Industry-Leading Media Servers Will Implement Gracenote’s MusicID and VideoID Technology, Tapping the World’s Most Comprehensive Database of Music and Video Information
EMERYVILLE, Calif. —June 8, 2009—ReQuest Inc.’s (www.request.com) award-winning home entertainment systems will now deploy digital media management solutions from Gracenote, through an agreement between the two companies announced today. ReQuest’s high-end media servers will now begin implementing Gracenote’s MusicID® and VideoID™ technology for content recognition, categorization and organization of digital media.
Gracenote’s MusicID provides accurate and reliable music recognition based on Gracenote’s Global Media Database, the largest in the world with more than 100 million tracks and eight million CDs from more than 200 countries and regions. The database provides rich information including the album, artist, and track names, as well as proprietary Gracenote extended data such as genre, artist type, era and region of origin, and enhanced content including cover art, reviews, and bios.
The Gracenote video database offers rich metadata and unique video works from throughout North America, Europe and Japan. Gracenote’s VideoID enables identification, search and organization of DVD and Blu-Ray disc collections, and provides metadata, cover art, synopsis, cast/credits and detailed product information for identified discs.
With the most comprehensive catalog of music and video information available, and technology that is broadly used throughout the digital media industry, Gracenote products are the standard in media identification. ReQuest turned to Gracenote after evaluating all other leading solutions on the market.
“After an extensive review of all the media identification solutions out there, Gracenote emerged as the clear leader,” said Peter Cholnoky, ReQuest CEO. “The Gracenote system, API interface, and data feed are robust, easy to integrate, and provide our servers with excellent extended metadata and cover art.”
ReQuest, Inc.’s home-entertainment systems have set the standard for high-end digital media storage, management, playback, and system integration since 1998. The Company’s award-winning media servers are leaders in cutting-edge technology. ReQuest has received numerous accolades for having the best service in the consumer electronics industry, with an installed base of more than 30,000 units. ReQuest was ranked by Inc. magazine as one of the top 500 fastest-growing private businesses in America for two years in a row.
“We are pleased to have been chosen to team up with one of the outstanding leaders in home A/V products,” said Stephen White, vice president of product and content management. “Now, another leader in high-end digital media servers is working with Gracenote, the standard in digital media identification.”
About Gracenote
Gracenote, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, is a global leader in embedded technology, enriched content, and data services for digital entertainment solutions within the Internet, consumer electronics, mobile, and automotive markets. Formerly known as CDDB®, Gracenote delivers a substantially improved consumer experience in digital media devices and applications, plus media monitoring and other data services to the recording industry, making it an integral part of the digital media economy. Gracenote powers leading services including Apple iTunes, Yahoo! Music Jukebox, Winamp; home and automotive products from Alpine, Panasonic, Philips and Sony; and mobile music applications from Samsung, Sony Ericsson, KDDI (Japan), KTF (Korea), Musiwave (Europe), and others. Gracenote is headquartered in Emeryville, California. www.gracenote.com/corporate.
Gracenote, MusicID and CDDB are registered trademarks of Gracenote, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
For More Information Contact:
Veronica Skelton
Concept Communications for Gracenote
415.342.3435
veronica@conceptpr.net
Scot Seguine
ReQuest, Inc.
518.490.6142
scot.seguine@request.com
