New BBC Sounds app allowing users to listen to the radio and download shows is slammed despite £10million marketing campaign
- Listeners flooded social media with complaints about the BBC's new service
- One said the app was worse than the iPlayer Radio that it will replace next year
- BBC Sounds brings 18 national and 40 local radio stations together in one app
The new BBC Sounds online service allowing users to listen to the radio and download shows has been slammed despite a £10 million marketing campaign.
Listeners have flooded social media with complaints about the online service and app for tablets and mobile phones – with many saying it is worse than the iPlayer Radio that it will replace early next year.
One listener wrote: 'I've just deleted the BBC Sounds app. Didn't work. Wouldn't play any downloads. Difficult to navigate and gave less info.'
Listeners have flooded social media with complaints about the online service and app for tablets and mobile phones – with many saying it is worse than the iPlayer Radio
BBC Sounds, available via an app since June and online since October, brings 18 national and 40 local radio stations together.
The BBC has reportedly spent £3 million on a glitzy publicity campaign, including an advert with Kylie Minogue.
It plans to spend another £7 million next year.
A BBC spokesman said: 'BBC Sounds is already superior to the iPlayer Radio app.'
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