Musicmatch Jukebox To Offer User A Choice Of French, German, Italian And Spanish
MusicMatch, Inc., developers of the world's first personal jukebox software program, today announced at Midem 2000, an international music conference, that the award-winning MusicMatch Jukebox™ is now available in French, German, Italian and Spanish.
MusicMatch now offers users worldwide the option to download the MusicMatch Jukebox software in four additional languages, delivering the power of Internet music to a broader audience than ever before. MusicMatch Jukebox lets users digitally record, store and playback tracks from their personal CD, vinyl or cassette libraries, and combine them with audio and video streamed from the Internet all in a single play list.
"By offering MusicMatch Jukebox in four new languages, we are making digital music accessible to music fans worldwide," said Dennis Mudd, CEO of MusicMatch, Inc. "More than 40 percent of our customers reside outside of the U.S. and it is imperative that we to enable them to create the most personalized digital music experience possible in the language of their choice."
The Japanese version of the MusicMatch Jukebox, available in partnership with SMI Soft, has been one of the top audio programs sold in Japan for the past 12 months and is broadly available in retail outlets in Japan. For a trial download visit the SMI Soft Web site at (http://www.smisoft.ssd.co.jp).
The free, standard version of MusicMatch Jukebox in all languages includes complete "near-CD quality" MP3 and WMA encoders, giving users the ability to record an unlimited number of audio files at up to 96kbps. Users can easily upgrade to CD-quality MP3 and WMA recording at bit rates of up to 320kbps
About MusicMatch Jukebox
MusicMatch Jukebox is the world's first personal jukebox software. It lets users build extensive collections of CD-quality digital music downloaded from the Internet and recorded from music CDs, vinyl and cassette tapes. MusicMatch Jukebox lets users organize all of their tracks in a digital music database on their PC, create custom playlists and play them on their PC in CD-quality. It is also the first jukebox software to offer personalized music recommendations to its users, as well as an integrated Net Radio tuner for streaming thousands of Internet radio stations. MusicMatch Jukebox is one of the world's most popular audio software programs, downloaded by over 1 million people each month. It is currently bundled with a number of hardware devices, including Creative Labs' NOMAD portable MP3 players and Sound Blaster Live! sound cards, and with select Dell&#reg; Dimension&#reg; and HP Pavilion PCs.
About MusicMatch
MusicMatch (http://www.musicmatch.com) develops digital audio software that lets people take control over how they access and listen to their music. The company's award-winning MusicMatch Jukebox software turns a PC into a powerful component of a user's stereo system. Its Web site is one of the top 25 music related sites on the Internet (http://www.hot100.com). The company was incorporated in February 1997, and is headquartered in San Diego. MusicMatch is 20 percent owned by Thomson Multimedia Inc. Together with Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson was the co-developer of the MP3 technology and ranks No. 1 in the United States and No. 4 in Europe in sales of consumer electronics.