MOD Systems Co-Founder to Present at 2009 International CES

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MOD Systems, an industry-leading provider of digital media delivery systems for retailers, today announced Co-Founder Anthony Bay will participate in a panel entitled “Packaged Media: Not Dead Yet!” at the 2009 International CES conference, produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). Bay will join media and entertainment experts from Warner Music Group, LG Electronics, SanDisk Corporation and Rhapsody in a discussion on the health of DVD and CD formats as well as the future of on-demand digital entertainment in retail and at home.

The “Packaged Media: Not Dead Yet!” panel will be held in room #N260 in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 9, 2009 from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. CES fees apply (see http://www.cesweb.org/sessions/search/sessionDetail.asp?ID_session=HEL11&ID_track=HEL_CES09 for details).

In this panel, experts will discuss the latest trends shaping the packaged and on-demand media marketplace. Attendees will learn more about the market shift from DVD to digital, and explore solutions for adoption barriers, including incompatible devices and formats, DRM, broadband penetration/throughput, and the inability to move content between PCs, TVs, set-top boxes, DVRs, portable devices, etc. Retail executives will learn more about the DVD manufacturing-on-demand systems that will vastly improve the way they manage inventory and meet consumer demand, both for new releases and hard to find titles.

Bay co-founded MOD Systems in 2005 and holds more than 25 years of executive expertise, technology management and private-venture investor experience. Previously, Bay served as the Executive Chairman of Loudeye Corporation, acquired by Nokia in 2006 to power Nokia’s global music service. Before Loudeye, he spent six years with Microsoft and was Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Digital Media Division. Bay also spent eight years at Apple Computer.

MOD Systems’ sophisticated software solution and interactive touchscreen kiosks enable retailers to create an engaging experience for consumers to quickly and easily buy content in a format that’s portable and multi-device compatible. MOD Systems’ open platform, in market with leading global retailers, supports all content types and distribution scenarios including manufacturing-on-demand, delivery in optical or digital format, and hybrid online and in-store systems.

MOD Systems will demonstrate its media-on-demand solution at CES in Toshiba’s Booth #12814.

About MOD Systems

MOD Systems provides retailers with a complete digital media system for delivering content to consumers. The MOD Retail Enterprise System enables consumers to fill portable devices and storage media, or burn content to an optical format (CD/DVD). The system also supports hybrid “multi-channel” online and in-store solutions. With an extensive entertainment catalog of video and music, and interactive touch-screen kiosks, the system allows consumers to browse and purchase the entertainment they want in the places they already shop. www.modsystems.com

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