Tiger Telematics Signs Gizmondo Deal With Loudeye's European Subsidiary OD2 Europe's Leading Digital Distributor of Music
15 Juli 2004 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Tiger Telematics Signs Gizmondo Deal With Loudeye's European
Subsidiary OD2 Europe's Leading Digital Distributor of Music
LONDON, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gizmondo Europe Ltd,
subsidiary of Jacksonville, FL based Tiger Telematics Inc (TIGR)
announced today an agreement with Europe's leading digital
distributor of music, On Demand Distribution (OD2), a subsidiary of
Loudeye Corp. The comprehensive deal gives Gizmondo access to a
massive catalogue of music. In addition to over 1.3 million cleared
tracks from over 12,000 artists, the OD2 deal includes the
development and management of a Gizmondo-branded music site
solution and digital logistics, ensuring everything will be up and
running for the Gizmondo launch later this year. "This is a
fantastic deal that further boosts our already exciting content
offering," says Carl Freer, Managing Director, Gizmondo Europe.
"Its scope is staggering and we're very pleased that OD2 is going
to provide Gizmondo users with massive music choice -- Basically,
you name it, the Gizmondo's got it." Ed Averdieck, sales and
marketing director of Loudeye's OD2 subsidiary comments: "Our
objective is to sell and promote the music we manage through a
diverse set of on-line retailers and to find new channels for music
sales. Naturally, the Gizmondo platform interests us very much as
it is at the cutting-edge of digital music distribution." The OD2
distribution system is Microsoft-based, further ensuring seamless
compatibility with Gizmondo's Microsoft Windows CE.net platform.
The device has a 2.8-inch TFT color screen with an ARM9 400Mhz
processor and incorporates a 64-bit graphics accelerator. Besides
the MP3 music player, the device provides cutting-edge gaming,
multimedia messaging, MPEG-4 movie playing capability, a digital
camera and a GPRS network link to allow wide-area network gaming.
Additionally, it contains a GPS chip for location-based services
and is equipped with Bluetooth for use in multi-player gaming and
accepts MMC card accessories. The deal with OD2 is the latest in a
series of exciting content acquisitions with more planned. Please
see previous releases: -- Jenson Button ... On new Tiger Telematics
Gaming Device: 9 July 2004 -- Tiger Telematics Gives Green Light to
Indie Studios for New, Short-Time GPS Gizmondo Game: 4 June 2004 --
Tiger Telematics Strengthens Gizmondo's Game Portfolio with
Fathammer: 28 May 2004 -- Tiger Telematic's Gizmondo Premieres the
World of 'Colors' -- World's First GPS/GPRS Enabled Interactive
Game -- at E3Expo 2004: 12 May 2004 About Tiger Telematics and
Gizmondo Gizmondo Europe Ltd. is an owned subsidiary of Tiger
Telematics Inc (OTC:TIGR) and is the maker of Gizmondo, a
next-generation mobile entertainment device. Set to launch in 2004,
the gaming device includes in- built music, video, messaging and
picture functions. Tiger is a designer, developer and marketer of
mobile telematics systems and services that combine global GPS
functions and voice recognition technology to locate and track
vehicles and people down to street level in countries throughout
the world. The systems are designed to operate on GPS and are
currently being marketed to GSM current and potential subscribers,
primarily by the company's United Kingdom based subsidiaries.
http://www.gizmondo.com/ http://www.tigertelematics.com/ About
Loudeye Corp. Loudeye is the worldwide leader in
business-to-business digital media solutions and the outsourcing
provider of choice for companies looking to maximize the return on
their digital media investment. Loudeye combines innovative
products and services with the world's largest music archive and
the industry's leading digital media infrastructure enabling
partners to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete,
customized digital media stores and services. For more information,
visit http://www.loudeye.com/. Except for historical matters
contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are
forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbour
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements
reflect numerous assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties
that may affect Tiger Telematics, Inc. and its subsidiary
businesses and prospects and cause actual results to differ
materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors
that could cause actual results to differ are Tiger Telematics
Inc.'s operating history; competition; low barriers to entry;
reliance on strategic relationships; rapid technological changes;
inability to complete transactions on favourable terms; and those
risks discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC. DATASOURCE:
Tiger Telematics Inc CONTACT: Global Media: Patrik Wallgren, Head
of Global Public Relations, +44-7813-647-752, or Mike Carrender,
CEO of Tiger Telematics, Inc., +1-904-279-9240; For US Media,
Serena Tesler, +1-212-880-5279, Web site: http://www.gizmondo.com/
http://www.tigertelematics.com/
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