Indiatimes and Soundbuzz herald a new era in Digital Music Download

Indiatimes India's premier portal has launched ‘The Digital Music
Download’ (DMD) with Soundbuzz — the leading digital music service provider
in the Asia-Pacific region. Under this premier partnership tie-up, Indiatimes
users will have access to the latest music from Soundbuzz's database of more
than ten thousand songs (to start with) covering multiple record labels and a
variety of genres. This unique offer comes at an affordable price starting from
Rs 12 per song upwards available in the following genres and languages.

Genre — Rock, Pop, Dance, Film Ghazal, Classical, Devotional, Folk

Language — English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telegu, Punjabi

Music Labels — Tips, BMG, EMI, Warner, Times Music, Lahari, Inreco
Hindustan, Archies Music

Commenting on the premiere partnership Vineet Jain, MD, Times of India Group
said, “Indiatimes over a period of time has established itself as the numero
uno portal in all respect, be it content, ease of use or utilities such as
shopping, auction and games. Moreover, it has been our constant endeavor to
upgrade our services and add more features to Indiatimes to make it an
entertainment rich portal and DMD is another step in that direction.”

The latest offering from Indiatimes and Soundbuzz will prove to be of great
utility for the Indian Diaspora who will be able to access a variety of Indian
and Western music from the extensive catalogue on one destination site.
Moreover, the customer can buy a single song instead of an album, giving him or
her a choice to burn a one-time CD copy for portability and play on CD — audio
devices.

The customer pays through his credit card for the songs purchased. This is a
secure financial gateway with Citibank where Soundbuzz offers multi currency
payment acceptance.

Speaking on the launch Sudhanshu Sarronwala, CEO, Soundbuzz said, “Our aim
with Soundbuzz is to protect music copyright and make it available for purchase
in digital format to the largest consumer base possible. Our partnership with
Indiatimes does exactly that music protected by our proven (Microsoft)
technology platform and made available to millions of consumers here and NRIs
through Indiatimes, the premium online player and music retailer in India.”

This is yet another first from Indiatimes. Commenting on this feat Mahendra
Swarup, CEO, Times Internet Limited said, “With DMD facility Indiatimes users
across the world can legitimately download songs at a price comparable to market
price. With this unique tie up Indiatimes foresees a quantum jump in demand for
online music downloads in India. Swarup further added, “ In future we plan
online streaming of live music concerts and hosting artist microsites. We will
invest in innovative marketing promotions and contests to popularize this
service.”

DQW News Service