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Audiotube, Ltd

Founded	2006
Headquarters	London, England, U.S.
Key people	Chris Blackwell, Founder Karsten Becker, Founder Scott deMercado, Founder
Slogan	Discover New Music
Website	Audiotube.com
Alexa rank	#177,307[1]
Type of site	Video hosting service
Registration	Optional (required to upload and comment on videos)
Available in	English
Launched	May, 2007
Current status	active

Audiotube is a music community website where users can view, share and watch music videos. Founded in December 2006 by Karsten Becker and Scott deMercado, it has offices in both London and southern Spain. Audiotube is backed by music and media entrepreneur Chris Blackwell who launched both U2 and Bob Marley under his label Island Records; and the entertainer and industrialist Michael Flatley.

Audiotube focuses on working with indie labels and artists to assist them in marketing and promoting their music online. Visitors can use the site to build playlists tailored to their individual taste, stream music videos from their favourites artists, find new music and interact with like-minded people via its community.

Contents 1 Timeline 2 Partnerships 3 Facts 4 References

Timeline

November 2007 - Sputnik7.com - Audiotube acquired the Sputnik7 network, host to an on demand audio/video internet entertainment portal which includes sputnik7.com and epitonic.com, in late 2007. Sputnik7.com was founded in 1998 by Chris Blackwell (Island Records) and Les Garland (founder of MTV: Music Television and VH1), Sputnik has been awarded the ‘Invision Award of Excellence in Entertainment’, a ‘Gold Invision for Best Entertainment Streaming Media Site’, the ‘ASCAP Deems Taylor Award’ and was a ‘Webby Award' winner.

November 2007 - Epitonic.com - Epitonic is the sister site of Sputnik7. Launched in 1999, epitonic.com is a source for independent music across several genres from both signed and unsigned artists. Featuring MP3 song downloads, radio streams and many full album streams, at its peak it amassed content from more than 400 independent labels and represented a diverse array of artists helping them to promote and sell their releases.

December 2007 - Cinefex.com - Audiotube acquired the rights to video encoding and desktop playback products and technologies from CineFX, a UK-based open source software development company. CineFX’s products and services provided video transcoding on websites as well as media playback and editing on the desktop.

February 2009 - Tixdaq.com - Audiotube Ltd recently entered into an agreement with Tixdaq.com, a ticket price comparison site, to offer music fans price conscious UK concert tickets. Under the terms of the agreement Audiotube members are able to search and buy tickets straight from the artist pages on Audiotube.com. Each Audiotube artist page features a 'buy ticket' button which, once clicked upon, takes the visitor to the relevant Tixdaq.com page. Visitors are then able to choose from a selection of price-conscious tickets and purchase direct from the site.

Partnerships

Audiotube has partnerships with many high-profile record labels and content providers. To date, Audiotube has agreements with the following labels:

17 North Parade	Against The Grain
Amazon Records	Angel Air
Back Yard Recordings	Blue Canoe Records
Blue Mountain Music	Brownpunk
Candlelight Records	Charly Films
Cooking Vinyl	CR2 Records
Defected Records	Fierce Panda Records
Global Underground	Greensleeves
Gronland Records	Hard2Beat
Heads Up International	Hed Kandi
Just Music	Ministry of Sound
Mush Records	Palm Pictures
Admiral Records	Rotana Records
Slip-n-Slide Records	Split Records

Facts

The Audiotube network currently has over 100,000 registered members. The Sputnik7/Epitonic network currently has over one million registered users.Template:Fact

References

• Audiotube.com and Tixdaq.com Build Upon Cross Promotion Partnership
• Partnership Between Music Video Community and Dance Music Website Continues to Grow
• Sputnik7.com to Show Exclusive Online Video of Chapter One and Two of Trip Hop Star Tricky's Directorial Debut 'Brownpunk The Film'
• VideoOnDemand and Hip Hop Come Together with Audiotube's New Acquisition
• PC World Review - Five groovy sites for free music downloads

What is the Audiotube?

Audiotube was founded in January 2007 as an online video management, promotion and distribution service and is rapidly growing to become a powerful forces in the music industry today. By working directly with record labels we are able to deliver high-quality music and video to end users.

Audiotube is dedicated to providing high quality media via our community-oriented web portals and empowers users with the features and functionality they need to interact with other music lovers on our social network.

By delivering on-demand access to our users we are combining the global appeal of music with the power of video, fuelling the passion of consumers around the world. Our focus is on providing a recognizable brand name that is synonymous with 'music videos,' versus the current online
UGC sites that provide a broad mixture of content spread across a variety of industries.

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The AudioTube Network

Our network combines people with the music they love and is already delivering the features and functionality of online social networking giants such as Facebook and MySpace. The key to Audiotube's success is our passion for music. We have created an environment where users can engage in an informative and entertaining way, opening up channels for interaction with other users who share similar tastes.

As a result, users become deeply connected with the artists and groups they watch and listen to and are able to connect with other users who share their musical tastes, quenching their thirst for more information.

Our philosophy is firmly rooted in the marriage of technology and music. By offering a solid brand that delivers cutting edge technology to today's web-aware consumer, along with accessibility to
promotional content on multiple devices, Audiotube provides the ultimate experience - freedom of choice. This allows our users to enjoy what's hot today while they experiment with what's coming tomorrow, giving them access to a constant stream of new artists as they find their way into the market place.

End User Experience

Audiotube strives to be the coolest and easiest place for a consumer to access music online. We have harnessed the power of Web 2.0 to allow our users to easily find, view and rate their favourite music videos, interact with their friends, blog and post comments with ease. Our one-click playlists also allow users to easily track and share their songs with their friends on our
network.

In addition to watching the latest music videos, our artist pages are also a great place for people to stay in tune with the artists they love. Our extensive database of artist information helps them to stay up to date with the latest music news and events.

They can also take it to another level by joining multiple groups and fan-clubs where they have access to the latest editorials, pictures, songs and interviews from some of the hottest artists and video directors on the block.