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Minneapolis, MN (August 10, 2006): A ground-breaking digital
music service from Spanish media giant, Televisa (Grupo Televisa,
S.A.), was released today. The service includes a full-featured
media software player called Esmas Player (www.esmasplayer.com).
This application, built by J. River, allows Televisa’s Tarabu
service (www.tarabu.com)
to offer single-click music downloads, CD and DVD burning, library
management, portable device synchronization, and many other
features. Today the service is targeted at Spanish-speaking music
fans in Mexico, but it will be rolled out to the US market soon. The
PC based service includes streaming samples and paid downloads for
over 420,000 tracks. Video on demand will be supported in the near
future. To try the new player and the music, visit www.tarabu.com.
The Esmas Player uses Windows Digital Rights Management (DRM), and
customers can play their purchased tracks on their PC’s or transfer
them to PlaysForSure™ devices. J. River’s media player technology
allows customers to organize music and video files, manage playlists,
and rip and burn CD’s.
“We are delighted to be part of this project,” said Peter Sohal,
J. River VP of Marketing. “If you want to talk to the
Spanish-speaking world, you must first speak to Televisa. Spanish
speakers are an important market, and we now have an opportunity to
provide the music they want, and a great user experience for
managing and playing their tracks.”
About Televisa
Grupo Televisa, S.A., is the largest media company in the
Spanish-speaking world and a major participant in the international
entertainment business. It has interests in television production
and broadcasting, production of pay television networks,
international distribution of television programming, direct-to-home
satellite services, publishing and publishing distribution, cable
television, radio production and broadcasting, professional sports
and live entertainment, feature film production and distribution,
and the operation of a horizontal internet portal. Grupo Televisa
also owns an unconsolidated equity stake in Univision, the leading
Spanish-language media company in the United States, and in La Sexta,
a free-to-air television venture in Spain.
About J. River
J. River, a software developer, builds digital delivery solutions
for corporate partners. This includes streaming, downloading,
subscriptions of audio and video content, handheld device support
and Digital Rights Management. For more information about J. River’s
media products, visit
www.jrmediacenter.com.
Contact e-mail
music@jriver.com, or call 612.677.8200.
J. River MEDIA CENTER, J. River MEDIA JUKEBOX and J. River MUSIC
EXCHANGE are trademarks of J. River, Inc.
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