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Handheld Media Subscription Service Unveiled

By allNetDevices Staff


December 21, 2001


A product that manages digital rights and delivers digital media to Pocket PC handhelds was unveiled Thursday.

Mazingo Network said that its software enables publishers to deliver movies. television shows and other digital video to handhelds based on Microsoft's Pocket PC platform. The media can be delivered via wireless transmission or a standard Internet dial-up connection.

In addition, Mazingo said it is preparing to launch a monthly subscription service for Pocket PC users with content from a variety of movie studios, record companies and news outlets. In a statement, the company said that the subscription would cost $14.95 a month, but did not say when the service would begin.

Nor did Mazingo say who the content providers were, but said in a statement "on a regular basis."

In addition, the company said that it has signed an agreement with Pocket PC Films to use the digital rights platform. Pocket PC Films is a subsidiary of Tunein Entertainment Company.

"The security of the Mazingo approach was critically important, but equally important was ... in our tests, people found the Mazingo platform 'goof-proof' and fun to use," said Tunein president Darrell Griffin.