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QDesign Corporation Sales Surge AheadCompany announces dramatic increase in sales of QDesign Music Codec technologyMay 22 , 2000 - Vancouver, Canada QDesign Corporation, leading provider of advanced digital audio compression technologies for the new media, broadcast and Internet delivery markets, today announced significant increases in sales of their award-winning QDesign Music Codec technology. Sales of the Professional Edition of the QDesign Music Codec 2 quadrupled in 1999 over 1998. And so far this year, sales were up a further 300% for the 1st quarter of 2000 over the same period in 1999. Since its introduction in 1998 as the high quality streaming audio solution for Apple QuickTime, the QDesign Music Codec has experienced rapid growth in the multimedia, broadcast and Internet delivery markets. The technology has received many accolades and several awards including being among the 'Top Tools of 1998' according to Interactivity, a 'Four Mouse Award' from MacWorld and a 'Hyper Award for Audio Product of the Year' in 1999 from New Media Magazine. With the release of Version 2 in May of 1999 the QDesign Music Codec technology has continued to grow its reputation as the highest quality audio format available on the Web. "The QDesign Music Codec is the technology of choice for consistently delivering high quality streaming and downloadable audio over the Internet, regardless of bandwidth or connection speed," stated Ken Ashdown, VP of marketing at QDesign. "Moving forward QDesign will continue to enhance the digital music experience for both consumers and business, from optimizing features on portable playback devices to enabling new business models, and increasing protection of intellectual property for content producers." Among the most-visited sites using QDesign's technology for delivering high quality web audio are the Apple Computer QuickTime Showcase currently featuring "Nothing As It Seems" (the first single from Pearl Jam's new album 'Binaural'), and the official Internet preview for the upcoming Lord of the Rings trilogy. Other prominent users include Universal Music France which has samples from its extensive catalog available online; Beggars Banquet which is streaming selected music videos; and Soundsystem.net highlighting the best Electronic About QDesign From the release of the world's first real-time MP2 audio compression software in 1996 to the introduction of MP3 and its own QDesign Music 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, radio/broadcast 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. Contact: |
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