SunnComm Inks New Revenue Deal; A to Z Music Services and SunnComm Sign Agreement That Puts MediaMax Music Management Technology on A to Z Clients' Audio CDs
10/29/2003 9:30:00 AM
PHOENIX, Oct 29, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SunnComm Technologies Inc. (STEH) , the leader in digital content management and enhancement for optical media, announced today it has entered into a new licensing and revenue agreement with New York-based A to Z Music Services.
"We are pleased that the industry continues to recognize the benefit and value our technology has to offer both to the artists and consumers alike," commented Bill Whitmore, SunnComm president. "The decision to use MediaMax M4 technology offers records labels, big and small, a legal and licensed structure that empowers consumers to enjoy their favorite music while also respecting the copyrights of the artists."
"We are delighted to enter into this agreement with SunnComm," said Scott Pollack, president of A to Z Music Services. "As a company that is entirely dependent on the continued relevance of packaged goods, A to Z welcomes and commends SunnComm for bringing their MediaMax technology to market. Any effort to enhance the consumer experience while offering a respite from the out-and-out theft that has characterized the past several years in the music industry should be applauded and validated."
SunnComm president Bill Whitmore continued, "In addition to this agreement, we are making significant progress in Europe which we hope will accelerate our plans to become the globally recognized standard for CD music management solutions."
MediaMax M4 is a collection of technologies that provides copy management for CDs and, soon, DVDs, while simultaneously enhancing and expanding the consumers' experience. The technology offers consumers a legal and licensed structure to transfer music from their audio compact discs to their computers in a user-friendly and managed environment. MediaMax-enhanced CDs will play on all standard consumer electronic playback devices including CD players, DVD players, car stereos, boom-boxes, computers, Walkmans(TM) and game consoles.
In addition, MediaMax offers artists and labels the ability to include controlled burn count, artist-related promotions, song lyrics, an artist bio page, a photo gallery, Web links and PromoPlay(TM) functionality. PromoPlay technology allows consumers to share music with friends by providing the recipient with a song that can be downloaded and listened to for a limited number of days, a limited number of plays or until a specific expiration date arrives. The bonus content and enhancements are accessible via a multimedia user interface which is added as a special session mastered on the disc and integrated as part of the MediaMax product.
About A to Z Music Services
A to Z Music Services provides complete design, replication, printing and fulfillment services to the music industry. The year 2004 will mark the company's 10th anniversary.
A to Z works with a diverse roster of independent record labels and artists. The company's primary business is brokering CD and DVD replication and printing services between independent media corporations and a network of optical media manufacturers and printers nationwide.
For more info on A to Z Music Services --
www.atozmusic.com.
About SunnComm
SunnComm Technologies Inc. became the first company to commercially release a content-protected audio CD utilizing an early version of the Windows Media Data Session Toolkit. It is a leader in digital content enhancement and security technology for optical media with its MediaMax CD-3 suite of products. SunnComm's copy-management technology was commercially released by Music City records in 2001 and became America's first copy-protected audio CD.
SunnComm's MediaMax CD-3 Suite of Digital Content Enhancement technologies is built using Microsoft (MSFT) Windows Media 9 Series, but operates on both Apple (AAPL) and Windows-based systems. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at sunncomm.com.
MediaMax Digital Content Cloaking Technology, DC2, PromoPlay and SunnComm are registered and/or trademarks of SunnComm Technologies Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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