Las Vegas, NV, January 7, 2008. Coby Electronics (http://www.cobyusa.com), a leader in portable consumer electronics products designed to fit every lifestyle, today announced new and expanded strategic Digital Content alliances with eMusic®, Napster® (Nasdaq: NAPS), Podcast Ready®, and Woozyfly®. The announcement was made just prior to the opening of the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show at Coby's booth, #14444, in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
"Coby is thrilled about our new and expanded digital content partnerships with eMusic®, Napster®, Podcast Ready®, and Woozyfly.com®, leaders in their respective arenas surrounding internet delivery of music, audiobooks, podcasts and independent music videos", said Jason Weber, Internet Sales Manager forCoby Electronics. "Each partner aligns seamlessly with Coby's mission to provide quality, innovation and convenience to fit the lifestyles of today's consumers. We look forward to working together to enhance the digital entertainment experience for Coby consumers around the world."
eMusic®, a leading digital entertainment retailer of music and audiobooks, today announced an expanded strategic alliance to deliver free music downloads and one free audiobook to Coby customers. As part of the partnership, all Coby MP3 players, MP4 players and Portable Media Players will feature bundled eMusic trial offers that enable Coby users to quickly and easily download digital music and audiobooks in MP3 file format, enabling effortless enjoyment of portable digital entertainment. Redemption details may be viewed at http://www.emusic.com/coby.
"At eMusic, we focus on a sophisticated adult customer who appreciates great music and literature. Our partnership with Coby has been a terrific way for us to reach that consumer and we're excited to expand our offerings and successful working relations with them," said Greg Hohman, eMusic Vice President of Business Development and Emerging Markets. "Coby customers can now explore our expansive catalog of three million tracks and are eligible for free music downloads in the universally compatible MP3 format, simply for visiting our site."
Napster®, the pioneer of digital music, today announced an expanded strategic alliance to deliver a 14 day free trial of the Napster To Go service bundled with select Coby Headphones, Earphones and Earbuds. The Napster To Go enables Coby consumers to conveniently experience and enjoy digital music through on-demand, web-based streaming and portability to over 100 compatible MP3 players and music phones. Napster offers the industry's largest and most comprehensive catalog of more than 5 million tracks including major and independent labels, plus a rich set of music discovery tools such as pre-programmed playlists, commercial-free, interactive radio stations, Billboard charts, new releases, genre and artist pages and more. Redemption details may be viewed at http://www.napster.com/coby.
We look forward to introducing Coby's customers to the best digital music experience available," said Napster Chief Operating Officer Christopher Allen.
Podcast Ready®, a leader in mobile podcasting today announced a new strategic digital content partnership to deliver digital Podcasts to Coby consumers. The new software and distribution deal includes all Coby MP3 players, MP4 players and Portable Media players and will feature bundled Podcast Ready software. This new alliance enables Coby consumers to download and enjoy a myriad of commercially available podcast content free.
"Podcast Ready is excited about our partnership with Coby Electronics", said Russell Holliman, CEO of Podcast Ready. "Coby's broad distribution and success with consumers combined with myPodder™ from Podcast Ready will allow Coby users to enjoy our unique and compelling content that myPodder™ makes so easy to experience. In addition, media companies and independent podcasters will have an entirely new audience available to them. We are looking forward to a successful partnership as well as this next stage of incredible podcasting growth."
WoozyFly.com®, the online music media company devoted to independent artists today announced a new strategic Digital Content partnership to deliver music videos to Coby consumers. Select Coby MP3 players with video, MP4 players and Portable Media players are included in this new partnership and will feature an assortment of original WoozyFly.com music videos featuring independent artists showcased on the WoozyFly.com website. The partnership will enable Coby consumers to experience digital music videos as well as interact directly with independent artists via the WoozyFly.com website. Redemption details may be viewed at http://www.woozyfly.com/coby.
"Our partnership with Coby is another step in WoozyFly.com's branding and transcendence across all forms of media distribution," said Jonathan Bomser, President and CEO of WoozyFly.com. "The introduction of WoozyFly.com content to Coby customers worldwide is another example of the WoozyFly.com model helping music fans discover great new music and indie artists gaining new fans. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with Coby and its customers."