Featured Partners
Urge
The exclusive digital music service of Windows Media Player 11, powered by MTV. MediaUnbound runs a full personalization platform that creates listener profiles and dynamically generates multiple types of playlists.
Napster
Major international online digital music service. MediaUnbound provides recommendations and advanced personalized playlist technology for Napster US, Canada, UK, and Germany.
HMV
UK online music service. MediaUnbound provides static artist and track recommendations that are optimized for HMV's UK audience and catalog.
Subsidiary Mix & Burn builds in-store kiosks. MediaUnbound powers recommendation features and helps listeners create custom compilation CDs.

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What is MediaUnbound?

Model Your Mind.

MediaUnbound is a software firm headquartered in Cambridge, MA. Our technology allows MediaUnbound customers to create engaging and exciting musical experiences for their listeners.

By combining the numerical power of computers with the musical knowledge of humans, we help listeners find, discover, and interact with large catalogs of diverse music. With over 6 years of experience powering critical aspects of the world's largest digital music services, MediaUnbound understands how to gain your listeners' trust with accurate and interesting recommendations while meeting the technical and operational demands that come from being a mission-critical piece of your technology infrastructure.

Please check out our website for more information on our technology and company. Don't hesitate to contact us if we can be of assistance or you have questions. Happy listening!
MTV's URGE
MTVN selects MediaUnbound to power recommendation feature for Urge Digital Music Service

CAMBRIDGE, MA - December 18, 2006 - MediaUnbound, a provider of music recommendation and personalization technology, announced today that it worked with MTV Networks to help build its new "My Auto-Mix" recommendations feature in its new URGE digital music service.

A My Auto-Mix features powerful customization tools that fans can manipulate to create personalized playlists based on songs, artists, music styles or moods that they choose. Using a set of sliders, listeners can dynamically customize their personalized playlists on the basis of familiarity, popularity and newness.

"URGE is designed to promote the concept of musical discovery, and My Auto-Mix is a key feature to help achieve that vision," said Michael Bloom, Vice President of Digital Music for MTV Networks and General Manager of URGE. "My Auto-Mix delivers customized music every time users access the service or sync their portable music player,extending the concept of discovery from the PC to the device."

"URGE members expect to hear music that matches their tastes and mood and by incorporating a technology which combines both man and machine, MediaUnbound is able to make unique recommendations for each individual listener on the URGE service," said Michael Papish, CEO of MediaUnbound. "The resulting recommendations not only are compelling but highly accurate."

Papish noted that, for example, a jazz expert will receive new playlists of deep cuts and recently uncovered gems, while the jazz newbie will slowly be introduced over successive playlists to the classics of this unfamiliar area of music. Each individual gets an engaging musical experience with URGE."