12 Companies Including Sanyo, Toshiba, HP and S3/Diamond Building Portable Music Products Fueled by Liquid Audio
Thursday January 6, 8:30 am Eastern Time
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SOURCE: Liquid Audio, Inc.
12 Companies Including Sanyo, Toshiba, HP and S3/Diamond Building Portable Music Products Fueled by Liquid Audio
New Liquid Music Connection Program Offers the Software and Services Hardware Companies Need to Ship New Digital Music Technologies
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Liquid Audio, Inc. (Nasdaq: LQID - news) today announced at the Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) in Las Vegas, that it is working with 12 consumer electronics companies to deliver portable music products that playback Liquid(TM) Music. Companies shipping or developing products fueled by Liquid Audio include: Digitalw@y, e.Digital, HaiTai Electronics, Hewlett-Packard Company, Iomega, Jungmyung Telecom, RHAS_TEL, S3/Diamond Multimedia, Saewon Telecom, Sanyo, Texas Instruments and Toshiba. Liquid Audio is showing live demonstrations of new devices from Hewlett-Packard, Sanyo and Toshiba in its booth (#6740) at the show.
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In addition, Liquid Audio announced a new and innovative partner program, the Liquid(TM) Music Connection, which provides consumer electronics companies with a la carte digital music solutions including: 50,000 music downloads, Web services, technical integration, customized software and Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) compliance, to deliver compelling new digital music products. These announcements further demonstrate Liquid Audio's position as a pioneer and leading platform for the secure distribution of music online.
``Digital music devices are more compelling when music fans can use them to download and listen to their favorite music easily from the Internet,' said Phil Wiser, chief technology officer of Liquid Audio. ``With over 50,000 tracks from 1,000 different labels, combined with the robustness and ease-of-use of the Liquid Player, Liquid Audio provides a complete digital music solution for consumer electronic companies and, ultimately, their customers.'
``Liquid Audio's digital music solution includes everything we need to bring our digital portable playback devices to the market, including a large selection of digital music available for download,' said Masao Suga, general manager of Toshiba's Home Digital Products Division.
``Working with Liquid Audio's open Secure Portable Player Platform (SP3), we can integrate our products with the Liquid System so our customers can play back music downloaded from the Internet on a wide range of secure portable devices and storage media,' said Tatsuo Tanaka, general manager of Multimedia Product Development at Sanyo.
Liquid Music Connection
The Liquid Music Connection is an ideal solution for manufacturers who wish to build custom digital music products. The program is comprised of services and software that give consumer electronics companies the a la carte resources and content they need to distribute digital music to their consumers. It includes:
Sell Music From Branded Sites: A catalog of 50,000 songs lets consumer electronics companies sell digital downloads from their own branded Web sites, providing additional value for their consumers and generating new revenue streams.
Integrate Devices With The Leading Digital Music System: The SP3 platform makes it easier for hardware companies to create products that are compatible with the wide range of formats distributed by Liquid Audio.
Offer Customized Player Software: Liquid Audio offers partners a custom-branded version of its music player software. The Liquid(TM) Player supports the widest variety of music formats and includes a music organizer, making it even easier for users to enjoy their music.
Ensure End-to-End Security: Liquid Audio's security technologies are designed to meet the requirements of the SDMI standard and help ensure protection of music as it is transferred to a device.
The components of the Liquid Music Connection program are available to consumer electronics companies who can take advantage of the complete solution or individual components to help bring their products to market and provide the most music to consumers. Companies interested in joining or receiving more information about the Liquid Music Connection program can visit its Web site at: liquidaudio.com.
Today's announcements are part of Liquid Audio's ongoing strategy to support the preview, purchase, download and portability of copyright-protected music over the Internet. This includes support for digital downloads, portable devices, recordable compact disks and other digital media.
Liquid Audio, Inc. is a leading provider of software and services for the digital delivery of music over the Internet. The Liquid Audio solution gives musicians, record labels, Websites and music retailers the ability to publish, syndicate and securely sell recorded music online with copy protection and copyright management. Using the Liquid(TM) Player software, available for free download at www.liquidaudio.com, music fans can preview and purchase downloadable music from the more than 300 affiliate Web sites in the Liquid(TM) Music Network. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol LQID, Liquid Audio is located in Redwood City, California.
NOTE: Liquid, Liquid Audio, Inc., Liquid Audio, the Liquid Audio logo, Liquifier, and Liquid Music are trademarks of Liquid Audio, Inc.
For more information about Liquid Audio software and services call 888-liquid-0 or visit liquidaudio.com.
For information about employment at Liquid Audio visit liquidaudio.com or send resumes to jobs@liquidaudio.com.
CONTACT: press only, Kim Strop of Liquid Audio, 650-549-2194, or kstrop@liquidaudio.com, or Chiyoko Ono of Liquid Audio Japan, 650-854-3241, or chiyokoo@aol.com.
SOURCE: Liquid Audio, Inc.
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