RioPort Receives MetaTrust Certification for its RioPort Digital Audio Manager Software; RioPort's Audio Manager Software Now Featured in Magex Digital Music Download System.Business Editors SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2000 RioPort, Inc., a pioneer in the 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. market, today announced that its RioPort Audio Manager software, a popular media management application for acquiring, managing and playback of digital audio content, has received MetaTrust Certified See certification. (TM) status from InterTrust Technologies InterTrust Technologies Corporation was founded by Victor Shear in 1990 to develop and market technologies for digital rights management (DRM). Its initial public offering (IPO) was in November 1999. It was purchased by Sony and Philips in November 2002. Corporation (Nasdaq:ITRU). As a MetaTrust Certified solution, RioPort Audio Manager incorporates InterTrust's 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, making it possible for the sale and purchase of secure digital music and spoken audio content over the Internet. RioPort also announced today that its DRM-based RioPort Audio Manager software is now included in Magex's digital music commercial deployment system. Magex provides the medium for the sale and delivery of secured digital audio content, and has been running trials during Q4 1999 and continuing into early 2000, with the system going live in late Q1 2000. "RioPort is aggressively committed to the development of a secure delivery environment so that music and spoken word programming can be sold over the Internet in a way that protects and compensates artists and publishers," said Ron Moore, vice president of legal affairs and business development at RioPort, Inc. "Our relationship with InterTrust and our DRM MetaTrust Certification allows us to deliver a wide range of the best spoken word programming in areas such as audio books, education & training, spiritual and personal development, as well as popular music titles to our major branded partners, worldwide. RioPort's end-to-end secure digital audio system allows our content partners to take advantage of a number of services we offer in encoding See encode. , packaging and commerce and our distribution partners now have access to the best programming available for delivery to end-users." "InterTrust and RioPort have been working together consistently with the common goal of enabling content providers and consumers with DRM solutions that serve each group's specific needs," said Victor Shear, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of InterTrust. "The certification of RioPort Audio Manager represents one more important step towards meeting this goal by enabling consumers to enjoy secured digital audio content in multiple formats." InterTrust's DRM system enables content providers to deliver digital music and spoken audio files to consumers in a number of formats in a secure DigiBox(TM) container. With its MetaTrust Certification, RioPort Audio Manager can process protected digital content and present that content to consumers with offers that are specified by the providers. Content may be offered in a number of ways, such as free downloadable previews, pay-per-use or full use upon purchase. Once downloaded, the music remains protected. Users can forward the songs to other users who are then presented with the same purchasing offer set forth by the content provider. "Magex is thrilled to incorporate RioPort's MetaTrust Certified software into our advanced digital commerce service," said Peter Beverley, managing director of Magex. "In the very near future, consumers will be downloading and paying for popular, secured music selections through Magex's service and using applications like the RioPort Audio Manager to manage and playback files from their desktop PC or hand-held appliance." RioPort Audio Manager RioPort's Audio Manager delivers a powerful, yet easy-to-use, software application to consumers for finding, organizing, downloading, transferring and playback of digital audio files in either MP3 or Microsoft's Windows Media Audio See Windows Media formats. (WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. ) formats. Featuring a host of tools for complete management of digital audio, RioPort Audio Manager offers an integrated Device Manager for easily transferring content from the desktop to a portable player, jukebox A storage device for multiple sets of CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. and playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. functions; an integrated Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. for quickly searching and downloading digital audio tracks; and support for digital tracks embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. with ID3 tags A set of meta-data in an MP3, WMA, AAC or Ogg Vorbis audio file that describes its contents, including song title, artist, album, year, comment, CD track and genre. ID3 tags are used for searching as well as displaying the title being played. to provide information such as song titles, lyrics lyrics npl [of song] → paroles fpl lyrics lyric npl [of song] → Text m and CD art. Other key features include support for WinAmp skins and fast encoding capabilities to transfer CD tracks into MP3 or WMA files (Windows Media Audio file) See Windows Media formats. (up to 256 Kbps encoding fidelity). Consumers can download a free (limited to 50 tracks of encoding) version of the RioPort Audio Manager from the RioPort.com site (www.rioport.com) or purchase the full, unlimited encoding version for $4.95 (price for registered Rio owners) or $9.95 (price for all others). About InterTrust Technologies Corporation InterTrust Technologies Corporation is the leading developer of distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology. InterTrust has developed a general purpose DRM platform that serves as a foundation for providers of digital information, technology, and commerce services to participate in a global system for digital commerce. InterTrust licenses its DRM platform as software and tools to partners. Collectively, these partners will offer digital commerce services and applications that form a global commerce system branded as the "MetTrust Utility." About Magex Magex is a digital commerce service developed by National Westminster Bank (NatWest) to create a secure and efficient environment for the trading of digital content on the Internet. The Magex technology addresses many of the security and payment problems surrounding digital distribution, enabling fast, safe and easy web transactions. Created by NatWest and incorporating Digital Rights Management from US partner, InterTrust Technologies Corporation, Magex delivers the persistent protection of copyright products such as -- music, information and games in any format alongside a simple, trusted payment process. Because businesses can now offer their best products for download with confidence their customers will appreciate the broader, richer choice on offer. Consumers and content providers can find more details and register their interest at Magex website www.magex.com. About RioPort, Inc. RioPort, Inc. is redefining digital audio by delivering an integrated, secure platform for acquiring, managing and experiencing music and spoken audio programming from the Internet. A pioneer in the digital audio market, RioPort partners with companies to provide them with an easy-to-use platform that includes access to a wide range of digital audio content, customizable software solutions and device design services. For consumers, RioPort provides easy access to a variety of popular and innovative music and word programming through its RioPort.com digital audio site. In addition, RioPort markets the RioPort Audio Manager, an easy-to-use jukebox application for the acquisition, management and playback of digital audio content from the desktop or RioPort compatible portable appliances, which the company licenses to third-parties. RioPort also provides content companies with production services, including encoding and secure packaging, allowing them to easily get their content into the hands of digital audio enthusiasts. RioPort's investment partners include Vulcan Ventures, Oak Investment Partners, MTV Networks MTV Networks is a division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of many TV network and Internet brands, including the first MTV channel. The company was established in 1984 after Warner Communications and American Express decided to divest the basic cable Online and S3, Inc. RioPort's Web site is at www.rioport.com. |
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