Bip!Com Forges Alliance with Ray Gun Publishing; ``DIGITOMIC'' to Debut April 1999.NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--At a news conference at the MIDEM music conference in Cannes, France, last week Bip!Com (http://www.bipbipbip.com), an Internet music retail site offering an alternative to traditional online music sites, announced that it has chosen Ray Gun Publishing as its partner for exchange of content related to each company's ongoing Web development strategies. This strategic alliance will include the exchange of editorial content and the formation of a joint venture. The joint venture will consist of the development of a brand new commerce Web site set to launch in the early summer of 1999. The new site will begin by selling music products and services, and shortly thereafter implement at least two other tiers of commerce: 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. products and services, and youth lifestyle related products and services. The name of this new venture is DIGITOMIC. Ray Gun Publishing produces both Ray Gun Magazine and Bikini Bikini (bēkē`nē), atoll, c.2 sq mi (5.2 sq km), W central Pacific, one of the Ralik Chain, Marshall Islands. It comprises 36 islets on a reef 25 mi (40 km) long. Magazine with a combined distribution of 250,000 and a projected circulation of 500,000 by the fourth quarter of 1999. In addition, Bip!Com has begun negotiations with Depot 31, who will soon offer nearly 300,000 additional music titles to Bip!s current database of 300,000 music titles. Depot 31 offers direct-to-consumer fulfillment for Internet retail businesses in European territories. Upon completion of this deal, Bip!Com will offer lower prices and shipping rates to its customers throughout Europe. Bip!Com already carries nearly 300,000 music titles through its alliance with California-based Valley Media Inc. Bip!Com subscribes to the Valley Media Database and uses its Sound Delivery Direct-to-Consumer product fulfillment system. Bip!Com met Valley Media at MIDEM last year and developed the relationship during 1998. Now, Bip!Com operates a full service commerce site competing directly with CD Now, Amazon.Com, N2K, etc. Bip!Com has recently formed a relationship with the ground-breaking music site MP3.com. Bip!Com supports the innovations of MP3.com in marketing independent music on the Internet and its commitment to restructuring the music distribution business. Bip!Com holds similar views on how independent music should be marketed and distributed. Bip!Com worked in conjunction with MP3.com at MIDEM this year t content provider, Bip! supports all technology platforms currently available for digital music downloads A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment if required. , as well as other future technologies yet to be developed. Bip! allows the customer to choose which system they prefer. Bip!Com is currently implementing systems to offer digital downloads  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. to
its customers. The platforms that Bip! intends to offer might include
MP3, AudioSoft, Liquid Audio, MCY MCY Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia - Maroochydore (Airport Code)MCY Machine Cycle and A2B A2B Anti-Two-Block A2B Administration-to-Broker A2B Administration to Business . Bip!Com supports encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. and watermarking for digitally distributed files for protection of copyrighted material from the threat of piracy. In further support of digital music downloads, Bip!Com has developed an alliance with Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary ) to become a reseller of the Rio PMP See point-to-multipoint and portable media player. PMP - Portable Media Player 300 MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. . "We're pleased to be demonstrating the Rio at MIDEM this year with industry leaders Bip!Com and MP3.com," said Ken Wirt, vice president of corporate marketing at Diamond Multimedia. The Rio PMP300 gives music enthusiasts a portable means to listen to MP3, the most popular Internet audio See RealAudio. compression format. To further bolster its lifestyle channel, Bip!Com offers these upcoming online chats:
Feb. 9, 1999 You am I (BMG)
Feb. 11, 1999 Bobby Steele of the Misfits (Roadrunner)
Feb. 24, 1999 Earth Crisis (Roadrunner)
March 9, 1999 Fear Factory (Roadrunner)
March 16, 1999 Fish -- of Marillion (Roadrunner)
March 23, 1999 Mercury Rev (V2)
March 29, 1999 Swirl 360 (Mercury)
Confirmed dates to be announced:
Britney Spears
Type O Negative
Cold Chamber
L7
Hanson
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