Groove Mobile and Beggars Group Sign Worldwide Music Licensing Agreement

Groove Mobile and Beggars Group Sign Worldwide Music Licensing Agreement

A First for Independent Labels: Deal Brings Full-Track Music Downloads Direct to Music Fans' Mobile Phones

Legendary Label and World's Leading Mobile Music Download Service Put the Music First

ANDOVER, Mass. and LONDON, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Groove Mobile, the world's leading mobile music download service, today announced a worldwide licensing deal with the legendary group of independent music labels, Beggars Group. With this groundbreaking deal, Groove Mobile will ensure that music lovers around the world have instant access to full track downloads, direct to their mobile phones, from the entire Beggars catalogue.

"We chose Groove Mobile because they're a technology company that's committed to putting the music first," stated Simon Wheeler. "This agreement with Groove Mobile provides a great opportunity for Beggars artists to put their music directly in front of new fans and old."

Beggars' partnership with Groove Mobile is a mobile music first for an independent label. Now, the lengthy roster of influential musicians and artists on the Beggars labels will be available direct to the mobile phones of music lovers across the globe via the Groove Mobile platform. Beggars Group, which is the home of some of the UK's premier independent labels such as XL Recordings, 4AD, Too Pure and Beggars Banquet, as well as influential US independent Matador Records, unleashed its first single nearly 25 years ago, and includes such talented artists as M.I.A., The White Stripes and Interpol as well as classic favorites like The Cult and Gary Numan.

The new licensing agreement with Beggars is just the latest in a series of exciting ventures for Groove Mobile. In addition to adding Beggars to a roster of music labels that already included Universal, Sony BMG, EMI, and Warner, Groove Mobile has also expanded its international footprint to include mobile carriers such as Orange in the UK, Telenor in Norway, and most recently, PTC in Poland. And since the beginning of 2005, the company has rolled out two major new features -- "Tell-a-Friend," a P2P text messaging of song clips, and "Discover HITS," a push technology updating fans of new releases.

"Groove Mobile and Beggars share a commitment to providing great music to the fans that demand it," stated Adam Sexton, Vice President, Marketing and Product Management. "Partnering with Beggars allows Groove Mobile to bring the world's leading independent artists directly to their fans across the globe."

ABOUT GROOVE MOBILE

Groove Mobile is the world's leading provider of full-track mobile music download services. Groove Mobile's turnkey solutions enable mobile operators to offer their customers a compelling music experience directly to their mobile phones. With an end-to-end software solution that fully integrates into each mobile network operator's billing system, Groove Mobile offers the opportunity for carriers to increase their average revenue per customer. Groove Mobile's direct download service is available in 6 countries and provides access to music from EMI, Warner Music International and V2 libraries. On the Internet, Groove Mobile is located at www.groovemobile.net.

CONTACT: Bennet Ratcliff or Billy Sind
Group SJR -- 310/806-6200
bratcliff@groupsjr.comwjsind@groupsjr.com

Source: Groove Mobile

CONTACT: Bennet Ratcliff, bratcliff@groupsjr.com or Billy Sind,
wjsind@groupsjr.com, both of Group SJR, +1-310-806-6200, for Groove Mobile

Web site: http://www.groovemobile.net/

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