CCM+E's iHeartRadio Inks Amazon Deal

 iHeartRadio, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment's all-in-one digital music and live streaming radio service with more than 300 million app downloads, has announced that it will be available out of the box on Amazon Fire TV. iHeartRadio was also one of the first apps available and optimized on Amazon's line of Kindle Fire tablets.

On Wednesday, Amazon introduced a small black box called Amazon Fire TV that enables television sets to access Internet programming, including streaming shows from its Amazon Prime subscription service, and a giant library of video games.

iHeartRadio's integration with Amazon Fire TV will provide consumers instant access from the comfort of their living room to more than 1,500 Live Radio stations from across the country and hand curated iHeartRadio digital only stations, as well as the ability to create their own stations from a library of more than 450,000 artists and 18 million songs – all for free. Other optimized features include the ability to save and easily access favorite stations, skip songs on Custom Stations, thumbs up / thumbs down songs and more.

Today's news comes on the heels of several other integrations already made this year including Apple's CarPlay, Samsung's Gear 2 Smartwatch, Qualcomm's AllPlay and new auto partnerships with AT&T Drive, GM, Jaguar Land Rover, Kia and Volvo. iHeartRadio also just announced the iHeartRadio Music Awards, which will be televised live from Los Angeles, May 1st on NBC with a live audio stream on iHeartRadio.

"iHeartRadio's launch onto Amazon Fire TV is another key step in our pledge to be everywhere listeners want us to be, whether they want to hear the music and radio stations they love in their living rooms or on the go," said Brian Lakamp, Clear Channel's president of digital. "We're excited to continue our relationship with Amazon and be able to extend our reach to even more consumers through Fire TV's simple and affordable in-home platform."