SmartVideo Offers Free Music Videos for Cell Phones
Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:16 am
SmartVideo Technologies announced mobile viewers can now watch the latest music videos on all Internet enabled devices, such as cellphones, PDAs, and laptops connected via cellular, Wi-Fi, and DSL networks.
SmartVideo in partnership with the Digital Music Video Network (DMVN), today launched its groundbreaking, advertising-supported channels featuring videos by the music industry's top artists. A unique feature of this service is SmartVideo's use of an advanced Digital Rights Management (DRM) system that protects the copyright and security of the music.
Digital Music Video Network, the first 24 hour-a-day music channel for mobile devices, is now available anywhere in North America. Today's launch by SmartVideo and the Digital Music Network features top 40 hits with plans to introduce additional channels dedicated to urban, dance, rock, country and other music genres in the near future.
Today, the hottest music videos from the biggest artists will be accessible from anywhere in North America including, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Eminem, Lindsay Lohan, Prince, Ja Rule, Ashlee Simpson, 50 Cent, Nelly, and many more from every format of music such as County, Latin and Alternative Rock.
"Fans of music videos are members of the hip and savvy demographic who are also early adopters of mobile media," says Richard E. Bennett, Jr., SmartVideo CEO. "We are excited to be able to satisfy the demand for musical content on wireless devices while also blazing the trail for a fully ad-supported channel."
"All the research shows that free, commercial-based content is vastly preferred by consumers," says Jim Robinson, president of the DMV Network. "And SmartVideo is the perfect partner for this. With their high-quality, full motion video technology at low bandwidths, the video blows everyone away when they see it. Now anyone with an Internet connection can watch streaming music video content on cell phones, PDAs, laptops and desktops."
