MOG Brings the Ultimate, On-Demand Listening Experience to the Living Room
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 16 — (PRNewswire) — MOG, the Web's best on-demand music listening service, today announced the availability of the MOG channel on Roku. Users can find the MOG channel in the Roku Channel Store and once added, they'll enjoy instant access to ad-free, unlimited artist-based radio and an on-demand music catalog of more than eight million songs.The MOG channel is the first and only on-demand music service on Roku that gives customers the ability to enjoy a massive catalog of high quality music through their television or home theater system via a remote control. For as little as $59.99, consumers can purchase a Roku player and sign up for a free trial of MOG. Users can then subscribe to MOG as follows:
- $4.99 per month: Access to MOG channel on Roku and online.
- $9.99 per month: Access to MOG channel on Roku, online, or through the MOG app on iPhone and Android phones, all via a single MOG account.
"Our partnership with Roku is a significant step in MOG's strategy of delivering the best digital music experience to the places where people want to consume music," said David Hyman, founder and CEO of MOG. "It's really exciting to expand MOG's service and offer a complete listening experience so consumers can enjoy music wherever they are – online, on their phone and now in the living room. We're pleased to be aligned with a company such as Roku, the market leader in internet streaming media players."
Subscribers to the MOG Channel will enjoy the following features:
- On-demand streaming: Unlimited, ad-free listening to any artist, album, or song at any time.
- Simple search and browsing: MOG developed a 10-foot user interface to provide high quality and simple navigation of albums, artists or songs for instant playing.
- MOG radio: Only MOG offers the patent-pending "MOG Mobius" music discovery engine, which enables users to switch between true "artist only" radio or a full mix of similar artists.
- High quality audio: MOG streams music at 320kbps which provides high quality listening, ideal.
"MOG delivers a simple and rewarding way for people to access the music that they love. In the home entertainment category, it is important to give customers control without complexity and MOG has filled that need," said Anthony Wood, founder and CEO of Roku, Inc. "We're very pleased to be able to offer our customers yet another easy, high value way for them to enjoy their Roku player."
By choosing Roku as its first launch partner in the home entertainment category, MOG joins major streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Video On Demand, MLB.TV, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship®.
A video tour of the service can be viewed at: http://mog.com/promos/overview
About MOG Inc.
MOG Inc. is a next-generation music media company founded in June 2005 by David Hyman, former CEO for Gracenote. MOG's all-you-can-eat, on-demand listening service provides access to a deep library of close to 9 million songs and over 800,000 albums through its mobile apps on iPhone and Android phones, online, and on streaming entertainment devices. MOG Inc. is also the provider of The MOG Music Network (MMN), the premier destination for music content online and largest music focused advertising network consisting of over 1300 music sites, reaching over 23 million people each month.
Headquartered in Berkeley, California, MOG Inc. investors include Menlo Ventures, Balderton Capital, Simon Equity Partners, Universal Music Group and Sony Music. Grammy-winning record producer, Rick Rubin, named by Time Magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People in the world," is a member of MOG's Board of Directors.
About Roku, Inc.
The market leader in streaming entertainment devices for the TV, Roku has always believed that anything you want to watch, listen to, and enjoy should simply be there on your TV, whenever you want it. Over half a million happy customers later, Roku streaming players are renowned for their simplicity, variety of entertainment choices, and exceptional value. Roku is privately held and based in Saratoga, Calif. For more information on the company and its products, visit: http://www.roku.com.
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Marni Greenberg, Sparkpr for MOG Phone: +1-415-321-1879 Email Contact John Robert Reed, Jones-Dilworth Inc. for Roku Phone: +1-512-567-9768 Email Contact Web: http://www.mog.com |