from then on, she was hooked. Prior to launching CEoutlook, she was a Senior Editor at TWICE magazine.
Contact Amy Giroy: agilroy@ceoutlook.com
