Digital Music Express
Digital Music Express , DMX for short , is a service company founded in 1971 and headquartered in Austin , Texas, USA, offering a variety of bespoke digital music and video services for commercial customers. The company can look back on decades of research into the effects of music on customer behavior and has recently expanded its range of products to include flavors and smells.
In 2001 DMX merged as a subsidiary of Liberty Digital Inc. in Los Angeles with AEI Music (Seattle), with Liberty holding 56 percent and AEI 44 percent of the shares. The new company operates under the name DMX / AEI Music . In 2000 DMX established a continuously updated music database called ProFusion , which is available worldwide , and video clips were also integrated in 2005. For a long time DMX offered numerous specialty music channels for cable and satellite customers, and most recently it was also supplied via the Internet.
Music programs for commercial use may also be created directly on-site on a hard drive basis and continuously updated. A total of around 400 styles of music are offered, which can be combined as desired. Today, DMX is aimed almost exclusively at commercial users, for example large companies, restaurants, disco or shop operators. On request, DMX also generates verbal contributions, commercials and jingles. DMX operates on all continents.
In 2006 the European branch DMX MUSIC International merged with Mood Media to form the Mood Media Group .
An intended merger of the US DMX with the US competitor Muzak Holdings LLC was postponed for the time being due to the insolvency proceedings filed by Musak in February 2009.
history
In the past, DMX was primarily active as a provider of specialized non-stop music channels for commercial and private customers. In Europe, the company mainly distributed its products under the name X-tra Music (last comprised 47 channels, in the 90s DMX was already represented on the ADR platform ). The channels were compiled in the USA, while the editors could access the largest music archive in the world. Around 2 million music titles rotated on the various channels, and German-language music programs (hits, folk music, etc.) were also available.
The music channels were transmitted via a worldwide network of satellites, in Europe under the name Xtra Music via the Astra 1 F satellite . Commercial customers were given individually compiled channels directly online, private customers used the DMX bouquets either via direct satellite reception or cable, in both cases a standard decoder with a card slot was required (the channels are activated using a smart card ). All track information was supplied with all pieces of music and could be shown on the display or screen.
Former DMX specialty channels (selection)
- 70's hits
- 80's hits
- 90's hits
- Acid jazz
- alternative
- Beautiful Instruments
- Big band swing
- blues
- Brazil Carnival
- Classic jazz
- Classic R&B
- Classic rock
- Contemporary jazz
- Contemporary Pop
- Dance
- Dutch hits
- Euro hits
- French hits
- German Folk (folk music)
- German hits
- German rock
- German Schlager
- Great standards
- Hottest hits
- Indian Pop
- Italian Contemporary
- Latin Contemporary
- Love songs
- Metal
- Modern country
- New Age
- Opera
- Popular Classical
- Power hits
- R&B hip hop
- rap
- reggae
- Retro dance
- Rock en Espanol
- Rock n roll oldies
- Salsa
- Smooth jazz
- Symphonic
- Techno
- Traditional country
- Trends
- Turkish Pop
- UK hits
