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The Orchard Open API Partner With Nearly Every Website In Existance

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From the press release:

Today, The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD) announced that it is launching a groundbreaking platform, using an API (Application Programming Interface) to provide clients access to third party business solutions from a marketplace within The Orchard's proprietary client Workstation. For the launch, The Orchard has tapped many of the entertainment industry's leading marketing, sales, and analytics application companies, including:
  • ArtistData automates the updating of information to artist websites, social network profiles, concert databases, Twitter feeds and more;
  • Band Metrics provides comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analytics for the music industry with in-depth geographical reporting on social, radio, fan trends and more;
  • TheBizmo is a 360 degree e-commerce direct-to-consumer widget that can sell digital music, merchandise, gig tickets and more from any website, blog or social networking page;
  • BMAT specializes in data analytics across terrestrial broadcast and digital streams worldwide;
  • FanBridge is the leading provider of email and mobile fan list management solutions;
  • Mediaguide monitors music on college, non-commercial, commercial radio stations and offers information on internet radio stations in the US, which are tracked by its partner, Radiowave;
  • Mobile Roadie launched an iPhone App creation tool with The Orchard in February, and will now integrate into the Orchard's marketplace for an improved label experience;
  • New Reach Technologies provides 'smart' widgets that increase signup and commerce conversion, an integrated social media and web tracking dashboard and a multi channel direct to consumer communication platform;
  • Peekok is a simple-to-use, fully customizable, direct-to-fan retail and social marketing platform, including an array of analytical data and reporting services;
  • Topspin is a technology platform for direct-to-fan marketing, management and distribution;
  • Trendrr provides automated data tracking and visual reporting for consumption, engagement and buzz levels from over 40 of the Web's most popular social and e-commerce destinations;
  • uPlaya ranks songs with patented Hit Song Science(tm) platform and promotes music globally through Music Universe(tm) marketing applications.

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