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Liveradio from Orange now available on Windows Live Messenger

Paris, February 01, 2010
Exclusively in France, Liveradio from Orange is available to nearly 21 million users of Windows Live Messenger
More than 7,000 online radio stations and 11,000 podcasts available free to listen to and share while chatting on Windows Live Messenger

More than 7,000 online radio stations and podcasts available to listen to while chatting on Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger is the destination of choice for French web users, where they spend the most time every month. With Liveradio from Orange, the 1st online radio and podcast directory in France, Windows Live Messenger offers its users the ability to stay connected to their favourite stations while chatting with their friends or using video chat.
With just one click on the “Liveradio” icon at the bottom of the chat window, you instantly gain access to a menu of 7,000 FM and foreign stations, as well as podcasts.
Just one click is all it takes to navigate between stations or explore any of the thousands of freely available podcasts.

share your passion for radio on Windows Live Messenger
With Liveradio, Windows Live Messenger lets everyone express themselves: under the Windows Live ID, the Messenger Contacts window shows the “radio status” and programme currently being listened to, along with the song title and artist.
Your friends can all listen to your favourite programmes, too! It’s simple – just click on “Share now”. Use your webcam, chat and play games together, while listening to the same online radio station. Windows Live Messenger makes it as “live” as possible!
Super Messenger: streaming innovations for Windows Live Messenger
With Liveradio, Windows Live Messenger signals the 1st phase of “Super Messenger”, a programme of innovations exclusive to France set to enhance the instant messaging service over the next 6 months. After Liveradio on Messenger, more new experiences will soon be ready to discover on www.super-messenger.fr
Windows Live Messenger complements its entertainment offerings (peer-to-peer gaming, videos, film trailers and music sharing) and supports the evolution of web usage.
Windows Live Messenger – facts and figures:
  No. 1 instant messenger in France, with 21 million users - Médiametrie NetRatings
  No. 1 instant messenger service in the world, with 320 million users
  2 million French video chat users
  2.5 million people use Messenger on their mobiles in France – M-Metrix
  10 million online gaming sessions are initiated each month in France
  More than 8 billion messages are exchanged worldwide everyday

Liveradio from Orange
  Liveradio is the first radio and podcast directory in France
  More than 7,000 radio stations and 11,000 podcasts broadcast from 100 countries
  First multi-support online radio service (mobile, Wi-Fi, on the web, through widgets and with connected TV)
  1st multi-territory radio service (France, UK, Switzerland and Spain)
  Several hundred thousand listeners every month
  An enhanced listening experience with associated metadata (photos, programme names and song titles) supplied by the most popular radio stations
  Exclusive content (“Jam session” concerts, Talk Orange, Le Figaro, Buzz Media, etc.)
  Themed and dynamic navigation to easily find radio stations and programmes

For more information: http://liveradio.orange.fr
press contacts
Orange
Anne-Catherine Moreno – +33 (0)1 44 44 93 93 – annecatherine.moreno@orange-ftgroup.com

Windows Live
Béatrice Matlega  +33 (0)1 57 75 32 44 - beatma@microsoft.com

Hopscotch 
Camille Godeau +33 (0)1 58 65 00 93 -  cgodeau@hopscotch.fr
Clémence Brondel +33 (0)1 58 65 00 50 - cbrondel@hopscotch.fr
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