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Motorola iRadio® Named Best Radio Service at 2005 Digital Entertainment and Media Excellence Awards
SCHAUMBURG, Ill – 2 Dec. 2005 –Motorola, Inc (NYSE: MOT) iRadio® was named Best Radio Service at the 2005 Digital Entertainment and Media Excellence Awards, held Thursday evening in Los Angeles.
The award ceremony was part of the two-day Digital Entertainment and Media Expo (DEMXPO), co-sponsored by Billboard® Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, AdWeek, Nielsen Entertainment and Digital Media Wire.
Motorola iRadio was recognized by a panel of judges from across the entertainment and digital media industries as the “the best radio service (digital, Internet, satellite or other format) with respect to variety, innovation and user experience.” Other finalists in this category included XM® Satellite Radio, America Online’s AOL® Radio Network, and Yahoo! LAUNCHcast Music Radio Service.
“Motorola iRadio creates a uniquely personal music experience – it’s only the music and talk you want to hear, seamlessly following you from your home to your car and anywhere else,” said Mike Gaumond, vice president and general manager, Motorola iRadio. “We are honored the DEMXPO judges have recognized the powerful potential this experience can offer consumers, artists, and labels.”
Motorola iRadio is transforming the very nature of radio by making it more portable and self-expressive than ever before. The service will offer hundreds of pre-programmed, commercial-free music and talk channels covering virtually any genre, style, or topic. The unique iRadio listening experience stays with you as you move from home, to car, to on-the-go through the use of Bluetooth® technology, high-speed Internet service, and the one device you are never without: a mobile phone.
Earlier this week, Motorola iRadio announced that Universal Music’s hottest Nashville artists including top CMA award winner Lee Ann Womack, Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain, Vince Gill, Terry Clark, George Strait, Gary Allan, Reba McEntire and more will launch individual channels on the service.
Motorola iRadio is scheduled for launch in Q1 2006. For more information, visit www.motorola.com/iradio.
About Motorola Labs Early Stage Accelerator
A unique technology commercialization engine, Motorola Lab's Early Stage Accelerator (ESA) works across Motorola's businesses to identify and accelerate commercialization of technologies into products and creates new revenue streams by monetizing intellectual property rights through licensing, Recent projects managed by the ESA that are now having impact on Motorola and the industry include iRadio, Broadband over Powerline, and Motorola Wireless Security Services.
About Motorola
Motorola is a Fortune 100 global communications leader that provides seamless mobility products and solutions across broadband, embedded systems and wireless networks. In your home, auto, workplace and all spaces in between, seamless mobility means you can reach the people, things and information you need, anywhere, anytime. Seamless mobility harnesses the power of technology convergence and enables smarter, faster, cost-effective and flexible communication. Motorola had sales of US $31.3 billion in 2004. For more information: www.motorola.com.
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Media Contact:
Paul Alfieri
Motorola, Inc.
+1-215-323-1804
paul.alfieri@motorola.com
MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. Adweek, Nielson Entertainment and The Hollywood Reporter are trademarks or registered trademarks of VNU Business Publications USA. AOL® is a registered trademark of America Online, Inc. Billboard Magazine is the trademark property of Billboard. Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. The XM name is a registered trademark of XM Satellite Radio Inc. Yahoo! and Yahoo! LAUNCHcast are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2005.
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