Samsung extends partnership with leading music video streaming service, VidZone

• The service will be available in 11 additional countries across Europe
• Available for free on all Samsung flagship mobile, tablet and Smart TV devices
• VidZone now has one of the largest premium music video catalogues in Europe with over 85,000 music videos

Samsung today announced an extension to its roll-out of VidZone –a leading music video service – to a total of 16 European territories.Following its launch in August 2014, the VidZone app has seen incredible success with over 100,000 downloads on Samsung devices to date, across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.However, from 3^rd November 2014, the service will be available in 11 additional markets, which include: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Austria, Portugal and Switzerland.The service’s catalogue has also been bolstered to over 85,000 music videos with content ranging from Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran,Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Eminem, David Guetta and more. This makes VidZone one of the largest catalogues of any dedicated music video service in Europe.VidZone is free to access for Samsung customers as a GALAXY Gift via GALAXY Apps or in the Google Play Store.Lee Epting, Vice President of Samsung Electronics Media Solution Center Europe said: “VidZone delivers an easy to use and powerful music service to consumers that want to watch music videos on demand. It is exciting to be able to be serving up the service’s rich and vast catalogue to even more Samsung users across Europe.”Adrian Workman, CEO of VidZone added: “It’s great to be able to expand VidZone’s reach to more European users via the connected Samsung platform. We’re working hard to provide even more music fans access to our comprehensive catalogue of official music videos by way of a dynamic and artist-led personalised interface.”About the serviceAvailable via the GALAXY Apps and Google Play Store, the ad-funded service is free to access for Samsung users, with no in-app purchases. VidZone now reaches the following 16 countries: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Austria, Portugal and Switzerland.VidZone features over 85,000 music videos – one of the largest catalogues of any dedicated music video service – and 8,000+ playlists, including content from major labels and more than 1,000 independent labels. The application offers music fans a wealth of HD videos from the biggest artists including Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Coldplay, Eminem, David Guetta and more.Features include ‘My Zone’, which allows users to create a library of favourite music videos; ‘Play Zone’, an easy and quick queuing function; and a huge selection of constantly updated genre-based ‘Zones’, enabling discovery of VidZone’s wide catalogue.The service offers dozens of world exclusives, including music video premieres; live concerts; more than 500 interviews; live sessions; and behind the scenes footage. Added to this are hundreds of expertly curated playlists and genre-based charts. Content is highly localised, with videos, playlists and charts tailored for users in each of the launch territories.Users with a 2014 Samsung Smart TV can use Samsung’s multi-screen technology via VidZone’s mobile or tablet app. This functionality allows the user to stream music videos onto the big screen and use their mobile or tablet as the remote control.About VidZoneVidZone launched on games consoles in 2009 and was made available on Samsung mobiles, tablets and Smart TVs mid-2014. The service’s apps have been downloaded by more than 11 million users and are available in 19 territories, including the US.For more information, please go to www.VidZone.com.About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in technology, opening new possibilities for people everywhere. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are transforming the worlds of TVs, smartphones, tablets, PCs, cameras, home appliances, printers, LTE systems, medical devices, semiconductors and LED solutions. We employ 286,000 people across 80 countries with annual sales of US$216.7 billion. To discover more, please visit www.samsung.com.