ZING Integrates Live Satellite and Wireless Music in New Class of Connected Digital Media Players

ZING Integrates Live Satellite and Wireless Music in New Class of Connected Digital Media Players

Discovery and Playback of Music Now Brought Together in One Always-on Experience

New SIRIUS Stiletto Personal Satellite Radio Line With ZING Shown in First Public Demonstration at DEMOfall Conference

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and DEMOFALL '06, SAN DIEGO, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Listening to radio programming is where most people still discover new music and hear live broadcasts.* If you're lucky, and have sticky notes on hand, you can try to remember that hot new tune and add it to your collection later. Ever miss out on your favorite live programs because you are not in the car, near a radio or forgot to schedule a download from your PC? For most people, listening to live broadcasts and playing back old favorites are separate entertainment experiences and involves managing multiple devices that don't easily work together.

ZING, a new consumer technology and services company, is streamlining the process and bridging the gap between hearing a new song and ultimately collecting it in your digital music library. ZING wants to help you get your music and entertainment, wherever you are, on one device with the push of a button, and without the sticky notes.

"With the explosion of digital audio streams, such as satellite radio and pervasive wireless IP, the world is connected, ready and waiting for the next wave of mobile entertainment," says ZING CEO Tim Bucher. "For the first time, we have the opportunity to deliver great live programming and enable powerful music discovery capabilities on digital music players, going well beyond the playback-only experience offered today."

The SIRIUS(R) Stiletto 100 personal satellite radio -- the first digital music player to combine satellite and WiFi, and the first commercially available product based on the ZING Mobile Entertainment Engine -- is paving the way for the new era of connected entertainment and discovery. The Stiletto is being demonstrated here at DEMOfall, along with additional connected entertainment capabilities of the ZING Mobile Entertainment Engine. ZING's platform and collection of software and services provide the intelligent applications, device integration and day-to-day digital data management and services for partner products.

"ZING is at the vanguard of the fully-connected, end-to-end entertainment and media experience. This fresh approach brings significant new functionality to the digital music player market," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the prestigious annual DEMOfall tech industry conference.

"In our view, anywhere access paired with the best live programming and digital streams is the cornerstone for transforming music discovery and taking the market for digital music players to the next level," said Bucher. "A fully connected player, not only gives you the best coverage and reception, it connects players to a host of rich new possibilities that will engage and expand the market for mobile entertainment. We envision, and are already working on, expansion of our platform, software and services into new areas that will allow for more personalized entertainment offerings and active live entertainment community applications."

*Research from The Odyssey Group.

About ZING

The ZING Mobile Entertainment Engine is redefining the portable digital audio and entertainment experience in partnership with leading consumer product and services companies, the ZING engine is powering a new generation of all-in-one mobile digital media devices and experiences. Based in Mountain View, CA, ZING was founded by one of the most experienced teams in mobile digital media products. For more information go to www.ZING.net . Stay Tuned.

Source: ZING

CONTACT: media, Betty J. Taylor of Krause Taylor Associates,
+1-408-918-9080, or bettyt@krause-taylor.com, for ZING

Web site: http://www.demo.com/
http://www.zing.net/

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