Your Complete Music Collection and Net Radio on Numerous Devices

Your Complete Music Collection and Net Radio on Numerous Devices

- MP3tunes and Reciva Partner to Deliver Personal Music Locker Listening -

SAN DIEGO, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MP3tunes - http://www.mp3tunes.com/ - is pleased to announce that the MP3tunes Music Locker will be available on Reciva-powered Internet radio devices, enabling customers to listen to their own music collections, as well as the world of Internet radio from the same device. Effective immediately, the Music Locker will be accessible on the Tangent Quattro, Revo Pico Wi-Fi, OXX Digital Classic 600, and Grace Wireless Internet Radio, which are widely available in the United States through retailers such as Amazon, Best Buy, C.Crane, Circuit City, Crutchfield, Firebox, Fry's and Newegg. Access will be enabled on an additional 40 Reciva-enabled Internet radio products across the UK and Europe within the next 60 days.

Reciva-powered radios allow users easy and convenient access to over ten thousand live radio stations from across the world without the need for a PC. Such choice might sound intimidating, but finding content is as easy as turning the dial on a traditional radio set. Except now, turning the dial doesn't mean tuning into specific radio frequencies: instead, web addresses for specific online radio stations or archived radio programs and podcasts are being accessed through the radio.

With an MP3tunes account, users can now also access their own digital music collection on Reciva-powered Internet radios from anywhere in the world at any time. Users can also create a Smart Play Mix for playback on their Internet radio device.

"Reciva powers more Internet radio devices than anyone in the world, and when our Music Locker technology is added to its capabilities, consumers win big because they can listen to their personal music collections through a dazzling array of product offerings from so many well-known brands," commented Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes. "With a Reciva-powered consumer electronics device, you can completely free your personal digital music collection from the PC for greater and more complete entertainment value."

Users can easily create a secure, customized Music Locker to store their personal digital music collections and stream the music through any Reciva-powered device, anywhere they are. The Music Locker includes free software that makes for simple syncing of digital music and is also accessible for listening from any web browser. To create a Music Locker and learn more about Reciva devices, visit http://www.mp3tunes.com/reciva.

"We are delighted to offer MP3tunes Music Lockers to customers through our technology platform," commented Andrew Rhomberg, Director of Content and Business Development at Reciva. "The service is a great fit with our philosophy of liberating users from the personal computer and giving them easy access to streaming content through a familiar radio interface. The MP3tunes service allows users to securely back up their digital music collections, and access their music without the need for being connected to their PC through a local area network."

All owners of compatible Reciva radios can experience the convenience of a Music Locker risk-free during a free 60-day Premium trial. Users can find the signup link for MP3tunes under "My Stuff" when they log into their radio account at http://www.reciva.com/. Following the trial, Premium accounts are available for as low as $39.95 annually, and include 50GB of online storage space and password protected access from any PC, Reciva-powered Internet radio and Locker-capable home entertainment or mobile device.

About MP3tunes:

MP3tunes is a Music Service Provider (MSP) with a digital Music Locker delivering online storage and unlimited listening, coupled with specialized applications for streaming optimization. MP3tunes gives users a simple and secure way to sync personal music collections to a private and secure online Music Locker and listen through any web browser, along with a growing number of cutting-edge home entertainment and mobile devices, including Reciva-powered consumer electronics products, the Logitech Squeezebox Duet network music system, Nokia N810, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, and Windows Mobile devices, via its open Music API (Application Programming Interface). The company was started in 2005 by Michael Robertson, the original founder of MP3.com. For more information, please visit http://www.mp3tunes.com/.

   About Reciva:   Reciva is the global market leader in Internet radio technology.  

Reciva's Gatepass(TM) platform, which is at the heart of all Reciva-enabled Internet radios, provides Internet radio services via the Reciva Gateway. Reciva-enabled Internet radio devices can play back online radio in almost any format including MP3, Microsoft(R) Windows Media Player, RealAudio(R) Player, AAC (the format of iTunes), Ogg Vorbis and many others. Reciva's technology is available as a software license or in the form of the "Barracuda," "Stingray" or "Mako" hardware modules providing consumer electronics (CE) companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a turnkey solution. Reciva's Gateway technology delivers regularly updated and verified Internet radio station lists to Reciva-powered products, allowing listeners to access many thousands of online radio broadcasts without the need for a PC.

The Reciva Radio Portal, http://www.reciva.com/, enables listeners to access the same stations via their PC. They can build customized station lists and access subscription based services via their Reciva enabled radio.

Reciva is a privately held company based in Cambridge, UK. http://www.reciva.com/

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Source: MP3tunes

CONTACT: Dianne Gleason of Enfuego Strategic Communications,
+1-303-381-2571, dianne@enfuegosc.com, for MP3tunes; or Andrew Rhomberg of
Reciva, +44-797-365-7891, ajr@reciva.com

Web site: http://www.mp3tunes.com/
http://www.reciva.com/

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Profile: International Entertainment