SEATTLE, Aug. 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- NetMusic Entertainment Corporation (Pink Sheets:NTMT) announced today that it has completed an agreement to integrate the company's content and platform services for delivery to mobile phones with Vidistream, Ltd. of the United Kingdom.
The deal will enable the company to deliver entertainment content to customers using Microsoft Smartphone(tm) (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/smartphone/default.mspx) and Symbian(tm) (http://www.symbian.com/) technologies on a variety of mobile networks, including those operated by BT Wholesale, Vodaphone, T-Mobile, and Orange. NetMusic will also be able to integrate a full suite of delivery to mobile services for all of the company's content and wholesale initiative partners.
Glen Starchman, NetMusic's Chairman and CEO, said, "With annual worldwide sales of smart mobile devices reaching into the tens of millions, NetMusic is aggressively pursuing the delivery of entertainment to those platforms. The delivery of entertainment to mobile devices has been projected to become a multi-billion dollar business within the next couple of years, and NetMusic is going to be there." He further added, "Vidistream brings very strong and proven technology as well as a strong team of professionals to our efforts. We are confident that our ability to add mobile delivery to our offerings will increase the level of access we have to consumers, thereby substantially increasing revenues for both NetMusic and its partners."
About Vidistream: UK-Based, privately held Vidistream, Ltd has developed a leading edge technology platform for delivery of live and/or pre-recorded video entertainment leveraging European Telco BT Wholesale's optimization of the H.264 standard and Fastnets video streaming architecture. Vidistream offers the complete compliment of services necessary to delivery quality audiovisual entertainment to modern mobile devices. Vidistream also offers its customer and impressive collection of key metrics from this activity, including registrations, player downloads, video requests (by user, item, and charge type), video quality of service, and reverse charged SMS.
About NetMusic: Edmonds, Washington-based NetMusic Entertainment (http://www.netmusic.com/) is a global digital media company focused on providing consumers entertainment on their own terms: anytime, anywhere. The company offers digital music downloads, digital jukeboxes, video-on-demand and online video rental services across the globe. NetMusic focuses on providing media distribution opportunities in both audio and audiovisual spaces for third party brands seeking to engage consumers with media. Recently, the company announced plans for the acquisitioning of licensing to the catalogues of the largest recording companies in the industry as well as plans to launch a video-on-demand service. Investors interested in obtaining more information about the company are invited to visit: (http://www.netmusic.com/corp/).
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