AT&T's a2b music and Alliance Entertainment Corp. to Enter Strategic Partnership.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 3, 1999--a2b music(sm), AT&T's innovative secure digital distribution system, and Alliance Entertainment Corp., a developer of proprietary websites, e-commerce-enabling databases and one of the largest independent wholesalers of pre-recorded music, video and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , today announced that they will enter into a strategic relationship to utilize a2b music digital distribution solutions as core building blocks of Alliance's Internet initiatives. As part of this arrangement, a2b music will provide secure digital downloads and streaming audio A one-way audio transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play audio clips and Internet radio. Computers in home networks stream audio (mostly music) to digital media hubs connected to home theaters. capability for Alliance's proprietary website, the All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), which was awarded "best music reference site" by Yahoo Internet Life in 1998. Alliance will use a2b music's digital download technology to provide services through Alliance's exclusive theStore 24(R) product, which provides affiliated retailers assistance in developing and advancing their Internet-based business. In addition, the All Music Guide will provide artist information for a2b music downloads as well as a2b MAIL(sm), the company's breakthrough direct-to-consumer e-mail marketing application. Further, the All Music Guide will be prominently incorporated on the a2b music website (www.a2bmusic.com). Larry Miller, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of a2b music, said of the agreement, "We firmly believe that Alliance's online initiatives, such as theStore24, will give their customers the opportunity to participate in the tremendous growth of music e-commerce. We are pleased to expand the scope of Alliance's premier online music database A database of CD album information on the Internet. Music CDs do not contain artist name, album and song titles, but MP3, AAC and other compressed audio formats do (see ID3 tag). When a CD is played in the computer or is being ripped to a compressed format, the media player software , the All Music Guide, to include music samples." Eric Weisman, chief executive officer of Alliance Entertainment, said: "The a2b music relationship will be very influential in furthering Alliance Entertainment's e-commerce business strategy. We are particularly pleased to work with a company which is committed to innovating secure digital download transmission and protecting copyright interests. We are excited about the opportunity of providing a more direct music experience through a2b music." About Alliance Entertainment Corp. Alliance Entertainment Corp. (www.aent.com) is a developer of proprietary websites (allmusic.com, allmovie.com, allgame.com, allclassical.com), developer of commerce enabling databases, and is one of the largest domestic full-service wholesalers of pre-recorded music, video, DVD, and other related merchandise. About a2b music a2b music (http://www.a2bmusic.com), an Internet marketing and technology company, is leading the music industry in innovative uses of secure digital audio distribution. a2b music enables clients to leverage unique Internet opportunities to create customized in-store and online retail sales and marketing promotions. As the exclusive provider of AT&T Labs technologies for Internet delivery of secure digital music, a2b music also makes its compression, mastering and security software available through a licensing program. AT&T and a2b music are founding members of the Secure Digital Music Initiative Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) was a forum formed in late 1998, comprised of more than 200 IT, consumer electronics, security technology, ISP and recording industry companies, ostensibly with the purpose of developing technology specifications that protected the (SDMI (Secure Digital Music Initiative) A set of rules for securely distributing digital music over the Internet. Announced in February 1999, it is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and Universal, the top five ) Forum, which will create a voluntary digital music security specification. Since its launch in November of 1997, a2b music has been selected to create cross-media promotions for recording artists such as Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith, Bonnie Raitt, Tori Amos, Willie Nelson, Garbage, Lenny Kravitz, Counting Crows, The Verve Pipe, Dave Stewart, Brian Setzer, SWV SWV Sisters With Voices (Singing Group) SWV Sisters With Voices (R&B Group) SWV Something Weird Video (DVD supplier) SWV Square Wave Voltammetry , Squeeze and Gravity Kills. a2b music customers include Almo Sounds, Atlantic Records, BMG BMG Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Germand: Federal Ministry for Health) BMG Be My Girl BMG Blue Man Group BMG Bertelsmann Music Group BMG Be My Guest BMG Browning Machine Gun BMG Bulk Metallic Glass , Camelot Music, Capitol Records, Dreamworks, Fairwest Direct, Inc., Geffen Records, HMV HMV His Master's Voice HMV High Mobility Vehicle HMV High Mileage Vehicle HMV High Molecular Weight HMV Heavy Maintenance Visit HMV Hazardous Materials Vault (military vault for dangerous materials) HMV Heavy Military Vehicle UK, Interscope Records, Maverick Entertainment Group, N2K's Music Boulevard, RCA Records, Tower Records, Trans World Entertainment Trans World Entertainment Corporation is a chain of entertainment media retail stores in the United States. It currently operates over 800 freestanding and shopping mall-based stores under several brand names. , TVT Records, Virgin Records and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, and other people who have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in and Museum, which uses a2b music's platform to power a digital archive of 27,000 CD-quality songs. NOTE: a2b music and a2b MAIL are service marks of AT&T Corp; theStore 24 is a registered mark of Alliance Entertainment Corp. |
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