House of Blues Offers First Ever Live Music Video Download Service; Microsoft and e-Media Enable Secure VDD Program.Entertainment, Music and Online/Chat Editors LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 2, 2000 HOB hob a male ferret. .com, The Home of Live Music(TM) today announced the debut of the Internet's first ever live music video digital download  The perspective and/or examples in this article do not represent a world-wide view. Please [ edit] this page to improve its geographical balance. (VDD See Vcc. ) service. The service offers an ongoing line-up of content-rich, live music archives, covering a broad and eclectic range of musical styles. Continuing in the House of Blues House of Blues (HOB) is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically tradition of offering the highest quality live music both off and online, and addressing the insatiable demand for live music content, the HOB.com VDD service will also tap House of Blues venues throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , giving HOB.com the ability to offer additional video download titles within hours of artist performances. Initial VDD offerings will include Public Enemy, Squeeze, X, Berlin and Cheap Trick Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s. The band consists of Robin Zander (vocals, guitar), Rick Nielsen (guitar, vocals), Tom Petersson (bass guitar, vocals), and Bun E. Carlos (drums, percussion). . The VDD service is being introduced in conjunction with today's launch of Microsoft Windows Media Player 7 beta and WindowsMedia.com. HOB.com is a featured content provider for WindowsMedia.com. During the "Week of WindowsMedia.com," a seven-day promotion running now through May 8, HOB.com will offer both a free live video download of alt rockers 311 and a customized House of Blues skin to commemorate the new service. Windows Media digital-rights management (DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M ) technology will be used to protect against any unauthorized copying and exchanging of HOB.com files. HOB.com once again opted for Microsoft's DRM system, which has proven successful in their audio download business, and worked with e-Media, the leader in e-commerce streaming based in New Canaan, Conn., to develop the video download capable site. VDDs will be offered at a price of $2.99 per track. Participants' credit cards will be charged for video downloads only after the successful download has been completed and licenses have been accepted and agreed upon. These licenses will not expire and users will be given three attempts to ensure a successful download. All downloads are secure and cannot be opened by anyone but the purchaser. Stephen Felisan, Senior Vice President of House of Blues Digital, Inc. stated, "HOB.com is continually pushing the envelope on new business models that benefit artists, labels and the consumer. Our Video Digital Download service is an exciting, new way for music lovers to enjoy the live music experience." "The House of Blues name means great live music, and this service will bring that music into the homes of the millions of people who rely on WindowsMedia.com and the Windows Media Player Digital jukebox software for Windows from Microsoft that plays a variety of audio, video and streaming formats including MP3, WMA, CD audio and MIDI. Starting with Version 6.2 in 1999, the Windows Media Rights Manager was added for securing copyrighted content. for online entertainment," said Dave Fesler, General Manager of Marketing for Microsoft's Digital Media Division. "It is a perfect marriage of great content and an innovative, Windows Media-enabled business model." "e-Media has long considered the House of Blues to be the leading innovator in generating revenues from music streaming," said Michael Terretta, Chief Technology Officer of e-Media. "We were thrilled to work with HOB.com to develop this comprehensive and attractive video downloads application built on Microsoft's Windows Media Technologies See Windows Media. . Our three years of experience with massively popular online PPVs, plus HOB.com's five years of perspective on online music consumers, makes this the benchmark to beat." About House of Blues Digital, Inc.: House of Blues Digital, Inc. is a division of HOB Entertainment, Inc., and is committed to the production, capture, promotion and digital distribution of live music content taking place at House of Blues venues, HOB Concert amphitheatres and arenas and other select premiere venues worldwide. House of Blues Digital, Inc. has the ability to broadcast digital content through various media including the Internet, broadband cable, HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , satellite, 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. , and traditional media. House of Blues Digital, Inc.'s expertise in promotions and programming supports artists and labels through the entire on-line marketing medium. www.hob.com -- The Home of Live Music(TM) |
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