Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America and AUPEO! Personal
Radio Announce Strategic Collaboration
DETROIT, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Panasonic
Automotive Systems Company of America, an industry leading
integrated supplier of in-vehicle entertainment systems, announced
plans to work in conjunction with Berlin-based audio streaming service AUPEO! to
bring optimized personal streaming music to cars.
The collaboration provides the framework for the two leaders in
their respective industries to work together to develop
advancements in personalized streaming music and create customized
cloud-based solutions, optimized for the automotive market.
AUPEO! offers a free music streaming service in over 40
countries with a focus on the discovery of new songs and artists.
The AUPEO! platform offers radio stations that compile an
individual program for listeners and recommends similar music. The
song recommendation technology is based on an algorithm developed
by the Fraunhofer Institute- inventors of the MP3 format. In
addition AUPEO! has developed a complete automotive product
portfolio which offers additional content such as audio-books, news
and weather information, along with software components to deliver
optimized streaming results.
"This collaboration with AUPEO! is one of several strategies
designed to connect with consumers and with their increasingly
interconnected lifestyles," said Tom
Gebhardt President, Panasonic Automotive Systems of America.
"As a leader in the automotive market, we are committed to
providing the best hardware, software and entertainment solutions
for our in-vehicle systems. To that end, we are aligning our
product roadmap for enhanced in-vehicle lifestyle experiences,
which have very emotional connections to consumers. The AUPEO
music listening experience is a process filled with familiarity,
discovery, surprise and delight."
With the AUPEO! service, the driver can conveniently enjoy a
highly personalized music experience inside their vehicle. The
listener can select artists, genres or moods, and personalize the
currently playing music program or simply skip tracks leading to
the discovery of even more new music.
"The connected car is changing the way people consume media,"
says Holger G. Weiss, CEO of AUPEO!
"The internet allows us to offer highly personalized services to
each individual user. With Panasonic Automotive we are working
together with an industry leader to develop the best user
experience and to offer consumers optimized, personalized
entertainment on the road."
AUPEO! is available at www.aupeo.com and as a free app on the
iTunes App Store, Google Play and
Windows Phone Marketplace. The global service cooperates with a
number of manufacturers in the automotive, Mobile, PC, Connected
TV/STB/BD-Player and Home Entertainment industries.
About AUPEO!
AUPEO! Personal Radio
offers free online music with a focus on the discovery of new songs
and artists. Founded in Berlin in
2008, the service is a leading provider of personalized audio
streams for Internet-capable hardware devices.
AUPEO! offers radio stations that compile an individual program
for listeners and recommend similar music. The recommendation
technology is based on an algorithm developed by the Fraunhofer
Institute, inventors of the MP3 format. AUPEO! is available at
www.aupeo.com and as a free app on the iTunes App Store, Google
Play, Windows Phone Marketplace and Nokia
Ovi Store.
The global service cooperates with a number of manufacturers in the
automotive, Mobile, PC and Home Entertainment industries.
AUPEO!'s partner brands currently include Acer, Asus, BMW, Loewe,
Mercedes-Benz, Mini, Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Sonos, Toshiba
and Onkyo.
About Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of
America
Based in Peachtree City, Ga., with Detroit-area operations located in
Farmington Hills, Mich., Panasonic
Automotive Systems Company of America is a division company of
Secaucus, New Jersey-based
Panasonic Corporation of North
America, the principal North American subsidiary of
Panasonic Corporation. (NYSE: PC) of Osaka, Japan, one of the world's leading
developers and producers of innovative digital and other electronic
products for consumer, business and industrial use. Panasonic
Automotive Systems Company of America also acts as the North
American operating company of Panasonic's Automotive Systems
Company of Japan, which
coordinates global automotive industry systems and components
operations. For more information on Panasonic Automotive, please
visit: www.panasonic.com/business/automotive.
SOURCE Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America