-- Smart Audio gets Local with First International
Partnership
CHICAGO, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rivet Radio,
the smart audio platform, today announced it will be adding local
weather reports for 30 major cities worldwide. In partnership with
CustomWeather, this new, geo-targeted content will allow global
users to receive accurate local forecasts in their city every
morning through Rivet Radio's advanced audio channeling.
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"We've focused on supercharging our international experience for
Rivet Radio audiences in this first quarter," Rivet CEO
John MacLeod said. "Expanding our
international and local offerings is imperative for both our
existing listener base and our growing audience. With enabled
geo-location and Rivet Radio's leading audio meta-tagging and
delivery solutions, we're able to channel audio to the right local
audiences."
In partnership with CustomWeather, Rivet's weather updates will
serve millions in the following cities: London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, New
Delhi, Sydney, Mexico City, Buenos
Aires, Sao Paulo,
Cape Town, Tel Aviv, Tehran, Baghdad, Riyadh, Jakarta, Lagos, Dar es Salaam, Madrid, Istanbul, Seoul, Manila, Karachi, Dubai, Athens, Bangkok, and Santiago.
Geoff Flint, CustomWeather
President and CEO added, "Our partnership with Rivet will provide
millions of end-users with the accurate, global weather forecasts
that CustomWeather is known for. Rivet's global focus
complements our own commitment to worldwide coverage – we cover
over 80,000 worldwide forecast locations in over 75 languages.
Offering an automated weather feed customized for Rivet's platform
is a natural fit for us and we look forward to supporting Rivet's
continued growth and success."
CustomWeather joins a hearty list of Rivet's current premiere
partnerships with media powerhouses including The Associated Press,
American Public Media, and Crain's Business. Global weather
expansion marks the first international content partnership for
Rivet Radio.
For more information and to download Rivet Radio visit
www.rivetnewsradio.com.
About CustomWeather, Inc.
San Francisco-based CustomWeather offers the
industry's most robust weather solutions for both decision support
and consumer application. CustomWeather generates granular weather
forecasts for over 200 countries, providing sophisticated weather
services to leading companies in a variety of industries. For over
a decade, CustomWeather has been the leading one-stop solution for
historical, real-time, and forecast weather services. For
more information, visit www.CustomWeather.com.
Rivet Radio, Inc.
Featured by Apple as "The Best in
Bite-Sized News" and a "Start Up To Watch" by Chicago Innovation
& Built in Chicago in 2015,
Rivet delivers customized, multiplatform audio news and feature
stories worldwide. Rivet has grown from iPhone, Android, Amazon and
car apps into a platform powering the global Audio of Things for
millions of listeners. It's radio reimagined.
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