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DWS ADORA Now World Leading Multi DRM Content Delivery Platform for Mobile and Online Dual Delivery, Deployed on 3 Continents
DWS ADORA Reaches 20Million+ Download Mark in Germany Representing Market Share of 65% for Leading Customers Including T-Mobile, O2, and AOL
DWS Innovative Functionality Roadmap for 2006 Includes Services for Mobile Subscription Services, Triple Play, Direct Content Injection, Video and Movies, Integrated Music Recognition and Pre-Listening Generators
DWS, the European leader in distribution and content technology, today announced that following its most successful year to date; it will be presenting its highly innovative functionality roadmap at Midem 2006. DWS' company roadmap for 2006 onwards includes strategies that provide online retailers, mobile carriers and broadband service providers with the latest in functionality enabling them to reach out to a wider customer base, achieve higher download volumes and reduce operational costs. CEO Michael Bornhausser will be outlining the full company strategy and vision of the mobile music industry at a Digital Rights Management workshop at the show on January 23rd at 5.30pm.
DWS recent successes include the attainment of a 65% share of total downloads in Germany in 2005 numbering 20 Million plus tracks. The company has also demonstrated its success as provider of the leading music content delivery platform in Europe by adding customers such as Telstra in Australia and a soon to be announced North American mobile carrier giving DWS a significant global reach for its ADORA content delivery platform and DWS Future Download Shop, the multi channel online and mobile store front technology in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
In launching its functionality roadmap DWS is providing the market with an unrivalled package of innovative features that provide digital content providers with the ability to add real value to their users. In 2006, DWS will further enable its customers to decrease overall operational costs and free up business resources which it can deploy elsewhere such as in marketing and development.
During Midem 2006, DWS will launch a major consumer focused functionality boost for its DWS ADORA platform such as:
-- Subscription service for mobile and online delivery
-- Triple play delivery to mobile phones, PC and set top boxes
-- Video and movie delivery
-- Integrated music recognition
The company will also announce new functionalities that lower operational cost such as:
-- Pre-Listening Generator
-- Direct content injection with automated quality control and metadata mapping
"Digital content providers have for the most part already launched music download services. In 2006, we reach the next level with functionality such as integrated music recognition services combined with retail services and triple play distribution, which allows consumers to download tracks to their PC, mobile phone or set top box. This means our operator customers can offer 'differentiation via innovation' and market much improved services to end users", said Michael Bornhausser, CEO of DWS.
All the planned functionality upgrades have been developed for existing customers and are available today. In combination with existing functionalities such as Multi DRM capabilities and Rights Locker, DWS ADORA is the most comprehensive Content Delivery Platform currently available in the music and video market
Michael Bornhausser is speaking at Midem at "MidemNet Workshop DRM" on January 23rd at 5.30pm in Auditorium K. Michael is available for briefings by appointment. To make a booking, please call Dan Baber, Ruder Finn on + 44 (0)7762 115 609.
About DWS
DWS develops unique DRM based content delivery technology to facilitate secure media content distribution with highest scalability across the media distribution chain. DWS provides the ADORA Content Delivery Platform and the DWS Future Download Shop and a range of professional services. ADORA, the core product of DWS is a multi-DRM platform, which has integrated SDC DRM, MSFT DRM and ADOBE DRM for music, video and document delivery to multiple channels such as mobile, online and cable networks. DWS ADORA was the first platform, which handles DUAL-delivery of music tracks similarly to mobile devices and PC in 2004 and is approved by all major record labels as a trusted clearinghouse platform.
DWS is European market leader for music download technology with its customers T-Online, T-Mobile, AOL, O2, SFR, Telstra and others on 3 continents. The company was founded 1999 by media giant Bertelsmann in New York and was purchased in an asset deal transaction from a group of investors around Rolf Brugger and Michael Bornhausser 2003 and transferred to Basle, Switzerland. The company is privately owned. More information can be found at www.dwsco.com.
DWS ADORA Now World Leading Multi DRM Content Delivery Platform for Mobile and Online Dual Delivery, Deployed on 3 Continents
DWS ADORA Reaches 20Million+ Download Mark in Germany Representing Market Share of 65% for Leading Customers Including T-Mobile, O2, and AOL
DWS Innovative Functionality Roadmap for 2006 Includes Services for Mobile Subscription Services, Triple Play, Direct Content Injection, Video and Movies, Integrated Music Recognition and Pre-Listening Generators
DWS, the European leader in distribution and content technology, today announced that following its most successful year to date; it will be presenting its highly innovative functionality roadmap at Midem 2006. DWS' company roadmap for 2006 onwards includes strategies that provide online retailers, mobile carriers and broadband service providers with the latest in functionality enabling them to reach out to a wider customer base, achieve higher download volumes and reduce operational costs. CEO Michael Bornhausser will be outlining the full company strategy and vision of the mobile music industry at a Digital Rights Management workshop at the show on January 23rd at 5.30pm.
DWS recent successes include the attainment of a 65% share of total downloads in Germany in 2005 numbering 20 Million plus tracks. The company has also demonstrated its success as provider of the leading music content delivery platform in Europe by adding customers such as Telstra in Australia and a soon to be announced North American mobile carrier giving DWS a significant global reach for its ADORA content delivery platform and DWS Future Download Shop, the multi channel online and mobile store front technology in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
In launching its functionality roadmap DWS is providing the market with an unrivalled package of innovative features that provide digital content providers with the ability to add real value to their users. In 2006, DWS will further enable its customers to decrease overall operational costs and free up business resources which it can deploy elsewhere such as in marketing and development.
During Midem 2006, DWS will launch a major consumer focused functionality boost for its DWS ADORA platform such as:
-- Subscription service for mobile and online delivery
-- Triple play delivery to mobile phones, PC and set top boxes
-- Video and movie delivery
-- Integrated music recognition
The company will also announce new functionalities that lower operational cost such as:
-- Pre-Listening Generator
-- Direct content injection with automated quality control and metadata mapping
"Digital content providers have for the most part already launched music download services. In 2006, we reach the next level with functionality such as integrated music recognition services combined with retail services and triple play distribution, which allows consumers to download tracks to their PC, mobile phone or set top box. This means our operator customers can offer 'differentiation via innovation' and market much improved services to end users", said Michael Bornhausser, CEO of DWS.
All the planned functionality upgrades have been developed for existing customers and are available today. In combination with existing functionalities such as Multi DRM capabilities and Rights Locker, DWS ADORA is the most comprehensive Content Delivery Platform currently available in the music and video market
Michael Bornhausser is speaking at Midem at "MidemNet Workshop DRM" on January 23rd at 5.30pm in Auditorium K. Michael is available for briefings by appointment. To make a booking, please call Dan Baber, Ruder Finn on + 44 (0)7762 115 609.
About DWS
DWS develops unique DRM based content delivery technology to facilitate secure media content distribution with highest scalability across the media distribution chain. DWS provides the ADORA Content Delivery Platform and the DWS Future Download Shop and a range of professional services. ADORA, the core product of DWS is a multi-DRM platform, which has integrated SDC DRM, MSFT DRM and ADOBE DRM for music, video and document delivery to multiple channels such as mobile, online and cable networks. DWS ADORA was the first platform, which handles DUAL-delivery of music tracks similarly to mobile devices and PC in 2004 and is approved by all major record labels as a trusted clearinghouse platform.
DWS is European market leader for music download technology with its customers T-Online, T-Mobile, AOL, O2, SFR, Telstra and others on 3 continents. The company was founded 1999 by media giant Bertelsmann in New York and was purchased in an asset deal transaction from a group of investors around Rolf Brugger and Michael Bornhausser 2003 and transferred to Basle, Switzerland. The company is privately owned. More information can be found at www.dwsco.com.