Gracenote Extends Agreement With RealNetworks to Bring Digital Music Recognition to Consumer Electronics, PCs
Agreement Pairs RealOne™ And Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition Service(SM) in Online And Offline Media Players
PRNewswire
BERKELEY, Calif. and SEATTLE
06/04/2002
Gracenote, a leading provider of music infrastructure technologies, today announced a multi-year renewal of its agreement with RealNetworks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), the global leader in Internet media delivery. RealNetworks will incorporate the latest, more accurate and robust version of Gracenote's signature CDDB service in future versions of the RealOne Player.
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The agreement expands RealNetworks' license to include the Gracenote CDDB Music Recognition Service in customized RealOne Player Software for consumer electronics products and offline hardware devices, including car stereos and digital jukeboxes. RealNetworks will also be able to offer Gracenote technology to third-party developers, use the Gracenote development toolkit, and distribute Gracenote's embedded recognition service and database for offline consumer electronics devices.
"We are very excited about working with RealNetworks to bring the latest digital media technology to consumer electronics," said David Hyman, CEO of Gracenote. "RealNetworks is a true leader in the digital music market, and working together we are bringing the benefits of digital music to new consumers and new devices."
"We are very happy to continue to offer Gracenote's superior music recognition technology to all of our RealOne consumers -- both on and off the PC," said Ryc Brownrigg, General Manager, Consumer Software for RealNetworks, Inc. "Our combined technologies create a world-class music experience, whenever and wherever you listen to music."
About Gracenote
Gracenote provides critical digital music infrastructure technologies to consumer electronics manufacturers and software developers worldwide. Gracenote specializes in music recognition and content delivery, and has the largest database of music information in the world. Gracenote delivers compelling, dynamic content customized to the music experience, and it is changing how people enjoy, explore and discover music. Over 8,000 licensees worldwide, serving more than one million consumers daily, rely on Gracenote's CDDB technology for their music information. Gracenote was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California. For more information about Gracenote, go to http://www.gracenote.com/.
NOTE: RealNetworks and RealOne are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. All other companies or products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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