Dada Entertainment
Dada Entertainment, a joint venture between Dada USA, Inc. and Sony Music, is a digital and mobile entertainment service. Formed in October 2007 and based in New York City, Dada Entertainment was the first company to offer both ringtones and DRM-free full-length MP3s for mobile and PC paid via the mobile phone.
Dada Entertainment's runs an online music store. Competitors include Thumbplay, Jamster, Rhapsody's MP3 store and Amazon.
Product
A direct-to-consumer entertainment service, Dada Entertainment offers music content, including audio and video clips, ringtones, images and mobile games. Its assets include Dada’s mobile club, Dada.net, Upoc (mobile community) and Sony Music Box (BREW application live on Verizon Wireless, Alltel and U.S. Cellular).
Dada.net
Dada.net is Dada Entertainment's online music store. Dada.net members can download DRM-free music that works on any web or mobile device (PC, MP3 players, cell-phones) as part of a monthly mobile subscription.
The Dada.net catalog spans every musical genre and includes full-track songs in a high bit rate (256 kbit/s) MP3 DRM-free format as well as ringtones for all cell-phones. Dada users can make friends and share playlists on Dada's social networking platform.
Upoc
Launched in 1999 and distributed by Dada in the U.S. market since 2006, Upoc was the first company to offer mobile chat groups.
Upoc allows users to share text, picture (MMS) and voice messages among groups of people of their choosing. Members create chat groups for their friends and family and then can send a single message for everyone to receive simultaneously. Upoc also offers a social networking service where members can also browse thousands of groups (and member profiles) that reflect their interests. Top groups historically include fans of hip-hop and rap music.
In October 2007, Upoc premiered the beta version of a new Web 2.0 service, Up2. This advanced service allows users to broadcast themselves through micro-post and to receive updates (up to 140 characters) from people whom they are interested in connecting.
openDada
openDada, a program intended to ease the API process for its partners and affiliates new and old, was launched by Dada in June 2008. The site integrates Dada Entertainment’s content catalog with partner websites, making it easier for these sites to get their partnerships off the ground and working for them.
About the Joint Venture Companies
Dada s.P.a. is a leading international provider of web and mobile community and entertainment services to 12 million people in over 40 countries of the world. Dada is listed on the Italian Stock Exchange (MTAX STAR: DA.MI) and has among its shareholders Dada’s management and founders, with about 12.4%, and the RCS MediaGroup, with approximately 46.9% of the share capital. 570 people currently work at Dada’s offices in Florence, Milan, Bergamo, New York, Barcelona, London, Worcester, Beijing, San Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Sony Music Entertainment is a global recorded music joint venture with a roster of current artists that includes both local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history.
External links
Official site 1
Dada.net's music store 2