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Calling all Take That fans! Shazam®, the world’s leading mobile discovery provider, in conjunction with Polydor Records, today launches a nationwide Take That ‘Golden Tag’ promotion. One lucky winner will get the chance to attend a special Take That performance, followed by an exclusive meet and greet with Gary, Howard, Jason, Mark and Robbie. Shazamers will also get the chance to pre-order Take That’s latest single on iTunes.

Music fans around the world are increasingly using Shazam to discover all about the music they’ve just heard; buy tracks; book tickets to gigs and view music videos. ‘Shazamers’ just hold up their mobile device to ‘tag’ a track they love the sound of, Shazam then matches the music from its database of over eight million tracks and delivers the result – the track and artist name; cover art; link to buy the music; discography, reviews and more. Over 75 million people are already using Shazam and one million new ‘Shazamers’ are joining every week.
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Marking the first time Shazam® has been available to Syfy viewers, Syfy and Shazam, the world’s leading mobile discovery provider, today announced that the season finale of Eureka and season two finale of Warehouse 13 will feature the Shazam logo on-air and offer viewers who tag the episode special programming content.
During the Friday, September 10 episode of Eureka at 9PM (ET/PT), and Warehouse 13, which will air on Tuesday, September 21, at 9PM (ET/PT), Shazam users who tag these shows on their mobile devices will have access to special programming content that can only be seen through Shazam, such as sneak peeks of the Eureka and Warehouse 13 holiday episodes which will premiere in December. They will also have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes at syfy.com for Warehouse 13 and Eureka prize packs.
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Shazam, the world’s leading mobile music discovery provider, today revealed that it has grown from 50 million to 75 million users in the last six months and has identified more than one billion songs. This notable milestone demonstrates Shazam’s continued development as one of the world’s leading mobile consumer services and brands.

Shazam’s one billionth track was Gettin’ Over by David Guetta featuring Chris Willis.

Andrew Fisher, Shazam’s CEO said: “2010 marks ten years of Shazam’s innovation and leadership. During this time, Shazam has become synonymous with music recognition and discovery on mobile phones. Shazam is now a brand that consumers know and trust and our one billionth tag is testament to our ever growing fan base of users that enjoy Shazam’s unrivalled music experience. In the future our fans will continue to see further innovation from Shazam as we continue to expand our service and maintain our position as the most popular music application for mobile phones in the world.”

Shazam has become a global phenomenon with a footprint in over 200 countries across six continents through partnerships with leading carriers and handset manufacturers. Combined with a recent ComScore survey naming Shazam the ‘most popular mobile application in Europe’, the Shazam brand is one of the biggest in mobile and is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in helping drive the discovery and purchase of music.

“Thanks to our loyal fan base and support from our partners Shazam has achieved an impressive 100% growth in the last year. We are confident that the user growth we have seen in the last six months will continue throughout 2010 and that we will exceed 100 million Shazamers by the end of the year,” concluded Andrew Fisher.

Shazam delivers a comprehensive and compelling music journey, to mobile users, which goes beyond music discovery. The service enables users to identify what song is playing, preview 30 second clips, buy the track, find local and international tour dates for the tagged artist and purchase tickets to the gigs. In addition Shazamers can find out what’s hot and popular through its proprietary Tag Charts, get track recommendations and share music moments by sending Tags as a Tweet, to a Facebook mini-feed or by email.

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Shazam, the world’s leading mobile discovery provider, today announced its application has been downloaded by over 1 million Nokia users since its launch on the Ovi Store by Nokia. Shazam was the number one downloaded app on the day of launch and continues to be one of the most popular apps in Ovi Store. The app has been downloaded in over 200 markets onto over 40 different Nokia handsets.

Marco Argenti, VP of Media & Games, Nokia said: "Shazam keeps being one of the top apps Ovi Store users love because of its ingredients of success: simplicity, usefulness, fun. This recipe has resonated with music lovers around the world who now can ’tag’ the music they like and be able to purchase it from Nokia Music Store with just a couple of clicks"

The success of the Shazam application on the Ovi Store reinforces Shazam’s market leadership of consumer discovery in the mobile applications space. More than 50 million people around the world have used the Shazam service, which now has over 8 million tracks on its database. Comscore also recently named Shazam the most popular mobile application in Europe.

Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam, said: “Through our relationship with Nokia, Shazam has been enjoyed by music lovers across the globe. We were extremely delighted with the reach of the Ovi Store – in the first 48hrs we reached consumers in 178 countries!”

Shazam on Nokia delivers a comprehensive and compelling music service into the hands of Nokia users which moves music discovery beyond music recognition. The app allows users to identify music tracks, watch artists’ videos and other music content, and share music moments by sending Tags as a Tweet, to a Facebook mini-feed or by email. Users can also share music memories with friends by taking and adding a photo to Tags, which are seamlessly added to the Nokia photo album.

Shazam is available for download on the Ovi Store by Nokia at www.store.ovi.com. Users are provided with a 30 day free trial of the fully featured application from the first time they use it on a device. After 30 days, users can continue Shazaming for free on a limited feature and tagging basis or chose to upgrade to the fully-featured, unlimited usage version for a one-off fee of $4.99, €3.99 or £2.99, depending on location.

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Shazam , the world’s leading mobile discovery provider, today announced the launch of the Shazam Audio Recognition Advertising (SARA) program, which allows brands and broadcasters to extend the reach and depth of their campaigns to mobile. The program revolutionises interactivity with broadcast and with advertising by providing deeper consumer engagement using a mobile device. Already used by clothing brand Dockers for its global “Wear the Pants” campaign at the Super Bowl earlier this month, the SARA program demonstrates how Shazam continues to evidence its market leadership of consumer discovery in the mobile applications space.

“Our partnership with Dockers has already shown how our technology takes consumers on an extended brand journey, allowing them to explore, discover and interact with all elements of a campaign,” said Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam. “With the launch of the SARA program, we are enabling brands and broadcasters to achieve consumer engagement beyond traditional television whereby the promotion can be captured on a mobile with exclusive content and offers. For consumers this means the promotion can reside on their mobile and live on, such as ‘two for one’ pizza offers promoted via television and radio advertising, or unique media packages from a broadcaster that consumers can watch while on the move. Most importantly more than 50 million Shazamers have this capability already and we are expanding the value of what we bring to this community beyond music”.

In addition, Shazam also announces its partnership with Augme Mobile to take the SARA program to the North American market. Augme Mobile has been a pioneer in mobile marketing technology and understands how brands and advertising agencies need to have the ability to create, deliver, manage and track interactive marketing campaigns.

David Apple, Managing Director of Augme Mobile says, “We are excited to be working with Shazam to bring the SARA program to the advertising and media industry here in North America. We believe SARA and our relationship with Shazam delivers a unique opportunity to brands.”

The SARA program lets brand advertisers directly reach, influence and interact with target audiences using the company’s immensely popular music recognition technology to tag a commercial. Advertisers can create campaigns that incentivise viewers to engage with the promotion and ‘Shazam’ the spot, meaning viewers access the Shazam service on their respective mobile devices, point the device in the direction of the commercial and hit the "Shazam " button. Shazam’s audio technology recognizes the specific advert and returns a customized result.

Broadcasters can now use SARA for special promotions and hidden content – such as exclusive video’s and interviews – by providing a click-through to a branded mobile web experience where viewers can interact directly with branded content. The tagged item remains in the viewers tag list so they can revisit it and share it with friends.

This form of advertising is 100% ‘opt-in’ and, unlike other interruptive advertising formats, is wholly controlled by consumers who can choose to interact with only those adverts or programmes that are relevant and of value to them.

The SARA program also provides brands with a unique opportunity to assess the effectiveness of a campaign. By capturing the details of user click-throughs brands will be able to tailor future campaigns around content that is highly targeted and relevant to consumers.

“This unique and innovative approach to attract the attention of Brands’ target consumers and to engage and interact with them in a meaningful way in a mobile environment enables an additional dimension to traditional advertising campaigns.” adds Fisher.

More than 50 million people around the world have used the Shazam service, while Comscore recently named Shazam the most popular mobile application in Europe. Available across a range of platforms including iTunes App Store, Ovi store by Nokia, Android Market and BlackBerry App World, Shazam can help brands ensure that a campaign will have resonance and reach.

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Shazam, the world’s leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced a number of significant enhancements for its globally popular Shazam Encore and (SHAZAM)RED Apps on the App Store. With the enhanced version of the apps, iPhone and iPod Touch users now have access to a number of new and innovative features including access to tour information for tagged artists, the Shazam Blog and the ability to use Last.fm to create Internet radio stations using their tagged music.

“We are delighted to bring these enhancements to the more than 15 million Shazam iPhone and iPod touch users around the world,” said Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam. “We are committed to continually improving our apps and our collaboration with Last.fm, a leading consumer music brand, allows us to deliver an even more compelling music journey for our users.”

David Goodman, President of the CBS Interactive Music Group said, “We are thrilled to be working with Shazam to create a unique integration with Last.fm, as it brings together two of the world’s leading music services to help consumers discover and share music. We look forward to continued collaboration between our services.”

In what are perhaps some of the most exciting new features associated with this update, Shazamers, in addition to directly accessing Last.fm to listen to stations from their track, can also now continue their music discovery by accessing comprehensive tour and ticket information for tagged artists.

When a song is tagged, an icon will be displayed that, when tapped, provides tour information for that band or artist. Users can now find out where their favorite tagged artists are performing both locally, with automated geolocation functionality, and in other cities around the world with access to 60 sources covering 140 countries. The application also offers recommendations for local gigs scheduled for similar artists.

With Last.fm, Shazam users can create their own radio stations that include additional songs by tagged artist as well as songs from other artists with similar styles and genres. When a song is tagged, an icon will appear in the Tag Results page which takes the user directly to their radio station. Users must have already downloaded the Last.fm radio app in order to access this feature and must also be in the geographic region where Last.fm is accessible.

Additionally, the enhanced versions of Shazam Encore and (SHAZAM)RED give users direct access to the Shazam Blog which features original insight, reviews and comments on current trends and events in music.

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