TORONTO, May 22 /CNW/ - YANGAROO Inc. (TSX-V: YOO, OTCBB: YOOIF), the industry's leading secure digital media distribution company, today announced that RCA Music Group selected YANGAROO's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) to deliver the winning song from the new American Idol, David Cook, to radio across North America. Over 30 million viewers tuned in to see the American Idol season finale and over 97.5 million votes were cast with David Cook winning by over 12 million votes.
The 2008 American Idol winner David Cook's song "The Time of My Life" was available for immediate download and airplay via YANGAROO'S DMDS on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 1 AM ET following the show's airing in Hawaii.
YANGAROO's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) is an easy to use, web-based system that requires no expensive software or hardware. DMDS delivers music simultaneously to all intended destinations and is available 24/7. Its advanced technology allows record labels and broadcasters to control the delivery, receipt, and use of their music.
"RCA Music Group looked to DMDS to instantly deliver the eagerly anticipated American Idol winner to radio," said Adrian Moreira, VP Adult Format Promotion, RCA Music Group. "David Cook is a star, and the fact that we can securely distribute his music internally to our own staff, our sister company in Canada, and externally to our radio and press outlets at the moment the new Idol was chosen, demonstrates that DMDS is a trusted and effective partner for us when it comes to digital media distribution".
"We are excited that RCA Music Group chose DMDS for this extremely high profile and highly anticipated release," said Garry Wallace, EVP Sales and Marketing, YANGAROO Inc. "The ability to make a release available at the same time to any number of radio stations and in any number of formats is something that could never have been done before."
About RCA Music Group:
RCA Music Group operates RCA Records, one of the top pop music labels in the U.S. It boasts an artist roster that includes the likes of Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews Band, The Foo Fighters, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, The Strokes, and Velvet Revolver. The label produces CDs for its artists and distributes other media formats, such as digital downloads and streaming video. A unit of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, RCA Music traces its roots back to the 1920s.
About YANGAROO:
YANGAROO's patented Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) is a leading secure B2B digital delivery solution for the music and advertising industries. DMDS is a web-based delivery system that pioneers secure digital file distribution by incorporating biometrics, high-value encryption and watermarking. DMDS replaces the physical distribution of musical recordings and advertising to radio, media, retailers and other authorized recipients with more accountable, effective and far less costly digital delivery of broadcast quality media via the Internet.
YANGAROO's DMDS has made over five million deliveries of over 11,000 songs from more than 500 record labels to destinations which include radio stations representing over 35 U.S. broadcast chains. U.S. record labels delivered 1.3 million songs via YANGAROO's Digital Media Distribution System (DMDS) in the U.S.
DMDS is the only system that can digitally deliver music across the U.S., Canada and the UK. YANGAROO has offices in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, and London, UK. YANGAROO trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the symbol YOO and in the U.S. under OTCBB:YOOIF. For further information, please contact John Heaven at 905-763-3553 or visit www.yangaroo.com.
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