Net
Music Countdown with David Lawrence Chooses MVP by QDesign to Power NMC
Player
Popular weekly nationally syndicated radio
show to offer custom Mac and Windows software
September 21, 2000 - San Francisco, CA, NAB Radio Show
-- Net Music Countdown, the authoritative weekly rankings for online music,
and QDesign Corporation, a leading provider of advanced digital audio
compression technologies for the new media, broadcast and Internet delivery
markets, today announced the upcoming release of a customized version
of QDesign's MVP software called the Net Music Countdown (NMC) Player.
MVP by QDesign is the industry's first cross platform (for MacOS and Windows)
all-in-one entertainment software application for recording from CD to
QDesign Music, MP3 and MP2 files, playback of digital music and videos,
and playlist management.
"We are very excited to be working with QDesign to produce the Net Music
Countdown player for our fans," said David Lawrence, host of the Net Music
Countdown. "The NMC player is designed so that anyone on a Mac or a PC
can easily play back a variety of Web audio and video formats. In the
world of broadcast, MP2 is the standard, and the MVP engine handles the
playback and encoding of those files as well - unique to the broadcast
industry. The NMC player can also act as a powerful audio compression
tool which will allow users to create the most popular online audio formats
in existence today, including QuickTime, MP3 and WAV files...very, very
cool."
The Net Music Countdown is heard in 25 markets on broadcast radio and
on demand at the NMC web site. The show reaches an audience of 800,000
people each week.
"We are extremely pleased to be associated with the Net Music Countdown,"
said Ken Ashdown, VP of Marketing for QDesign. "QDesign and the Net Music
Countdown are where music converges with technology for the discerning
music fan, so there is a natural synergy in our philosophies. Both are
concerned with providing the highest quality audio product in the most
convenient, cross-platform format. Looking forward, we anticipate that
NMC listeners will be among the first to benefit from exciting new QDesign
technologies like QDX that are designed to ease and optimize the entertainment
experience for both consumers and providers."
Availability
The Net Music Countdown (NMC) player will be available for FREE at www.netmusiccountdown.com
in the next couple of weeks. QDesign Music encoding within the NMC player
is unlimited for free; MP3 and MP2 encoding is enabled for 30 days, after
which an upgrade to unlimited encoding is available for US $19.95. Upgrades
to unlimited MP3/MP2 encoding can be purchased through www.netmusiccountdown.com.
About the Net Music Countdown
The Net Music Countdown with David Lawrence, airing on radio stations
around the United States, tracking the sales and airplay of music online
and counting down the Top 20 most popular artists weekly, releases their
latest eChart rankings of music available on the Internet. Available in
three flavors to terrestrial broadcast radio affiliates:
- Alternative Rock
- CHR/Pop
- Hot AC
The charts are released every Friday evening, concurrent with the show's
debut on affiliate stations. The 2-hour show is syndicated on a barter
basis to radio stations by United Stations Radio Networks, and is produced
and presented on the Web by ZDNet at www.netmusiccountdown.com.
NMC's parent company, Online Today, Inc, provide the eCharts and editorial
content to R&R, the industry's newspaper of record, on an exclusive basis.
The Net Music Countdown with David Lawrence is a production of Online
Today, Inc., the world's leading producer of pop culture/high technology
radio shows. Based in Washington, DC, Online Today, Inc. also produces
Online Tonight with David Lawrence, the Online Today Personal Netcast
and provides audio-enhanced e-mail mailing list services through VoxEmail.com.
Further information can be found at www.online-today.com
or by calling 800/396-6546.
About David Lawrence:
David Lawrence, one of the most popular voices in cyberspace, is the host
of the Net Music Countdown. Lawrence is also the host of Online Tonight,
nationally syndicated radio talk show about pop culture and the high-tech
lifestyle. Lawrence has been on radio for over 25 years as a top rated
morning air personality on stations like Q107, WMZQ and WMAL/Washington
DC; 1220/WGAR, WGCL/G98, and WDMT/Cleveland; KC101/New Haven, WTAE/Pittsburgh
and WNCI and QFM96/Columbus. He is a founding member and was executive
producer of the bellwether radio comedy ensemble, the American Comedy
Network.
For further info or to book an interview, call 800/396-6546.
About QDesign
From the release of the world's first real-time MP2 audio compression
software in 1996 to the introduction of its own MP3, QDesign Music and
QDX technologies, QDesign has established itself as the leading provider
of the most advanced audio compression solutions in the broadcast, new
media and Internet delivery markets. Since the inclusion of the QDesign
Music Codec in Apple QuickTime as the audio compression solution for Internet
streaming, multimedia authoring and digital music, QDesign has received
numerous industry accolades for delivering the best web audio technology.
Last fall, the company introduced digital music to the masses with "MVP",
the first software application for creating and managing the most complete
range of music and video formats on both Mac OS and Windows platforms.
Today, QDesign's audio technologies appear in hardware processors, digital
audio production, automation and distribution systems as well as consumer
multimedia software.
QDesign is a founding member of the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI),
the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) organization for
developing solutions to protect content owners rights for managing access
and distribution of their content. For more information on QDesign and
its products, please visit: www.qdesign.com.
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
media@qdesign.com
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