Catch Media’s Fully-Licensed ‘Smart Cloud’ Platform Expands Compatibility across iOS, BlackBerry and all Android devices
- Fully Licensed Music Service is Expected to Launch in U.S. Over Summer
14 June 2011, London:- Catch Media’s award winning fully-licensed ‘smart cloud’ platform Play Anywhere® has expanded the number of compatible devices it synchs with to include all Android smartphones and tablets.Already compatible with all BlackBerry and iOS devices, the growth to full coverage of Android’s 200-plus smartphones and tablets will open up the services Play Anywhere® powers to thousands of new users. This is the only scan and match cloud streaming platform compatible across so many devices and all major mobile operating systems supported by the music industryPlay Anywhere® currently powers the UK’s ‘My Music Anywhere’ cloud music service - the first fully licensed cloud music service of its kind - available from The Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy stores UK-wide.The fully-licensed service is expected to be rolled out in the U.S. over the summer in co-operation with the music industry.The Play Anywhere® ‘smart cloud’ platform registers a user’s content through a scan and match process to enable seamless streaming of a user’s music library to their computer, tablet or smartphone. This streamlined process avoids the cumbersome transfer of files to the cloud required by storage-based systems at times taking weeks to upload an entire collection.With 6 million-plus tracks from major and independent labels available, users of the Apple iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android smartphones and tablets can automatically get access to their music library to give uninterrupted listening at home and on the go, anywhere in the world.In addition to registration, Play Anywhere’s® patented routing technology tracks content, reconciling royalties to music rights holders – and in future other partners - pro-rated according to usage of their repertoire.Says Yaacov Ben-Yaacov, CEO Catch Media Inc. “With 400,000 new Android devices activated every single day, increasing ‘My Music Anywhere’s’ compatibility to all Android phones and tablets opens up the service to thousands of new users as well as allowing established customers to access their music on even more of their devices. We look forward to launching a similar service across the U.S. over summer”
About Catch Media
Catch Media is a B2B company deploying award-winning proprietary patented technology and a suite of services that allow consumers to seamlessly and conveniently listen to and watch their music, TV and video collections and services, and share their digital media wherever and whenever they want across multiple platforms, while providing content owners and content distributors a sustainable vehicle to monetize their content on an ongoing basis.Since its founding in 2003, Catch Media has invested in developing its patented (and patent pending) award-winning Play Anywhere® technology that registers, tracks, routes, and reconciles digital content. This provides consumers with a convenient way to listen and watch their digital content on different platforms where and when they want and share that content with friends, while guaranteeing content owners (studios, labels, producers, writers, artists and composers), telecom carriers, subscriber-TV operators and retailers compensation on an ongoing basis as the content is transmitted and consumed. As a DECE member, Catch Media plans to next launch movies through the Play Anywhere® platform and is working to provide DECE access seamlessly through the Play Anywhere® interfaces on the cell phone, web, set top boxes and any many other connected devices. For more information about Catch Media, visit www.catchmedia.com