September 16, 2002 – Austin, TX – BroadQ, LLC, (
www.broadq.com) a software
company developing innovative solutions for communicating digital content and
MoodLogic, Inc. (
www.moodlogic.com) a leading provider of digital music management
technologies, today completed an agreement to bundle QCast™ Tuner home
entertainment software and MoodLogic’s state-of-the-art music management software.
Consumers can have access to and manage a virtually unlimited range of digital music
on their home entertainment system, providing an experience in digital sound that will
leave them smiling long after the music stops.
“Our relationship with MoodLogic provides PlayStation 2 owners with the most advanced
digital music experience available. MP3’s are no longer anchored to a computer.
Consumers now have complete control over their music mix from their couch.”
commented Stacy Cook, president and CEO of BroadQ, LLC. “With the touch key on a
remote control, they can now organize and manage all their digital music using their
television and then enjoy their selections on their stereo.”
”Imagine you are in the mood for some smooth Jazz or a good mix of mellow Blues
tracks that were recorded in the ‘70s. MoodLogic allows for such intuitive playlist
generation without any manual effort involved. Our music identification process labels
songs correctly and enriches a user’s song collection with powerful metadata,” said Tom
Sulzer, president and CEO of MoodLogic. “Combined with the QCast Tuner software,
one can now enjoy this convenience in bringing MP3s out of the computer and into the
places people want to listen to music, such as the living room.”
QCast Tuner software, a content delivery solution that allows users to turn a Sony
PlayStation 2* console into a digital media center. The QCast Tuner software is the first
practical, easy-to-use, and convenient solution that provides remote access to computer
based music, video, images or other digital content on home entertainment systems.
The current version supports MP3, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4, and DivX* video
technology formats.
MoodLogic offers consumers digital music identification, providing song information such
as the song title, artist, release year, genre, tempo and mood. With this song
information, consumers can easily browse their music collections and take advantage of
MoodLogic’s exclusive sorting and mixing features.
About MoodLogic
MoodLogic, Inc. is a leading provider of data solutions that enable audio device
manufacturers to provide superior entertainment experiences to their consumers. The
company's core offering is its digital music recognition technology and its proprietary
metadata service. The MoodLogic database is MPEG7 compliant and covers both basic
and extensive attributes for music. These attributes include correctly and consistently
spelled artist names and song titles as well as dozens of detailed perceptual attributes
such as genre, sub-genre, mood, tempo, release year, and others. Applying MoodLogic
metadata to a digital music collection unlocks powerful features that lead to a compelling
user experience. The main benefits are automatic music organization, effortless mix
generation, ID3 tag fixing and file management. MoodLogic licenses its technology and
services to consumer electronics manufacturers and offers its own consumer application
as a platform for partnerships. MoodLogic was founded in 1999 and is based in San
Francisco, California. For more information, visit www.moodlogic.com.
About BroadQ
BroadQ, LLC, is a privately held digital lifestyle and entertainment software company in
Austin, Texas, developing innovative solutions for communicating digital content. The
company’s flagship product, QCast Tuner software, networks the PC to the consumers
Sony PlayStation 2 to create a digital media center. BroadQ intends to be the premier
choice for the management and delivery of digital content to consumers worldwide. For
more information, visit www.broadq.com.