TiVo Delivers the Ultimate Music Experience with SongConnect
January 04 2017 - 08:07AM
Business Wire
Uncovering New Ways to Discover and Experience
Music with Powerful Search, Recommendations and Catalog
Optimization
TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO), a global leader in
entertainment technology and audience insights, today
announced the availability of SongConnect, a unique
music metadata package that relates versions of a song to a single
master work. With SongConnect, previously hidden connections are
surfaced and music service providers can enable new discovery
experiences for the music lover.
Access Untapped Content
SongConnect is powered by TiVo’s unique song ID. This new level
of identifier allows providers to collect together alternate
variations of a song including live, studio, acoustic and remix
versions, enabling music fans to find a song even when there are
multiple versions or if the song is described in different ways.
Voice-led discovery is fast becoming the default way to find and
enjoy music, and SongConnect provides an additional level of detail
that helps advanced search and recommendation systems deliver the
right track the first time.
“Music service providers need new and innovative ways for users
to discover related music,” said Kathy Weidman, senior vice
president and general manager, metadata, TiVo. “SongConnect enables
the discovery of alternate versions of a song across multiple
languages, in all different genres, by delivering a new level of
connectivity and accuracy to search.”
Record labels and music distributors can use SongConnect to more
effectively merchandise new music and back catalogs. For example,
if a song is re-recorded by an emerging artist, music retailers can
leverage the success of the new release to market the original
release as well as other popular covers.
SongConnect provides the missing link that will fuel a new level
of catalog optimization tools, which helps music services clean,
synchronize and de-duplicate metadata from multiple sources. These
optimization tools distinguish between duplicated and other related
content allowing music providers to map songs titled in various
languages to a single Song ID such as, “Let it Go,” which Disney
recorded in more than 45 languages for the film Frozen.
Unlimited and Expansive Selections
The comprehensive SongConnect package provides music service
customers with three new metadata identifiers – Song ID,
Composition ID and Main Track ID.
- Song ID associates the
recordings of a song by the same artist so listeners can connect to
live, studio, acoustic, remix or other versions of a song by the
original artist.
- Composition ID matches
songs together so listeners can find multiple versions of the same
song. For example, users can now find alternate versions of a song
like, “My Funny Valentine,” to build a play-list with duplicate
versions of the same song.
- Main Track ID links the
original album to alternate versions of subsequent songs ever
released allowing a user to stream the entire original release of
the album or find additional songs from the original album. Main
track ID also allows sorting of all songs by release date and
genre.
TiVo’s Music Metadata offering enables music distributors and
creators to differentiate their services, increase content usage
and drive sales using industry-leading descriptive and dynamic
metadata spanning millions of albums and tracks worldwide – from
popular hits and cult favorites to minor works and classical
masterpieces. With SongConnect, TiVo brings Music Metadata to a
whole new level, significantly enhancing the overall music
discovery experience.
TiVo will showcase its entertainment technology and audience
insights solutions at its private suite during CES in Las
Vegas.
About TiVoTiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global
leader in entertainment technology and audience insights. From the
interactive program guide to the DVR, TiVo delivers innovative
products and licensable technologies that revolutionize how people
find content across a changing media landscape. TiVo enables the
world’s leading media and entertainment providers to deliver the
ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the next generation of
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TiVo’s most recent report on Form 10-Q and other documents of TiVo
Corporation, Rovi Corporation and TiVo Solutions Inc. (formerly
known as TiVo Inc.) on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (available at http://www.sec.gov/). TiVo
Corporation assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may
arise after the date of this release, except as required by
law.
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