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MediaNet Introduces a Sophisticated Recommendation Engine to Enhance Music Sites and Applications
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | August 26, 2010 1:21 pm | No Comments
MediaNet’s Recommendation Engine, live today, delivers highly-relevant, real-time music recommendations for any website or application.
MediaNet, the leading provider of digital entertainment content, today announced the availability of a full-featured music recommendation engine through the MN Open API. The Recommendation Engine allows MediaNet affiliates to easily offer highly-relevant music recommendations to users of their web site or application. Affiliates can learn more about this product and sign up today at www.mndigital.com.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet, stated: “MediaNet has been powering transactions on music services for almost a decade. We have been able to use the knowledge gained from that rich transaction history to create a recommendation tool that delivers the most relevant results for consumers looking to select and purchase music.”
The MediaNet patent-pending algorithms will enable affiliates to provide track, artist, album and user-based recommendations. For example, if a user requests a track that is similar to “Jacosta” by Noah & the Whale, using algorithms to analyze aggregated transactions, plays and user behaviors, the MediaNet Recommendation Engine will recommend “The Comeback” by Shout Out Louds, and “I Know I Know I Know” by Tegan and Sara. MediaNet recommendations will always be current due to its real-time technologies and artist popularity methods.
The key features and benefits of the MediaNet Recommendation Engine are as follows:
Use of actual transactional data
Most recommendation services rely on either software that compares specific musical attributes, or on human music editors who decide what artists to recommend based on certain user selections. MediaNet taps a treasure trove of actual usage data to make its recommendations.
Greater coverage of available music
The MediaNet Recommendation Engine is more likely to give a relevant return on any given track since it is looking at a long history of user activity with a broad catalog. An editorial-based recommendation is going to be limited to high-profile artists and albums.
Track-level Results
The MediaNet Recommendation Engine will make suggestions down to the track level, a feature that is particularly relevant for radio and on-demand streaming services. Many recommendation services only offer similar artist.
Easy integration with other MediaNet services
Recommendations can be added using the standard MN Open APIs that also provide access to metadata, samples, streams, and downloads.
Customers can now sign up for the MediaNet Recommendation Engine at www.mndigital.com, and have a music recommendation feature added to their music service or application in no time. MediaNet operates a high-volume media distribution network delivering premium content in the US, Canada, and the UK for application and web developers of all sizes from niche bloggers to global brands.
McGlade added: “MediaNet has vastly improved music recommendations and simplified the integration process. With our auto sign up we allow customers to find an easy, self serve solution.”
About MediaNet
MediaNet is the leading provider of premium digital media content. MN Open, MediaNet’s advanced technology platform, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and eBook content products. MediaNet currently powers hundreds of customers of all sizes from niche bloggers to global brands allowing them to integrate digital entertainment content into their website or application quickly and easily to engage users and generate revenues.
MediaNet (www.mndigital.com) a digital music pioneer founded in 2001, is privately-held and headquartered in New York with offices in Seattle and London
MediaNet Opens Advanced Distribution Service in the UK and Canada
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | June 16, 2010 9:15 am | No Comments
MediaNet’s MN Open Platform Goes Live Today
New York, NY – June 16, 2010 – MediaNet, the leading provider of digital entertainment content, opens today in the United Kingdom and Canada the advanced MN Open platform which provides an API and a suite of easy to install Web Components for the digital delivery of music and eBook premium content. Customers can learn more about these products and sign up today at www.mndigital.com.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet, stated: “Today’s international launch takes the long wait times, lengthy contracts and technical hassles out of offering premium content. Consumers are technically savvy and predisposed to consuming digital entertainment content. Web publishers, application developers and online retailers can now deliver their end users a customized, deep catalog of eBooks and digital music with ease and a quick time to market.”
MediaNet offers a broad catalog of eBooks including the most popular titles available through major physical and online book sellers. Offered in the popular Adobe ePub and PDF formats, they are compatible with a wide variety of devices including PC, Mac, Sony Reader, and many others. MediaNet’s API provides complete control over the user experience, functionality, e-commerce and content catalog. Online retailers can rapidly implement more advanced browsing, discovery, and purchase options under their own brand. MediaNet will make available its popular suite of Web Components for the eBooks offering in the next month. To aid adoption and ease, a versatile and intelligent download manager simplifies the acquisition and management of eBooks for end users. MediaNet’s eBook customers will have access to a sophisticated real-time reporting portal to monitor sales activity.
MediaNet’s digital music offering consists of a robust API and a suite of Web Components. With the MN Open API, customers have complete control over the user experience, functionality, e-commerce and an 8 million-plus song and music video catalog with all services delivered under their brand. MediaNet’s Web Components for digital music are easy to install and incorporate into a website with no coding required. Customers copy and paste the code snippets anywhere on their page with their branding front and center. Available in three main categories: contextual matching; commerce and discovery.
James Healy, Manager, Universal Music UK, commented: “We are constantly seeking ways to expand the reach of Universal’s catalog. MediaNet have a proven record for the digital distribution of music. We are pleased to be in partnership with them with their new MN Open offering making it easier for any company to have a simple and classy digital music solution and for consumers to discover and buy their favorite songs where they spend their time online.”
Customers can now sign up for the MN Open Web Components and API for free at www.mndigital.com, and have a premium content offering with fully customizable features up and running in no time. MediaNet operates a high volume media distribution network delivering premium content in the US for application and web developers of all sizes from niche bloggers to global brands.
McGlade added: “MediaNet has taken the delivery of premium digital content to the next level. With our auto sign up and no upfront costs we allow customers to find an easy, self serve solution. The fast track process we’ve integrated allows for customers big and small to add eBooks and digital music to their website further expanding the marketplace and increasing consumer acceptance.”
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About MediaNet
MediaNet is the leading provider of premium digital media content. MN Open, MediaNet’s advanced technology platform, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and eBook content products. MediaNet currently powers more than 100 customers of all sizes from niche bloggers to global brands allowing them to integrate digital entertainment content into their website or application quickly and easily to engage users and generate revenues.
MediaNet (www.mndigital.com) a digital music pioneer founded in 2001, is privately-held and headquartered in New York with offices in Seattle and London.
MediaNet Launches Artist Tool to Package and Sell Digital Music
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | June 1, 2010 9:00 am | No Comments »
NEW YORK, NY – June 2, 2010 – MediaNet, the leading digital entertainment content provider, announced today an all new tool for artists and bloggers to package and sell digital music to their fans. The “Media Selector” web component from MediaNet allows artists and web publishers to create a custom list of songs under their own brand that will dynamically appear anywhere on their web page or application.
Media Selector is an easy to use tool to offer digital music for purchase on your site or application. The features include:
• Drag and drop up to 100 songs or albums from an 8 million plus catalog of music
• Customize the list by giving it a title and description, such as “Cochella’s Top Acts”
• List creation allows you to focus on timely and relevant topics delivering a unique new way to promote an artist’s work
• Incorporate your branding
• Songs and albums link to artist biographies and discographies
• All music can be played on the iPod, as well as all other popular devices
• Publish it anywhere on your website or application
• Start selling music within minutes of you selecting it
• MediaNet handles all of the commerce via credit card or PayPal, licensing, reporting and technical intricacies
• All customers have access to MediaNet’s proprietary reporting portal
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet, commented: “Artists have been asking for a tool where they can sell music to their fans without the technology and commerce hassles. Media Selector does just that allowing for an artist to create a customized list of songs, brand it and offer it to their fans as an additional source of revenue. MediaNet handles the technical, licensing and commerce aspects while artists can be creative with Media Selector delivering additional ways to engage their fans.”
Media Selector is available at www.mndigital.com and there are no upfront fees to license this product.
MediaNet Launches eBook Catalog and Distribution Service
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | April 28, 2010 9:10 am | No Comments
Success in Digital Music Distribution is Expanded to Deliver Comprehensive
eBooks Digital Bookstore and Full-Featured Product Offering
NEW YORK, NY (April 28, 2010) – MediaNet, the leading service provider for the distribution of premium digital media, introduced today a comprehensive eBook catalog and product offering. The advanced MN Open platform that MediaNet has successfully built for digital music will now support the integration of eBooks using an intuitive API that has been widely adopted by more than 100 application developers, web publishers and online retailers for music offerings.
MediaNet will make available a broad catalog of eBooks including the most popular titles that are available through major physical and online book sellers. These eBooks will initially be offered in the Adobe ePub and PDF formats which are compatible with a wide variety of devices including PC, Mac, Sony Reader, Nook and new entrants such as the Plastic Logic Que, and additional formats will be introduced as needed. Currently there are applications available in the marketplace that will allow for compatibility with the “iDevices” including the iPhone and iPad, similar to the applications available for digital music.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet stated: “MediaNet has a long track record in the music business with proven success in the digital delivery of premium music content. MediaNet currently powers music metadata, streams and downloads for over one hundred digital retailers and online entertainment destinations. The integration of eBooks comes at the right time for this burgeoning industry and is a natural extension of MediaNet’s digital music roots.”
MediaNet’s eBook service will be accessed by web publishers and application developers through an API built on top of MediaNet’s enterprise class content delivery platform. MediaNet’s API provides complete control over the user experience, functionality, e-commerce and content catalog. Online retailers can rapidly implement more advanced browsing, discovery, and purchase options under their own brand. MediaNet will make available its popular suite of Web Components for the eBooks offering in the next month. With no coding required and a quick time to market, MediaNet’s Web Components allow anyone to place dynamically displayed eBook content anywhere on the Web. This offers a contextually rich experience with eBooks content presented to end users in a relevant manner when they are most interested in an author or subject and likely to transact.
New MediaNet customers can sign-up for the MN Open eBook service by going to www.mndigital.com. They will be able to incorporate a versatile and intelligent download manager to simplify the acquisition and management of eBooks for their end users. Once an eBook service is successfully launched, MediaNet customers will be given access to a sophisticated real-time reporting portal to monitor sales activity.
Alan McGlade added: “The MN Open eBook solution gives web publishers and application developers access to a new form of premium digital content that will increase user engagement and generate sales. Book publishers will see a significant broadening of eBook distribution online with a powerful new marketing platform for titles to be exposed to consumers when they are most likely to purchase them. In addition, MediaNet’s entry in the growing eBooks marketplace will spur innovation by lowering the barrier to entry for a broad range of online retailers and encouraging new ways to present eBooks and touch consumers.”
Contact:
Ann Garrett
MediaNet
818-501-8499 or agarrett@mndigital.com
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MediaNet Tops 100 New Customers for Digital Delivery of Premium Content
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | April 15, 2010 10:02 am | No Comments
Milestone Reached Within Six Months of Debuting MN Open API and Web Components
New York, NY, April 15, 2010 – MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium digital media content, announced today that more than 100 new customers have signed on to provide digital music content from the advanced MN Open platform. MediaNet debuted a new set of products including the MN Open API and a suite of Web Components for the delivery of premium digital music content six months ago.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet, commented: “Adding one hundred new customers in six months clearly demonstrates the interest web publishers and application developers have in integrating premium media into their product offerings for consumers. Recently we added a fully automated sign-up path on our web site and as a result, the rate of new customer sign-ups has accelerated further.”
For a complete list of MediaNet’s new customers, go to: http://www.mndigital.com/about-us/customers.html. MediaNet’s customers range from global brands to niche web publishers and application developers in various sectors including major news providers, social media platforms, casual video games publishers and direct payment companies.
McGlade added: “MediaNet’s rapid success has been based on providing a low barrier to entry and reducing friction so that a website or application of any size and scale can easily provide premium digital content to their users. Our customers can focus on their users while MediaNet handles licensing, reporting and royalty payments, along with content ingestion, management and delivery through the advanced MN Open platform.”
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About MediaNet
MediaNet is the leading provider of premium digital media content. MN Open, MediaNet’s advanced technology platform, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and media content products. MediaNet currently powers more than 100 customers of all sizes from niche bloggers to global brands allowing them to integrate digital entertainment content into their website or application quickly and easily to engage users and generate revenues.
MediaNet (www.mndigital.com) a digital music pioneer founded in 2001, is privately-held and headquartered in New York with offices in Seattle and London.
Contact for more information:
Ann Garrett
MediaNet PR
818-501-8499 or agarrett@mndigital.com
MediaNet Powers Premium Digital Content Delivery For Innovative New Customers
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | March 11, 2010 12:00 pm | No Comments
New York, NY, March 11, 2010 — MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium digital media content, announced today a new roster of customers utilizing the Company’s MN Open API and Web Components products. These customers represent a unique and innovative group of website publishers and application developers including Boomerang Networks, eCard Industries, Finale.fm, IndieOn65, M3X, MixZing, Music Mogul, Music Republic, Punch Entertainment and UnHappenit.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet commented: “MediaNet is proud to announce a diverse new set of customers utilizing the MN Open API and Web Components. We have signed up customers ranging from ecard providers to casual digital games networks to social media direct payments companies. The value in having premium digital content as a means to increase usage and revenues is beginning to go beyond traditional digital entertainment providers into a wider range of innovative product offerings. This is an exciting area of growth for MediaNet in the short amount of time since our new products debuted.”
These new customers integrating MediaNet’s APIs and/or Web Components include:
• Boomerang Networks: a leading social media virtual currency and alternative direct payments platform.
• eCard Industries: utilizing the HitMe platform, users can chose from a selection of cards and attach a digital gift.
• Finale.fm: provides users with the ability to download digital music and donate a portion to the charity or foundation of their choice.
• IndieOn65: a place for independent musicians and unsigned talent to showcase their music to consumers.
• M3X: a cutting edge digital entertainment and multimedia company with its core focus on portable multimedia solutions.
• MixZing: offers a music discovery service that recommends music to people based on their selections, as well as an advanced music player for Android.
• Music Mogul: an entertainment based, social gaming, virtual world aimed at unsigned artists and tailored towards music consumption and music lifestyle.
• Music Republic: a website that allows independent artists the ability to promote their music and fan discovery features.
• Punch Entertainment: builder of casual digital games, which users can play with friends, network and purchase music.
• UnHappenit: a web-based and iPhone application that provides the ability to purchase products and services as gifts to send along with a message.
For a complete list of MediaNet’s customers, go to http://www.mndigital.com/about-us/customers.html.
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MediaNet provides premium digital media content to a network of customers through the MN Open platform. An API and easy to install Web Components deliver a set of powerful music and media content products including streams, downloads, music search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools. MN Open lowers the barrier to entry and reduces friction so anyone with a website or application can add premium content to their product. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including iLike, Tesco, MOG, Ultimate Guitar, Intertech Media and many more.
MediaNet, www.mndigital.com, is privately-held and is headquartered in New York with a offices in Seattle and London.
Contact for more information:
Ann Garrett
MediaNet PR
818-501-8499 or agarrett@mndigital.com
MediaNet’s CEO Alan McGlade will be presenting at the SIAA Digital Media and Software Investment Conference
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | February 26, 2010 2:07 pm | No Comments
MediaNet’s CEO Alan McGlade will be presenting Wednesday March 3, 2010 at the SIAA Digital Media and Software Investment Conference in New York City. For more details, go to here.
MediaNet’s General Counsel Cindy Charles will be speaking at the Digital Music Forum East
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | February 22, 2010 3:54 pm | No Comments
MediaNet’s General Counsel Cindy Charles will be speaking at the Digital Music Forum East Conference in NYC this Thursday, February 25th on a panel titled: Rights, Royalties & Reporting in the Digital World. (read more)
MediaNet Introduces MN Open in the UK
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | February 1, 2010 8:00 am | No Comments
Blair Schooff will Spearhead UK Efforts Responsible for Business Development and Digital Media Licensing
MediaNet announced today that Blair Schooff will rejoin the Company in London where he will introduce MediaNet’s MN Open API and suite of Web Components throughout Europe. MediaNet rolled out the MN Open platform in the US in Q3 and as a result has rapidly built a network of more than 70 customers that are delivering premium digital media to their end users.
Mr. Schooff re-joins MediaNet as a music industry veteran with 15 years experience. He has launched several digital music stores including HMV, Tesco, Virgin and Samsung. He drove AOL music into the largest consumer music service in UK, France and Germany. He began his music career at BMG in both the US & UK pioneering digital work in licensing, new business, and marketing.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet commented: “The European marketplace provides a unique opportunity for MediaNet as end users are sophisticated consumers of premium digital music and media. Blair has a proven track record with MediaNet and has excellent relationships with content providers as well as the ability to identify and negotiate successful partnerships at a rapid pace.” Mr. McGlade also noted: “MediaNet is delivering the next generation of premium entertainment content services. Our purpose is to reduce friction and create convenience for the consumer. Essentially we have become a ‘content concierge’ that presents the appropriate content to a consumer when they are predisposed to consuming it.”
MN Open offers a productized set of APIs and a suite of Web Components that allow quick integration of premium music content into a website, application or online retail destination. Both the APIs and Web Components include access to a real-time, online reporting portal that is available to all MediaNet customers and content partners.
With the MN Open API, customers have complete control over the user experience, functionality, e-commerce and millions of songs and music videos with all services delivered under their brand. The API features include:
- Integration into any website or application
- Advanced catalog search capabilities with fuzzy matching
- Access to a portion of or the entire catalog and customize pricing
- Rich metadata for every song, album, and artist
- Use of MediaNet’s e-commerce engine or integration with the customer’s existing e-commerce
- Compatibility with any programming language
- Ability to select and incorporate the features that are just right for a customer’s end users and business model
- REST-based HTTP service
MediaNet’s suite of Web Components is easy to install and incorporate into a website with no coding required. Customers copy and paste the code snippets anywhere on their page with their branding front and center. Available in three main categories: contextual matching; commerce and discovery, Web Components features include:
- Media Matcher: Automatically matches MediaNet’s catalog against existing web content
- Media Links: Hyperlinks references to artists, albums and songs within existing content on page
- Relevant Media Search: Integrates into site’s existing search and returns media results alongside regular search results
- Media Explorer: Dynamically displays music-related information with purchasable media
- Media Charts: Charts top selling content to entice music discovery, sampling and purchases
- Media Purchase: Fulfills purchases through an automatically configured and setup component which appears in its dedicated, secure window
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MediaNet provides premium digital media content to a network of customers through the MN Open platform. An API and easy to install Web Components deliver a set of powerful music and media content products including streams, downloads, music search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools to engage end users while keeping them on your website or application longer to maximize revenues. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including Tesco, iLike, MOG, Fox News, Ultimate Guitar and many more.
MediaNet, www.mndigital.com, is privately-held and is headquartered in New York with an office in Seattle.
MediaNet Announces Record Downloads and Streaming Usage in December
Posted by MediaNet Public Relations | January 29, 2010 9:55 am | No Comments
In 2009 Tim McGraw’s “Southern Voice” is Top Selling Album and Ke$ha Single “Tik Tok” is Top Selling Track
(January 29, 2010, New York, NY) – In the month of December 2009 MediaNet’s content network served more than 200 million downloads and over 150 million on demand plays. With the rapid addition of customers to the MN Open platform utilizing the Company’s API and Web Components, MediaNet experienced a 124% increase in downloads over the previous December.
Alan McGlade, CEO of MediaNet commented: “MediaNet has not only experienced an increase in customer sign-ups since we introduced our new products in the fall, but now we are seeing the usage grow as a result of a distributed network of premium content providers. The statistics are proving the success of content being served to the end user in a decentralized manner and in a relevant environment.”
In addition to the December usage statistics, MediaNet is also unveiling the top albums and tracks based on the number of plays in 2009.
Top 10 Albums 2009:
- Tim McGraw, “Southern Voice”
- James Horner, “Avatar”
- 30 Seconds to Mars, “This is War”
- Mary J. Blige, “Stronger with Each Tear”
- Eminem, “Relapse”
- Alicia Keys, “The Element of Freedom”
- Young Money, “We Are Young Money”
- Owl City, “Ocean Eyes”
- Mudvayne, “Mudvayne”
- Three Days of Grace, “Life Starts Now”
Top 10 Tracks 2009:
- Ke$ha, “Tik Tok”
- Owl Cities, “Fire Flies”
- IYAZ, “Replay”
- Ludacris, “How Low”
- Jay-Z, “Empire State of Mind”
- Jay Sean, “Down”
- Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
- Lady GaGa, “Bad Romance”
- Jason Derulo, “Watcha Say”
- Young Money, “Bedrock”
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MediaNet provides premium digital media content to a network of customers through the MN Open platform. An API and easy to install Web Components deliver a set of powerful music and media content products including streams, downloads, music search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools to engage end users while keeping them on your website or application longer to maximize revenues. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including iLike, HMV, Tesco, MOG, Fox News, Ultimate Guitar, Intertech Media and many more.
MediaNet, www.mndigital.com, is privately-held and is headquartered in New York with offices in Seattle.
Contact for more information:
Ann Garrett
MediaNet PR
818-501-8499 or agarrett@mndigital.com
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