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Didiom
Introduces Didiom Pro –– Premium Service for Wireless Media Streaming from Personal
Computers to Mobile Devices.
February 1, 2010
* Didiom Pro provides a new level of flexibility and control over personal audio
collections.
* New mobile app is available for download from the Didiom website, BlackBerry App
World, and Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile.
NEW YORK, NY (February 1, 2010) — Didiom® today announced
the launch of Didiom Pro, a premium service that makes media streaming from personal
computers to mobile phones even faster and simpler. Didiom Pro, the newest version
of the Didiom service, offers a whole new set of mobile and desktop applications
and allows users to stream any audio file from their home computer to their phone
from Lady GaGa albums to ESPN podcasts to Stephen King audiobooks. The new service
also enables users to download their favorite tracks from their home computer to
their phone wirelessly for offline listening.
With advanced placeshifting functionality, Didiom Pro scans your personal computer
for audio files and playlists and makes them available in seconds for wireless streaming
and downloading to compatible mobile phones. The service is available worldwide
for select BlackBerry smartphones and Windows phones from Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson,
Toshiba, Acer, and HTC.
"Millions of songs and podcasts are downloaded to personal computers every day.
Didiom Pro is the easiest and most secure way to stream them – on demand or for
local storage - directly to mobile devices over 3G and Wi-Fi networks," said Ran
Assaf, Didiom’s founder and CEO. "Not so long ago, it took awkward data cables,
memory cards, and hours of synchronization time to have your entire iTunes library
in the palm of your hands. Now, it takes just one simple app –– Didiom Pro."
Analyst View
"The PC is a central repository of digital media for consumers, but the inconveniences
associated with accessing PC-based files have inhibited consumer usage of the mobile
phone for media consumption," said Susan Kevorkian, Program Director for Mobile
Media and Entertainment at market research firm IDC. "Services like Didiom Pro,
which simplify and accelerate audio file transfer from the PC to the mobile phone,
help to remove those barriers and make the phone even more relevant for enjoying
music and other types of audio content."
Availability and Pricing
Didiom Pro is available for download from the Didiom website, BlackBerry App World,
and Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile. To see Didiom Pro in action, sign
up for a free account to get unlimited streaming of five tracks in normal quality.
A premium account costs just $0.99 per month or an annual fee of only $9.99 (a 16%
saving) and provides unlimited access to the user’s library, high-quality streaming,
playlist streaming, and wireless downloads from computer to phone. Convenient payment
options include credit card or PayPal Express Checkout.
About Didiom
Founded in 2005, Didiom® is an award-winning mobile media service
provider offering the world’s first hybrid service to allow customers to stream
music, podcasts, and audiobooks from their home computer to their phone, and also
to bid on music downloads directly from their phone. With two million tracks from
more than a quarter of a million artists, the Didiom MP3 Store is the first and
only on-device music store to operate independently across multiple wireless networks
and mobile devices. Didiom’s innovative products and services, which are built upon
the company’s proprietary placeshifting and wireless content delivery platforms,
have recently won a Gold Award of Excellence, and a Silver Award of Distinction
at the 15th Annual Communicator Awards. Didiom also became the first company to
win a Merit Award in the branded mobile application category at The One Show, the
advertising industry's most prestigious international awards competition.
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Didiom
Now Available for Free on Blackberry App World
August 6, 2009
New York, NY, August 28, 2009 — Didiom®, an award-winning
mobile media service provider, today announced the availability of its mobile application
on BlackBerry® App WorldTM, the on-device application
store for BlackBerry smartphones.
Didiom's free application allows users to stream songs, playlists, podcasts, and
audiobooks from their home computer to their phone over the air, and also to buy
new music and audiobooks from Didiom's Mobile MP3 Store.
Starting today, BlackBerry® App WorldTM users can download
Didiom, for free, on select handsets including the BlackBerry® TourTM,
BlackBerry® BoldTM, BlackBerry® CurveTM,
BlackBerry® PearlTM, and BlackBerry® 8800
series. As a bonus, all new users will receive 25 free, pre-selected songs from
up-and-coming artists, ready for download to their phone and PC/Mac.
"Launching Didiom on the BlackBerry App World is a giant step forward for us in
reaching the rapidly-growing BlackBerry community," said Ran Assaf, Didiom’s founder
and CEO. "Didiom doesn’t only eliminate the need for synching your iTunes library
with your phone via USB; it also shifts the paradigm on how we mobilize our home
computer’s media library. When you wait for a flight, stand in line at a busy Starbucks,
or walk your dog, you can easily access your computer from your phone and stream
anything from the latest audiobooks you’ve downloaded from Barnes & Noble to the
latest podcasts you’ve downloaded from CNN, The Wall Street Journal, or ESPN."
Didiom's hybrid service is built upon the company’s proprietary, placeshifting technology
and wireless content delivery platform. Throughout the beta period, Didiom offers
a free mobile application for BlackBerry and Windows phones, as well as a desktop
application that seamlessly scans users’ personal computers, and maintains an encrypted
channel between the user’s computer and phone. When users add new audio files to
their computer, Didiom’s desktop application automatically scans and makes them
available for wireless streaming on their phone.
With the mobile and publishing industries at a critical turning point, the market
for placeshifting of audiobooks and podcasts presents attractive growth opportunities.
Didiom has recently expanded its public beta test to include PC-to-phone streaming
of audiobooks and podcasts. The audiobook market has been growing steadily for more
than a decade. According to a new study by the Audio Publishers Association, downloadable
audiobooks accounted for 21 percent of audiobook sales in 2008, up from 17 percent
in 2007.
The podcast market has also been on the rise in light of the growing number of individuals
and mainstream media companies that provide free, downloadable podcasts. A new survey
by Edison Research, a market research and consumer polling company, shows that the
main reason for podcast consumption is the ability to listen offline to podcasts
any time, and podcast consumers increasingly use their mobile phones as media players.
"In this always-on-the go society we live in, I think it is crucial to make it as
easy as possible to listen to your content," said C.C. Chapman, producer and host
of the award-winning music podcast, Accident Hash. "As a podcast producer, I want
people to be able to listen to my show wherever and whenever they want, and the
opportunity that Didiom is giving me and my listeners helps make that possible."
About Didiom
Founded in 2005, Didiom® is an award-winning mobile media service
provider offering the world’s first hybrid service to allow customers to stream
music, podcasts, and audiobooks from their home computer to their phone, and also
to bid on music downloads directly from their phone. With two million tracks from
more than a quarter of a million artists, the Didiom MP3 Store is the first and
only on-device music store to operate independently across multiple wireless networks
and mobile devices. Didiom’s innovative products and services, which are built upon
the company’s proprietary placeshifting and wireless content delivery platforms,
have recently won a Gold Award of Excellence, and a Silver Award of Distinction
at the 15th Annual Communicator Awards. Didiom also became the first company to
win a Merit Award in the branded mobile application category at The One Show, the
advertising industry's most prestigious international awards competition.
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Didiom
Continues to Expand Mobile MP3 Store by Adding 1,500 Record Labels
May 28, 2009
New York, NY, May 28, 2009 — Didiom ®, an award-winning
mobile media service provider, today announced licensing agreements with finetunes-solutions
and A-Train Entertainment. The agreements enable Didiom to make highly regarded
catalogs of independent music available to millions of BlackBerry and Windows phone
users. Didiom also has announced that, for the second year in a row, it has been
honored with a Gold Award for Best Consumer Information from the Horizon Interactive
Awards, a prestigious international competition that recognizes outstanding achievement
among media producers.
Didiom’s free mobile service allows users to stream songs, playlists and podcasts
from their home computer to their phone over the air, and also to buy new music
from Didiom’s Mobile MP3 Store. Unlike any other service, Didiom gives users the
power to bid on more than 1.5 million songs directly from their phone. When users
find a song or album they like, they can buy it or name their own price to get deep
discounts. By using a proprietary algorithm, Didiom accepts and rejects bids on
the spot. As an additional incentive for users to discover new music, Didiom is
implementing a cash bonus program that pays up to a 35% bonus toward music downloads.
There are never any membership or service fees. Users pay only for the music they
download through Didiom’s secure, credit card service.
"Didiom takes placeshifting and variable pricing to a whole new level and makes
mobile music complete, interactive and affordable," said Ran Assaf, Didiom's founder
and CEO. "A-Train and finetunes-solutions share our entrepreneurial spirit and passion
for indie music, which now accounts for almost 40% of digital music sales in the
US. We are delighted to add these world-class distributors to our burgeoning roster
of music partners, and look forward to mobilizing their rich catalogs."
Germany-based finetunes-solutions is one of Europe’s leading content aggregators.
With this company's addition to its growing lineup of content providers, Didiom
captures a high-quality catalog of a quarter million tracks. finetunes-solutions’
wide spectrum of artists ranges from jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Louis
Armstrong, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Sony Rollins and Chet Baker to
popular European artists such as London Elektricity, Sébastien Tellier, Nosliw,
Tomte, Die Goldenen Zitronen, Apparat and Modeselektor. "We are very happy to cooperate
with Didiom by providing our catalog for wireless purchasing," said Oke Göttlich,
General Manager of finetunes. "Didiom has an established reputation for developing
unique applications with advanced functionality and intuitive interfaces. The move
into new mobile markets with Didiom is very exciting for us."
A-Train Entertainment, a 25-year old music company with more than 10,000 tracks
under management, adds to the Didiom store such internationally-acclaimed artists
as Bebel Gilberto, Al Stewart, Peter White, Bloodkin, Peter Rowan, Chris Standring,
Gregg Karukas, Stephen Kent, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs and ROVA, David Darling, Fred
Frith, Richard Thompson, Konono N°1, Joanne Shenandoah, R. Carlos Nakai, and many
others. "We take pride in our boutique catalog, dynamic in style and stature," says
Bob Williard, director of A-Train's digital distribution. "We're very pleased that
by linking to Didiom's unique hybrid service, mobile users will have a new way to
discover A-Train's music, while being able to easily access what they already have
in their collection at home. It's like a digital buffet."
About Didiom
Founded in 2005, Didiom ® is an award-winning mobile media service
provider offering the world’s first handset application to combine mobile music
placeshifting and an over-the-air music download service. The company’s software-based
placeshifting service allows users to access their own computer-based music libraries
remotely, and stream tracks over high-speed wireless data networks directly to their
phone. With over 1.5 million DRM-free tracks under management, and with over a dozen
content partners worldwide, Didiom allows music fans to discover, share, buy, and
download music on hundreds of mobile phones. The One Show—the advertising industry’s
most prestigious international awards competition—recently named Didiom the best
in the branded mobile application category. To learn more about Didiom, visit www.didiom.com.
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Didiom
Now Available for VGA-based Windows Mobile Phones and the BlackBerry Pearl 8100
Series
January 11, 2009
New York, NY, January 11, 2009 — Didiom ®, an award-winning
mobile media service provider, today announced the expansion of its public beta-test
to Windows Mobile ® phones with high-resolution VGA touchscreens,
such as the HTC Touch Pro TM, as well as the BlackBerry ®
Pearl TM 8100 Series. Users of these increasingly popular phones can now
use Didiom’s free mobile service to access their home computer's iTunes ®
library remotely and buy over 1.5 million high-quality MP3 songs whilst on the go.
Throughout the beta period, Didiom is implementing a cash bonus program to reward
prepaid users who purchase MP3 songs. The cash bonus program pays up to 35% bonus
towards music downloads.
"Didiom brings together what belongs together -- placeshifting and over-the-air
purchasing. Our goal is to meet the growing demand for placeshifting, and push interactive
experiences beyond the handset itself with a minimal burden on the user," said Ran
Assaf, Didiom’s founder and CEO. "Now that smartphones represent almost twenty percent
of all handsets sold to consumers in the United States, we have a great opportunity
to move beyond early adopters and reach new audiences."
"As consumers seek to access media on their own terms, placeshifting is becoming
the norm," said Anton Denissov, Digital Media Analyst at Parks Associates, a market
research firm specializing in emerging consumer technology products and services.
"With growing consumer demand and the prevalence of mobile broadband networks, now
is the right time to introduce mobile placeshifting solutions. By acting now, while
the market is still shaping, providers will have access to the broadest range of
partners, and opportunity to refine their offerings to give consumers an optimal
experience."
In addition to streaming music from computers to phones over wireless networks,
the free, all-in-one Didiom application features new ways to interact with music.
By implementing an adaptive bargaining technology, Didiom allows users to name their
own price for MP3 songs and download them to their phone and PC. Didiom’s integrated
music-sharing tool enables users to share previews with friends, both mobile-to-mobile
and via e-mail. Additionally, with Artist Alerts, Didiom users are notified as soon
as a new release from their favorite artists becomes available in the Didiom MP3
store.
Didiom has also announced that it has signed a licensing deal with EPM, a digital
aggregator representing hundreds of records labels. Under the agreement, Didiom
will allow its users to download high-quality, DRM-free music from legendary rock,
blues and jazz artists and bands, as well as from bestselling dance labels from
around the world. "We are excited to be working with Didiom. Their platform is at
the forefront of the digital age, and we are glad to be able to provide our labels
and artists access to their service," said Oliver Way, EPM’s co-founder.
About Didiom
Founded in 2005, Didiom ® is an award-winning mobile media service
provider offering the world’s first handset application to combine mobile music
placeshifting and an over-the-air music download service. The company’s software-based
placeshifting service allows users to access their own computer-based music libraries
remotely, and stream tracks over high-speed wireless data networks directly to their
phone. With over 1.5 million DRM-free tracks under management, and with over a dozen
content partners worldwide, Didiom allows music fans to discover, share, buy, and
download music on hundreds of mobile phones. The One Show—the advertising industry’s
most prestigious international awards competition—recently named Didiom the best
in the branded mobile application category. To learn more about Didiom, visit www.didiom.com.
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Didiom
Partners with CD Baby to offer 2 million DRM-free music downloads on mobile devices
October 6, 2008
New York, NY, October 6, 2008 — Didiom ®, an award-winning
mobile media service provider, announced today a license agreement with CD Baby ™,
the world's largest online retailer of independent music. Didiom and CD Baby joined
forces to allow music fans to sample, buy, and download music from CD Baby artists
through Didiom's newly redesigned mobile music service. Under the agreement, CD
Baby will provide 2 million DRM-free full-track music downloads on Didiom's downloadable
music marketplace.
Currently available on over two hundred mobile devices, including BlackBerry ®
and Windows Mobile ® phones, Didiom provides music fans access to
DRM-free songs and albums from a variety of music partners including Naxos, Phonofile,
Bonzai Music, Soul Seduction, eClassical, Xpressbeats, Reggae Country, MisRolas,
Saavn, EmuBands, Armenian Music Center, Quarterlife Records and Resonant Vibes.
Didiom continues to strengthen its leading position in the emerging mobile music
industry through its various partnerships worldwide.
CD Baby sells and distributes music for almost a quarter of a million artists, including
Jack Johnson, Regina Spektor, Tiffany, Lory Bianco, and Gary Jules. "Independent
artists increasingly seek to leverage the power of music discovery on the go and
make their music available for over-the-air purchasing," says Gray Gannaway, senior
vice president of business development and digital distribution for CD Baby. "We're
pleased to be a part of Didiom's mobile music download service and to allow CD Baby
artists to expand their audiences with Didiom's unparalleled handset applications."
"We're delighted to partner with CD Baby and look forward to enabling CD Baby artists
to reach new audiences," said Ran Assaf, Didiom's founder and CEO. "Didiom is passionate
about changing the status quo and creating new choices for today's generation of
wireless consumers. We truly believe that independent distribution channels, like
the one we have built and continue to expand over the past three years, will push
mobile media to new heights."
About Didiom
Founded in 2005, Didiom is an award-winning mobile media service provider offering
the world's first handset application to combine mobile music placeshifting and
an over-the-air music download service. With over 1 million DRM-free tracks under
its management, and with over a dozen content partners worldwide, Didiom allows
music fans to discover, share, buy, and download music on hundreds of mobile phones.
The company's software-based placeshifting service allows users to access their
computer-based music library remotely, and to stream it over high-speed wireless
data networks directly to their phone. The One Show—the advertising industry's
most prestigious international awards competition—recently named Didiom the
best in the branded mobile application category. Didiom's original handset application
was also recognized by the Mobile Entertainment Forum—the most influential
association of the world's mobile entertainment industry—as one of the world's
top five handset applications of 2007. To learn more about Didiom, visit
www.didiom.com.
About CD Baby
CD Baby provides online sales and distribution for independent artists and labels.
Established in 1998, CD Baby is the largest seller of independent music on the Web
and provides physical, digital, and mobile distribution. CD Baby has sold over four
million CDs to customers worldwide and has paid over $85 million directly to the
musicians. For more information, visit
www.cdbaby.com and www.cdbaby.net.
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Didiom
Launches Public Beta Test of New Mobile Music Placeshifting and MP3 Download Service
October 3, 2008
New York, NY, October 3, 2008 — Didiom, an award-winning mobile media
service provider, today announced the beta launch of the first mobile application
to integrate a mobile music placeshifting service and a pay-per-download, full-track
service that offers over 1 million MP3 songs. The free, all-in-one Didiom application
allows music fans to wirelessly access their home computer's iTunes ®
library from over two hundred mobile devices, including BlackBerry ®
and Windows Mobile ® phones. The beta period will give users an opportunity
to test the service and to provide valuable feedback, which will help shape Didiom's
over-the-air service and new user interface.
Didiom also announced that it has signed licensing deals with CD Baby (the world's
largest online retailer of independent music), Naxos (the world's leading producer
of classical music), Saavn (the world's largest digital distributor of South Asian
content) and a growing lineup of independent music partners, including Phonofile,
Bonzai Music, Soul Seduction, eClassical, Xpressbeats, Reggae Country, MisRolas,
EmuBands, Armenian Music Center, Quarterlife Records and Resonant Vibes. These licensing
deals mark a major milestone in Didiom's mission of bringing a comprehensive selection
of music to today's generation of wireless consumers.
"We've developed a simple and fun way to mobilize music and to discover new music
from around the world while on the go," said Ran Assaf, Didiom's founder and CEO.
"More and more music fans are tired of wasting valuable time sideloading music from
their computer to their phone or iPod. We provide them with a new type of experience
that lets them not only stream music from their computer to their handset over the
air, but also to discover, bid for and share music in new and exciting ways."
Starting today, Didiom offers two free downloadable applications at www.didiom.com:
a handset application that allows users to simultaneously access the Didiom Marketplace
and their PC-based music library, and a desktop application that allows users to
stream music directly to their phone. With over 1 million MP3 songs, the Didiom
Marketplace allows users to shop for music directly from their phone without having
to sideload through their PC. In addition, users can name their own price and download
to their mobile, to their PC, or to both. The mobile download will be available
to their phone, and the PC download will be available online. Most songs are between
$0.89 (single download) and $1.39 (dual download). Most albums are between $9.99
(single download) and $12.99 (dual download). Users will need to set up a Didiom
account, but they do not need to provide their credit card information. When they
are ready to make purchases, they pay per download or prepay and receive a cash
bonus.
About Didiom
Founded in 2005,Didiom is an award-winning mobile media service provider offering
the world's first handset application to combine mobile music placeshifting and
an over-the-air music download service. With over 1 million DRM-free tracks under
management, and with over a dozen content partners worldwide, Didiom allows music
fans to discover, share, buy, and download music on hundreds of mobile phones. The
company's software-based placeshifting service allows users to access their computer-based
music library remotely, and stream it over high-speed wireless data networks directly
to their phone. The One Show—the advertising industry's most prestigious international
awards competition—recently named Didiom the best in the branded mobile application
category. Didiom's original handset application was also recognized by the Mobile
Entertainment Forum—the most influential association of the world's mobile entertainment
industry—as one of the world's top five handset applications of 2007. To learn more
about Didiom, visit www.didiom.com.
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