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Salzburg, Austria; October 10, 2006 - Sony DADC provides global distribution for EMI Music's
digital music catalogue.
EMI is the second major music label signing with Sony DADC for digital distribution, conversion
and storage services. The contract places Sony DADC as the distributor of EMI Music's entire music
catalogue to Digital Service Providers (DSP) worldwide. EMI's digital music titles, comprising of
both albums and singles, are converted, stored and delivered to DSPs by Sony DADC. Every week new
EMI titles are released which are incorporated in the system and delivered to their global Digital
and Mobile Service providers.
An existing and proven infrastructure for digital services at Sony DADC ensured a smooth
transition, enabling a seamless ingestion of EMI's digital assets. "We were looking for a stable
solution that could be adapted to our requirements based on a reliable, functioning infrastructure.
The tremendous speed at which Sony DADC fulfilled our requirements and their cutting-edge solution
which supports all popular formats have reconfirmed that Sony DADC is the right choice for us. To
fully exploit our large audio catalogue a strong partner with global capabilities and experience is
a key factor in operating successfully in the digital business," said Tim Burgess, Vice President
Global Digital Operations at EMI Music.
"We are very pleased to have been selected by EMI Music to provide this key service. Sony DADC
is a trusted partner to the Entertainment Industry, providing B2B and B2C solutions for the past
ten years" says Reinhard Blaukovitsch, Senior Vice President Sony DADC DigitalWorks. "Our current
conversion and distribution capacity for audio files is over 800 thousand per week. We store over 2
million music files, 100,000 graphics and several thousand video assets in our continuously growing
digital archive" Sony DADC's broad experience in digital services derives from longstanding
relationships with the music, video and software industries.
About Sony DADC
Sony DADC has extensive experience and knowledge in full service solutions for the content
industry and stands for convenience, reliability and an outstanding quality level. Bringing
together physical and digital solutions, Sony DADC supplies a full line of high-quality products
and services to the entertainment business. Services include brand asset management, digital asset
management, authoring, editing, copy control, graphic design, mastering, replication, packaging,
distribution for optical storage media. Sony DADC has locations all around the world - in Europe,
the Americas, Asia and Australia. For further questions, please contact the Sales Team at Sony DADC
at +43 6246-880-555 or via email at
sales@sonydadc.com and visit us at
www.sonydadc.com.
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