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Glide Effortless to Compete in File Sharing Market
Dotnaught writes "InformationWeek is running a story about a new consumer application suite called Glide Effortless that's slated to be released in mid-November. Think of it as iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iCal, Mail, document sharing, shopping, and a few other apps all in one seamless application hosted as a service on the Web that could be accessed by any browser on any computer. It allows file sharing without the risk of illegal copying. It might prove a viable competitor to iTunes, if it works as advertised and if it can scale to handle millions of users."
Personally, I think this looks very impressive, and it will be interesting to see how it pans out.
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September 21, 2004
ASCAP ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC TECH RELATIONSHIP WITH TRANSMEDIA
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with TransMedia for the use of TransMedia's Colaborata 2.5 digital media management and collaboration platform. Colaborata 2.5 provides an integrated, online media environment to securely manage and preview music, videos, pictures, documents and related information.
"Technological innovation and member service are top priorities for ASCAP," said Chris Amenita, Senior Vice President, ASCAP Enterprises Group. "We're looking forward to working with TransMedia and using their Colaborata 2.5 platform to help simplify our internal digital media management and collaboration needs, and provide state-of-the-art service to our members."
"We are very excited about the opportunity to work with the world's leading performing rights organization," said Donald Leka, Chairman and CEO of TransMedia. "The Colaborata 2.5 platform will provide ASCAP with an integrated and compatible solution that will allow them to cost-effectively manage and share digital media on a secure basis."
TransMedia will be elaborating on this, and making additional announcements of significance to the music industry, at a media launch event on September 22 in Los Angeles, CA. For further details, contact David Berzin at 212-675-6664.
About ASCAP:
2004 marks the 90th anniversary of the founding of ASCAP. As the world's largest Performing Rights Organization, ASCAP has over 190,000 composer, lyricist and music publisher members representing all genres of music. ASCAP is committed to protecting the rights of its members by licensing and collecting royalties for the public performance of their copyrighted works, and then distributing these fees to the Society's members based on performances. ASCAP's Board of Directors is made up solely of writers and publishers, elected by the membership every two years. For more information about ASCAP, visit www.ascap.com.
About TransMedia Colaborata:
The TransMedia Colaborata platform is designed to reduce Digital Friction(TM), which is caused by the rapid proliferation of digital media (music, video, images) information (documents, calendars, contacts etc.) and of non-integrated, non-compatible hardware and software systems used to manage them. TransMedia's Colaborata 2.5 platform combats Digital Friction(TM) by providing secure browser-based access to media content and information through a single integrated and compatible platform. Colaborata enables users to manage media files, communicate while browsing and sharing media, and access information through a fully interactive media portal. For more information about TransMedia, visit www.transmediacorp.com.
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actually, I know these guys just partnered with a company that i recently worked for called Mediaguide. They are an ASCAP owned company that monitors radio and TV airplay for playlist logs. Their technology can very easily scan through mediafiles and identify what song it is.. even tell the difference between original and remix versions of different songs. Check out thei site if you want more info.. www.mediaguide.com