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Saturn Leads The Download Revolution As The 1st European Portal to Offer Universal Music Entertainment's Complete Catalogue in MP3; Service Powered By 24-7 Entertainment

Posted on: Monday, 1 September 2008, 12:00 CDT

German retail giant, Saturn, is the 1st European partner to offer Universal Music Entertainment's full digital music catalogue in a DRM-free format. Saturn's download portal, (http://www.saturn.de/musikdownload/), powered by 24-7 Entertainment, now features over 215,000 Universal tracks including the complete Pop & Jazz catalogue, bringing Saturn's total Mp3-count to over two million tracks. The Classical catalogue is currently being added and will be accessible shortly. All tracks are available in high quality Mp3 320k.

"The switch of Universal's music catalogue to MP3 is a significant step forward in the long-term success of the music download industry", says Frank Taubert CEO 24-7 Entertainment. "We are proud to help support Saturn in making such a monumental move forward."

Saturn is promoting their "Download Revolution" campaign by offering over 100,000 MP3 tracks for only 0,79 Euro each.

About 24-7 Entertainment

24-7 Entertainment with offices in the UK, Germany, Spain and Denmark, is the leading B2B technology provider specializing in online and mobile distribution of digital entertainment. Via its comprehensive system, the company has fulfilled tens of millions of commercial and promotional downloads for major retailers, telcos, software and hardware manufacturers, record labels and media companies worldwide. With license agreements in place with over 12.000 labels including all major record companies, 24-7 Entertainment is a turnkey, one-stop-shop for the seamless, distribution of digital media.

About Universal

Universal Music Entertainment is part of Universal Music International Group - the worldwide market leader in the music business and part of one of the world's biggest Entertainment Companies.

Universal Music Entertainment is home to the music industries most famous brands: A&M, Decca, Urban, Def Jam, Deutsche Grammophon, Geffen, Interscope, Karussell, MCA, Island Mercury, Motown, Polydor, Polystar, Verve and many more.

Universal Music Group belongs to Vivendi Universal, the worldwide Media- and Communications Company located in Paris.

Source: Business Wire

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