Didiom Continues to Expand Mobile MP3 Store by Adding 1,500 Record Labels

A-Train Entertainment and finetunes-solutions to add their catalogs to Didiom's hybrid mobile service

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 28, 2009 -- Didiom, an award-winning mobile media service provider, today announced licensing agreements with finetunes-solutions and A-Train Entertainment. The agreements enable Didiom to make highly regarded catalogs of independent music available to millions of BlackBerry and Windows Mobile phone users. Didiom also has announced that, for the second year in a row, it has been honored with a Gold Award for Best Consumer Information from the Horizon Interactive Awards, a prestigious international competition that recognizes outstanding achievement among media producers.

Didiom's free mobile service allows users to stream songs, playlists and podcasts from their home computer to their phone over the air, and also to buy new music from Didiom's Mobile MP3 Store. Unlike any other service, Didiom gives users the power to bid on more than 1.5 million songs directly from their phone. When users find a song or album they like, they can buy it or name their own price to get deep discounts. By using a proprietary algorithm, Didiom accepts and rejects bids on the spot. As an additional incentive for users to discover new music, Didiom is implementing a cash bonus program that pays up to a 35% bonus toward music downloads. There are never any membership or service fees. Users pay only for the music they download through Didiom's secure, credit card service.

"Didiom takes placeshifting and variable pricing to a whole new level and makes mobile music complete, interactive and affordable," said Ran Assaf, Didiom's founder and CEO. "A-Train and finetunes-solutions share our entrepreneurial spirit and passion for indie music, which now accounts for almost 40% of digital music sales in the US. We are delighted to add these world-class distributors to our burgeoning roster of music partners, and look forward to mobilizing their rich catalogs."

Germany-based finetunes-solutions is one of Europe's leading content aggregators. With this company's addition to its growing lineup of content providers, Didiom captures a high-quality catalog of a quarter million tracks. finetunes-solutions' wide spectrum of artists ranges from jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Sony Rollins and Chet Baker to popular European artists such as London Elektricity, Sébastien Tellier, Nosliw, Tomte, Die Goldenen Zitronen, Apparat and Modeselektor. "We are very happy to cooperate with Didiom by providing our catalog for wireless purchasing," said Oke Göttlich, General Manager of finetunes. "Didiom has an established reputation for developing unique applications with advanced functionality and intuitive interfaces. The move into new mobile markets with Didiom is very exciting for us."

A-Train Entertainment, a 25-year-old music company with more than 10,000 tracks under management, adds to the Didiom store such internationally-acclaimed artists as Bebel Gilberto, Al Stewart, Peter White, Bloodkin, Peter Rowan, Chris Standring, Gregg Karukas, Stephen Kent, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs and ROVA, David Darling, Fred Frith, Richard Thompson, Konono N°1, Joanne Shenandoah, R. Carlos Nakai, and many others. "We take pride in our boutique catalog, dynamic in style and stature," says Bob Williard, director of A-Train's digital distribution. "We're very pleased that by linking to Didiom's unique hybrid service, mobile users will have a new way to discover A-Train's music, while being able to easily access what they already have in their collection at home. It's like a digital buffet."

About Didiom:
Founded in 2005, Didiom® is an award-winning mobile media service provider offering the world's first handset application to combine mobile music placeshifting and an over-the-air music download service. The company's software-based placeshifting service allows users to access their own computer-based music libraries remotely, and stream tracks over high-speed wireless data networks directly to their phone. With over 1.5 million DRM-free tracks under management, and with over a dozen content partners worldwide, Didiom enables music fans to discover, share, buy, and download music on hundreds of mobile phones. To learn more about Didiom, visit www.didiom.com.

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