Melodeo

Melodeo to Power iTunes Library Access for Blackberry Owners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2008 - 1:40pm.

Barcelona - Melodeo, a provider of mobile music delivery technology, has announced a deal with Blackberry device maker Research in Motion that will let Blackberry users access their iTunes music libraries on the devices, Billboard reports. Melodeo's NuTsie service is expected to launch for Blackberry users sometime in the spring.

Mobile Music Firm Melodeo Lands $7.9 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 18, 2007 - 8:04am.

Seattle - Melodeo, a provider of on-demand audio and video programming for the Web and mobile platforms, has raised $7.9 million in its third round of funding, led by Ignition Partners and Voyager Capital.

Melodeo's nuTsie Service Streams iTunes Libraries to Cell Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2007 - 3:07pm.

Seattle - Melodeo, a provider of music and video delivery technology for mobile phones, on Tuesday announced a new service that lets users listen to their entire iTunes library on their mobile phones. The nuTsie service works by referencing an iTunes library and then streaming the same tracks from the company's servers to a mobile phone. A free public beta is available today; Melodeo told Reuters it plans to officially launch nuTsie by September, and may eventually charge monthly or application fees, or insert audio ads.

Warner Music, Sony BMG Invest in Chinese Mobile Music Firm

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2007 - 10:42am.

New York - Major record labels Warner Music Group and Sony BMG announced on Tuesday that they have made strategic investments in Chinese mobile music distributor Access China Media Solutions.

Melodeo to Deliver Olympics Mobile Podcasts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2006 - 2:45am.

Seattle - Melodeo, a distributor of entertainment content to cell phones, announced on Friday that it will offer daily podcasts from the Olympic Winter Games to mobile subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. Seattle-based Melodeo's Mobilcast service will provide podcasts covering medal counts, results and other content in Canada through Rogers Wireless, and in the U.S. through its Mobilcast.com website.

Canada's Rogers Wireless, Melodeo to Offer Mobile Podcasts

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 1, 2006 - 7:58am.

Seattle - Canadian mobile network operator Rogers Wireless, which claims 5.9 million subscribers, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Seattle-based Melodeo to launch a mobile podcast service. The Rogers Podcast Service will offer subscribers access to more than 1,500 podcasts covering a range of topics, which can be downloaded over-the-air directly to their cell phones for CDN $5 (U.S. $4.38) per month.

Melodeo Creates Peer-to-Peer Music Sharing Service for Cell Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 10, 2005 - 2:40am.

Seattle -- Melodeo, a developer of mobile music delivery technology, announced on Thursday that it has developed a new peer-to-peer mobile music sharing service, that lets cell phone owners send purchased tracks to one another over Bluetooth connections. The service will let the recipient listen to a 30-second sample of a track sent over Bluetooth, and then purchase the full track -- with Melodeo sending a decryption key over the carrier's network to unlock the song and billing the purchase to the recipient's cellular account. Seattle-based Melodeo also lets users purchase and download track to their own cell phones. The company said it will initially launch the new music-sharing service in Europe during the first quarter.

tags: Cell Phones | Melodeo | Musics | Peer-to-Peer |

Melodeo to Distribute Full-Length Warner Songs to Cell Phones

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 15, 2004 - 11:22am.

Seattle -- Melodeo, a developer of a mobile music delivery services, announced on Wednesday that it has signed a global agreement with Warner Music Group to provide secure full-track music downloads to cell phones. The Seattle-based company said that select U.S. wireless carriers will begin implementing its service in 2005, while European wireless carrier Telefonica will today begin offering wireless music downloads through Melodeo to its subscribers in Spain and Portugal. Current cell phones carry an average of 64MB of memory, enough to store roughly 74 to 125 compressed music tracks.

tags: Music | Melodeo | Mobiles | Full-Length Warner Songs |

Mobile Music Service Developer Melodeo Raises $9.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 22, 2004 - 4:41am.

Seattle -- Melodeo, a Seattle-based start-up developing mobile music download technology, announced that it has raised $9.5 million in its second round of venture capital financing. Participating investors included GF Capital, Intel, Ignition and Voyager Capital. The company was founded in 2003 by former executives from Tegic Communications, which developed technology that allows users to send text-messages via cell phone. "With the Melodeo solution we have built the music store into the phone so you don't have to be tethered to the desktop and sideload your music from your PC to your phone," Melodeo co-founder Don Davidge told the Seattle P-I. The software offers a catalog of up to 10,000 songs, with free 30-second previews and full-length downloads that take between 30 seconds and three minutes. The company, which will use the funds to accelerate its marketing and sales efforts, plans to begin service in Europe some time early next year.

tags: Mobile Music | VC | Melodeo |