The Internet and mobile networks' ability to deliver CD-quality audio and high-resolution video is revolutionizing the content industry.
Already, thousands of developers, corporations and governments use PlayMedia audio and video technologies each day to engage the senses of millions of people around the world.
The following list is a small, diverse sampling of some of the many leading organizations who are benefiting from PlayMedia's prowess in the realm of multimedia technology.
Consultative Engineering
PlayMedia provides consultative engineering services to the Wireless Communications & Computing Group in the area of audiovisual content rendering on Intel's advanced ARM-based processors.
PlayMedia's advanced applied cryptography and digital playback technology help DMX Music securely deliver superstar music from every major Record Label Group to leading retailers around the world.
DMX Music, Inc. [a unit of Liberty Media Group] distributes its music services worldwide to more than 8.5 million homes and creates professional, demographically- targeted audio and video programming for over 180,000 businesses in the fashion, specialty retail, and hospitality and airline industries with a daily worldwide listening audience of over 75 million people. DMX Music's commercial customers include Victoria’s Secret, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nine West, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, The Limited, Pottery Barn, Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch, Olive Garden, Nordstrom, bebe and Pier 1 Imports and Brinker International Restaurants, including Chili’s, Macaroni Grill and Cozymel’s.
Operating in more than 50 countries, the newly-merged DMX Music is now the world's leading provider of both custom music and imaging content for businesses. DMX programmers produce thousands of hours of music per year at the Seattle headquarters and in programming facilities in Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam, Sydney and Tokyo. DMX Music creates customized integrated audio and video entertainment solutions designed to achieve its clients' marketing and merchandising goals.
Customers can take advantage of a seamless operation - from music programming to sound system design, installation and service - through DMX Music's global network offices and service centers. Consumers can experience audio/video programming, as well as product and corporate information, on the Internet at www.dmxmusic.com.
PlayMedia provided Advanced Technologies and Consultative Engineering Services to the original Napster.
Napster, Inc. used PlayMedia's most advanced MP3 decoding technology for its world-shaking peer-to-peer Application, "Napster". In concert with world media leader Bertelsmann, PlayMedia provided critical playback and file security technologies for the originally planned membership-based Napster Peer-to-Peer service. Owing to Bertelsmann's preclusion by the Bankruptcy Court of Delaware to acquire Napster out of insolvency, this outstanding technology was never deployed.
Hughes' DirecWay Music Services offers a variety of unique features and customizable services that enable retailers worldwide to tailor their programming by store, region and time of day - with no hassle. Their one time, easy installation allows for seamless startup and maintenance.
Retailers' music selections are delivered directly to each location and securely rendered using PlayMedia's advanced applied cryptography and audiovisual codec technology inside an DMX Music system architecture. This eliminates the demand for on-site personnel to support retailers' music and marketing programs.
DirecWay Music Services offers music and messaging solutions professionally produced by DMX Music Inc., the world's leading provider of targeted music and imaging content for business.
STMicroElectronics
STMicroelectronics (formerly SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics) is a global independent semiconductor company, who is one of the largest providers of integrated circuits (IC's) to the consumer electronics industry in the World.
The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor IC's and discrete devices used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunications systems, computer systems, consumer products, automotive products and industrial automation and control systems.
PlayMedia® provides consultative engineering services to ST in the areas of advanced applied applied cryptography and Digital Rights Management.
Leading Codec Licensees
Nullsoft's WinAmp
PlayMedia's L3d 0.7 series Decoder is the MP3 technology that powered to fame what is one of the world's most popular PC-based audio players - WinAmp....(For the Microsoft Windows® Operating System.) Nullsoft is licensed to use PlayMedia's AMP® series 0.7x.
One of the leading automotive navigation and entertainment systems companies, Navis Co, Ltd of South Korea, has contracted with PlayMedia to develop new audiovisual technologies for next-generation of products.
Subband Software MacAMP™
MacAMP™, developed by Nullsoft co-founder and WinAmp co-creator Dmitry Boldyrev has recently been pulled out of a former partnership with @Soft.
The latest MacAMP™ is now available Boldyrev's new venture with PlayMedia called Subband™. Download MacAmp™ today.
The new MacAMP™ is powered by AMP™ MP3 technology packaged as the Millennium Sound System™.
Stay tuned for more powerful news from Subband™ on the new MacAMP™ and other digital audio experiences.
CDDB's Disc Recognition Service (DRS) utilizes the most advanced matching technology in the world to identify between multiple pressing of albums. Combined with the largest database of audio CD information in the world, CDDB's service and resultant network is the most accurate and comprehensive in the world.
CDDB is a paid licensee of AMP® MP3 technology.
Dartech, Inc.
DARTECH is a wholly owned subsidiary of ZH Computer, Inc. and is devoted to designing, manufacturing, marketing, and sales of the DART® audio restoration software products. The top-of-the-line DART product is DART PRO 98, an audio recording, restoration, and editing system that is used by audio professionals and audio enthusiasts alike for digital re-mastering and saving music from vinyl records, tape, Mp3, Midi, and other media. DART PRO 98 is used for both music restoration and voice clarification and it supports both digital and analog formats. Additional products include DART Pro 32, DART CD-Recorder™Ver. 3 Plus and DART CD-Recorder Ver. 2.
AMP® provides MP3 decode capability in this excellent suite of products.
PlayMedia technology partner BBM has developed the FirePlay™ system. It has been designed and developed for improving the quality and reducing the costs of radio station program production. The system concept enables Station music producers, reporter and especially program and music directors to maximize station creative potential.
The FirePlay system is a network of computers running FirePlay software. FirePlay simplies the work process, giving users powerful control, integrity and functionality in radio station operations. The system is linked to establish an integrated and efficient production environment throughout the station.
Fireplay results in radio automation that yields a much more cost-effective and higher quality final product - the radio program itself
WarpAMP
WarpAMP is a PM based MPEG layer 2 & 3 audio decoder and player for OS/2. The current version is ß4, which is available for download on our projects page and from our ftp. You can also download it from hobbes.nmsu.edu, where we upload all new releases.
MPG-Net is an on-line computer game network, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, bringing you the games that take you out of this world.
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Atomic3D - the original streaming 3D animation software is the most compelling and reliable way of delivering high quality, interactive 3D animation of any length for real-time viewing over the Internet. Atomic3D animation can also output avi or sequential files for multimedia CD-ROM and video production. Atomic3D, can be used to create memorable characters and animation of any length for:
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