Latest news releases for Art and Entertainment Music Downloads IPOD and MP3 from Business Wire EON 2008-09-06T17:10:29Z http://eon.prweb.com/images_v4/prw_logo.gif PRWeb xml@emediawire.com http://eon.prweb.com/atom10/ipodmp3.xml 2008-09-04T06:10:01Z A recent update to the Higher Education Act of 1965 requires universities to have a plan to combat the illegal downloading of music, videos and other copyrighted works on college campus networks. The new law calls for universities to consider the use of technology-based deterrents such as bandwidth shaping and traffic monitoring technology to prevent illegal peer-to-peer file sharing. Exinda Networks has helped a wide variety of educational institutions worldwide to implement bandwidth shaping and traffic monitoring solutions since 2002. (Business Wire EON Sep 4, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/exinda/illegal/prweb1287724.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/exinda/illegal/prweb1287724.htm 2008-08-21T05:05:02Z From award-winning filmmakers, Hunter Weeks and Josh Caldwell, (10 MPH, 2007) comes the hilarious, offbeat feature-length film about the world of fantasy football. “10 Yards: Fantasy Football” releases worldwide today, August 21, 2008. Two sites will host the unique online worldwide premiere: OurStage.com, a community supporting independent artists will offer a free iTunes download of the film for two weeks beginning August 21, 2008 (www.10yards.com/ourstage) while SnagFilms.com will stream the film for free and allow for viral sharing via its “virtual movie theater” widgets. The conventional nationwide DVD release will follow, September 30, 2008. (Business Wire EON Aug 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/ourstage/fantasy/prweb1235594.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/ourstage/fantasy/prweb1235594.htm 2008-08-13T04:05:01Z A breakthrough system of ‘superdistribution’ to freely share copyrighted material over the Internet via ‘digital containers’ is rolling out today, aiming to change the way content owners deliver and profit from distributing television, games, books, movies and music entertainment over the Internet. (Business Wire EON Aug 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/digital/content/prweb1208154.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/digital/content/prweb1208154.htm 2008-08-05T14:10:02Z Ask any Mermaid you happen to see – what brand is asking consumers to get creative? Chicken of the Sea! (Business Wire EON Aug 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/chicken/jingle/prweb1183294.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/chicken/jingle/prweb1183294.htm 2008-07-10T09:05:01Z JAMD.com, the consumer website of Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and digital media, announced that its new JAMD Mobile application will be available free on the Apple App Store today. JAMD Mobile provides a fresh new celebrity image experience. It gives people an exciting, tangible way to carry and interact with millions of images using Getty Images’ constantly updated collection of celebrity, fashion, news and sports. (Business Wire EON Jul 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/jamd_mobile/image/prweb1094214.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/jamd_mobile/image/prweb1094214.htm 2008-07-01T12:35:02Z SpiralFrog™ (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal music experience, is adding an automatic update function in its download manager that will give hundreds of thousands of music-hungry fans faster and easier access to SpiralFrog’s huge library of free songs. (Business Wire EON Jul 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1069394.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1069394.htm 2008-07-01T13:00:02Z Microphone, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums? Check. Now the only thing standing between you and your shot at international visibility are a few clicks of the keyboard (Business Wire EON Jul 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/dell_lounge/contest/prweb1069564.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/dell_lounge/contest/prweb1069564.htm 2008-06-24T08:55:01Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced a licensing agreement with Innerground Music. Tracks from Innerground Music founder DJ Marky and other influential artists such as DJ Patife, Bungle and Random Movement will be available on SpiralFrog. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1051024.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1051024.htm 2008-06-24T09:30:02Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced it has signed a licensing agreement with deeep.net/Mtunes, a leading independent digital music distribution company. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1051204.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb1051204.htm 2008-06-24T21:05:01Z AOL today launched dedicated Web sites serving Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Venezuela, providing consumers access to localized versions of AOL’s products and services as well as local language content. Among the features are free email with unlimited storage, instant messaging, the Winamp Media Player, as well as relevant, regional content related to news, sports, celebrities, games and more. In addition, AOL will leverage its worldwide distribution partnership with HP to deliver co-branded, local language portals for these four Latin American countries. (Business Wire EON Jun 24, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/argentina/services/prweb1053494.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/argentina/services/prweb1053494.htm 2008-06-18T08:40:02Z Cash Money/Universal Motown Records multi-platinum recording artist Lil Wayne expands his dynasty with Tha Carter III. The new CD is the biggest release by far for 2008, selling over 1 Million copies it’s first week, reigning #1 on Nielsen SoundScan, besting Mariah Carey’s record-breaking release earlier this year. Not since 50 Cent’s The Massacre in 2005 has an artist sold over 1 Million albums their first week. “This is truly a proud moment for the Cash Money family, says Cash Money co-founder Ronald ‘Slim’ Williams. “Lil Wayne is truly changing the game of hip-hop.” Cash Money co-founder Bryan ‘Birdman’ Williams adds “I knew my son had it in him, and this just proves what I’ve been saying all along. Lil Wayne is the most talented rapper out there right now, and these numbers prove it.” (Business Wire EON Jun 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/lil_wayne/carter/prweb1036004.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/lil_wayne/carter/prweb1036004.htm 2008-06-17T09:00:05Z Headline of release should read: User Generated Multi-Genre Music Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It to the World Thanks to Partnership With VoodooVox (sted User Generated Hip Hop Website WeMix Allows Anyone To 'Drop A Flow' From Any Phone and Broadcast It To The World Thanks to Partnership with VoodooVox). (Business Wire EON Jun 17, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/wemix/voodoovox/prweb1031404.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/wemix/voodoovox/prweb1031404.htm 2008-06-03T21:05:02Z AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the availability of its next-generation notebook platform, delivering the ultimate HD visual performance and increased energy efficiency on the go. The platform features new AMD Turion™ X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processors with ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series Graphics for superior 3D performance and HD image quality, with industry-leading wireless for greater throughput and range. AMD customers overwhelmingly embrace the new platform, as evidenced by more than double the number of design wins compared to the last major AMD Turion processor introduction. These new notebook designs come from leading OEMs including Acer, Asus, Clevo, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, HP, MSI, NEC and Toshiba. (Business Wire EON Jun 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/notebook/platform/prweb998164.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/notebook/platform/prweb998164.htm 2008-05-28T06:30:05Z Musicnotes, Inc. announced today it has recently reached new agreements with music publishers Alfred Publishing, EMI Christian Music Group (EMI CMG), Sony/ATV and several additional publishers and administrators to make guitar, bass and drum tablature for songs in their catalogs available on MXTabs.net. (Business Wire EON May 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/mxtabs/music/prweb978304.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/mxtabs/music/prweb978304.htm 2008-05-22T10:05:01Z TouchTunes Corporation, the largest out-of-home interactive entertainment network, announced today the results of its Rock the Vote survey that ran on TouchTunes jukeboxes in bars nationwide from April 28 through May 11. The interactive survey asked bar patrons about the presidential candidates, current social issues, and also offered the opportunity to enter their email address to receive a voter registration form from Rock the Vote. Nearly 10,000 people requested voter registration information as a result of this campaign. (Business Wire EON May 22, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/percent/touchtunes/prweb967054.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/percent/touchtunes/prweb967054.htm 2008-05-16T12:45:02Z YANGAROO Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTC: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, continues to make progress with its United Stated Patent Application #10/431,854 titled “Content Distribution System and Method”. (Business Wire EON May 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/patent/distribution/prweb951614.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/patent/distribution/prweb951614.htm 2008-05-05T10:00:01Z Despite a challenging economic environment, Musicnotes, Inc. the market leader in downloadable sheet music and guitar tablature, indicates its year-to-date sales growth remains robust. Musicnotes.com has sold nearly 500,000 downloads thus far in 2008 and generated sales of approximately $3 million. Digital sales growth has exceeded 30% through early May. (Business Wire EON May 5, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/musicnotes/growth/prweb917784.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/musicnotes/growth/prweb917784.htm 2008-05-01T08:50:01Z Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music, announced today Plain White T's lead singer and songwriter, Tom Higgenson, WB Music Corp. and Alfred Publishing are the recipients of the sixth annual Musicnotes Song of the Year Award for the song "Hey There Delilah." (Business Wire EON May 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/music/alfred/prweb909924.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/music/alfred/prweb909924.htm 2008-04-16T10:35:01Z M Concepts, a boutique product design consultancy, and YES, a leading radio community, today announced the launch of the YES widget, geared to renew radio listenership by promoting listener loyalty and time spent with the station. The YES widget, which can be embedded into any radio station's Web site, offers an interactive experience for listeners, creating a community through one-of-a-kind chat features and exciting prizes. In support of the Free Radio Alliance, the YES team hopes to keep open air programming free by increasing digital music sales and permitting improved listener involvement. (Business Wire EON Apr 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/concepts/widget/prweb866884.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/concepts/widget/prweb866884.htm 2008-04-14T05:05:01Z BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDN) for interactive broadcasting, today announced BG Secure, a suite of products that offers Internet media properties the ability to protect their copyrighted content from the growing number of pirating technologies without disruption to the customer experience. (Business Wire EON Apr 14, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/bitgravity/content/prweb856024.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/bitgravity/content/prweb856024.htm 2008-03-28T11:35:01Z SpiralFrog (www.spiralfrog.com), the free and legal ad-supported music experience, today announced it signed an agreement with IRIS Distribution, a leading independent music digital distribution and marketing company. (Business Wire EON Mar 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb812994.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb812994.htm 2008-03-27T07:10:01Z Pop Rock group 3RD CULTURE, http://www.myspace.com/3rdcultureband, celebrates the release of their new single "Heartbreak City" on Friday, March 28, 2008 with a live performance from Arlene's Grocery in NYC at 10:00 p.m. EDT. The show will also be available via a live webcast at http://www.youtube.com/user/3RDCULTURE. (Business Wire EON Mar 27, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/3rd_culture/heartbreak/prweb808454.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/3rd_culture/heartbreak/prweb808454.htm 2008-03-11T04:30:17Z SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a leading seller of MP3 players in the United States, today unveiled the multi-faceted Sansa(R) Fuze(TM) MP3 player. The stylish music player is loaded with capabilities and features to keep consumers well entertained while on the go. Not only is it easy on the eye, it's easy on the pocketbook. With availability planned for early April in the United States, the Sansa Fuze player comes in a wide array of colors (pink, red, blue, black and silver) and capacities (2, 4 and 8 gigabyte(1) (GB)) with an expected starting price of only $79.99 MSRP. (Business Wire EON Mar 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/sansa/player/prweb762004.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/sansa/player/prweb762004.htm 2008-03-11T10:00:01Z Fans of Billy Bob Thornton can now download a 10-song preview of the hillbilly rocker's upcoming album with his latest musical incarnation - The Boxmasters - exclusively at the Dell Lounge. (Business Wire EON Mar 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/billy/bob_thornton/prweb763474.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/billy/bob_thornton/prweb763474.htm 2008-03-07T11:00:01Z While the buzz bands will be buzzin' at the annual SXSW (South by Southwest) confab March 13-15 in Austin, Texas, many of the most pressing issues facing established and emerging recording artists and the troubled music industry will be generating their own buzz during the event's timely CLE (Continuing Legal Education) panels. The panels will feature superstar attorneys such as Don Passman (All Your Need to Know About the Music Business), record executives from Universal Music Group and other labels, major management companies and others. Attendance is open to all SXSW Music Conference registrants. (Business Wire EON Mar 7, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/music/lommen/prweb753824.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/music/lommen/prweb753824.htm 2008-03-03T09:55:01Z CasaTools, a leader in whole house audio systems, and NuVo Technologies, a manufacturer of whole home audio systems, speakers, source components and related accessories, today announced that CasaTools has partnered with NuVo Technologies. CasaTools and NuVo Technologies are working together to have CasaTunes MultiRoom Music Server from CasaTools support NuVo Technologies Grand Concerto, Essentia, and Simplese. CasaTools will be showing the NuVo Grand Concerto with the NuvoNet Adapter at EH Expo March 13-15 in Orlando in booth 240A. (Business Wire EON Mar 3, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/technologies/casatunes/prweb738624.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/technologies/casatunes/prweb738624.htm 2008-02-25T05:00:28Z SyncLive is a music and entertainment web community where fans can watch LIVE or on-demand shows and concerts while interacting with family and friends online. Artists can broadcast live shows to a worldwide audience from any place at any time to present their music on a global stage. Emerging and established artists, as well as several Military artists perform regularly on SyncLive and each artist has the ability to set-up their own profile page with background information and show schedules. (Business Wire EON Feb 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/synclive/fort_hood/prweb721174.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/synclive/fort_hood/prweb721174.htm 2008-02-21T06:00:02Z AOL today launched a dedicated Web destination in Mexico, http://www.aol.com.mx, which combines industry-leading safety features with free e-mail, instant messaging and localized content in Spanish. AOL has partnered with Alestra to provide distribution and Grupo Editorial Expansion for content. AOL also will leverage its worldwide distribution partnership with HP to deliver a co-branded local language portal and search solution for Mexico. AOL will continue to add content and features over the coming months. (Business Wire EON Feb 21, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/mexico/expansion/prweb714914.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/mexico/expansion/prweb714914.htm 2008-01-29T06:05:11Z Vantrix today announced that SendMe Mobile, the premier mobile media company, has selected the Vantrix Store Optimizer mobile content delivery solution to streamline the publishing of video, ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile media on SendMe Mobile's storefronts, and to extend the reach of its content catalog to virtually every mobile phone in the US. (Business Wire EON Jan 29, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/mobile/sendme/prweb662784.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/mobile/sendme/prweb662784.htm 2008-01-25T05:00:02Z SpiralFrog, Inc., (www.spiralfrog.com) the free, ad-supported Web-based music service that launched on September 17th in North America, today announced the site hit one million unique monthly visitors and is expected to exceed 1.2 million uniques by the end of the month, according to Google Analytics. (Business Wire EON Jan 25, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb655574.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/spiralfrog/music/prweb655574.htm 2008-01-16T11:55:02Z Subhead and first graph, third sentence should read: ... Nobel Prize Winning Author Orhan Pamuk (sted Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Orhan Pamuk). (Business Wire EON Jan 16, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/stanford/entitled/prweb631891.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/stanford/entitled/prweb631891.htm 2008-01-11T11:41:09Z YANGAROO, Inc., (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF) the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Radio and Records (R&R), the leading music industry information company in the United States, to market and promote its patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) to the radio and recording industries. (Business Wire EON Jan 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/radio/industry/prweb616481.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/radio/industry/prweb616481.htm 2008-01-11T11:40:55Z At CES, the International Consumer Electronics Show, Pyxix(R) Corporation, a diversified global media company, today announced new capabilities to deliver entertainment content to Sony PlayStation(R) Portable, Apple iPod(R) and Microsoft Zune(R) as well as 3gp smart phones. The announcement reflects the Pyxix mission of "Connecting Artist to Audience." (Business Wire EON Jan 9, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/pyxix/artist/prweb612651.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/pyxix/artist/prweb612651.htm 2008-01-11T11:36:47Z At this year's CES show, Sleek Audio launches their SA6 customizable in-ear earphone, bringing music lovers everywhere the opportunity to find their audio fingerprint in meeting room 70347mp at the Sands convention center. Now anyone can customize their audio experience and hear music like never before. (Business Wire EON Jan 6, 2008) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/audio/sleek/prweb605001.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/audio/sleek/prweb605001.htm 2008-01-02T17:25:07Z Sierra Sound's first product, the iN Studio 5.0 began the arduous process of submitting to reviews and lab tests for their first Smart Speaker System the iN Studio 5.0. The praise has come often and loud. Over a dozen lab tests completed and all have placed Sierra Sound as among the best sounding Made For iPod speakers in the market at any price. (Business Wire EON Dec 21, 2007) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/sierra/speaker/prweb590702.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/sierra/speaker/prweb590702.htm 2008-01-02T17:24:59Z Search and Discovery Engine, SeeqPod, released today its annual list of top search terms. Among the site's top 100 search terms for calendar year 2007, executed on SeeqPod's Music Search vertical, artists queries ranged from 'Rolling Stones', coming in at number 20 on the list, to 'The Police' at number 95. (Business Wire EON Dec 20, 2007) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/seeqpod/search/prweb588632.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/seeqpod/search/prweb588632.htm 2008-01-02T17:24:47Z Ezmo, a free online social music network, today announced 'social search' - allowing its community members to explore Ezmo's entire music library to find like-minded music enthusiasts and their play lists. Ezmo's free online music player and social networking service provides the ability for consumers to easily upload their entire music library to the web. Users can then invite and share with up to ten friends as well as access their music anywhere with an Internet connection. (Business Wire EON Dec 18, 2007) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/music/social/prweb584002.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/music/social/prweb584002.htm 2007-12-14T05:00:12Z Zedge (www.zedge.net), the popular destination for user-generated mobile content, has partnered with more than 60 labels, artists and managers, including B-Real from Cypress Hill, DEVO, The Midnight Youth, Trin-I-Tee 5:7 and emerging artists such as Irving, This City Sunrise and Steriogram, for its 12 RINGTONES OF CHRISTMAS promotion. Much of the mobile content presented as part of 12 Ringtones is available only on Zedge and only through this campaign. The 12 Ringtones of Christmas campaign runs from December 14, 2007 to January 14, 2008. (Business Wire EON Dec 14, 2007) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/zedge/mobile/prweb576740.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/zedge/mobile/prweb576740.htm 2007-12-14T10:00:12Z Simon Cowell will be face down in his Christmas dinner gravy this year if Essex rockers Torn Asunder www.torn-asunder.com, myspace.com/tornasunderuk get their way and reach No1 with their xmas single "Love to look at you". (Business Wire EON Dec 14, 2007) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/torn_asunder/christmas/prweb576814.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/torn_asunder/christmas/prweb576814.htm 2007-12-10T08:10:12Z SyncLive(SM), the world's first, free online live music community, has announced that it has added key site features designed to showcase venues and artists around the world. With the SyncLive website now online, users can view live online musical performances streaming from established venues, small-sized clubs and even an artist's living room. (Business Wire EON Dec 10, 2007) Read the full story at http://eon.prweb.com/releases/synclive/artists/prweb575541.htm http://eon.prweb.com/releases/synclive/artists/prweb575541.htm