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Sensoria and Destiny Media Technologies Partner on Application to Wirelessly Deliver Rights-Protected Digital Music Content into Vehicles

Sensoria and Destiny Media Technologies Partner on Application to Wirelessly Deliver Rights-Protected Digital Music Content into Vehicles

    LA JOLLA, Calif., Sept. 6 Wireless connectivity experts
Sensoria Corporation and Destiny Media Technologies, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: DSNY), leaders in developing easy-to-use tools and
enabling technologies to distribute digital media via the Internet, announced
an application partnership today at DEMOmobile 2001 in La Jolla, Calif. -- an
executive conference focused on the products and technology shaping the mobile
and wireless marketplace.
    Under the partnership agreement, Destiny Media will provide its digital
music content to drivers via the new Sensoria Telematics Environment, a
standards-based telematics platform with a simple-to-use interface for
delivering authorized, innovative third-party applications to in-vehicle
information systems.  Sensoria will support Destiny's digital rights
protection software, MPE(TM), a secure media distribution system that provides
e-commerce and digital rights management directly from within an
MP3-compatible multimedia file, on its in-vehicle platform.
    The driver will access Destiny's MPE-protected digital content on the web
and deliver it to the vehicle through a web-based interface and MPE decryption
supported by the Sensoria Telematics Environment.  Media transfer is executed
over the conventional cellular or wireless LAN capabilities of the Sensoria
mGate Modular Vehicle Gateway.  Additional media player software will not be
required since MPE's are self-extracting files.  To enhance the user
experience, music playback is controlled via the vehicle's stereo controls.
    Destiny President, Steve Vestergaard comments, "MPE was designed to be
portable and I'm pleased at the opportunity to show how it can be used to
securely transfer music to a car stereo.  Sensoria's Telematics Environment
makes it extremely easy to share digital content between PC and vehicle
platforms."
    "Destiny's technology provides a method of delivering digital music to the
vehicle over the Sensoria Telematics Environment with a model for compensating
the originating source, artist and music label," explains Dave Gelvin,
president and CEO of Sensoria.
    The Sensoria Telematics Environment is a standards-based platform for
delivering next-generation telematics services over conventional cellular,
Bluetooth and wireless LAN connections.  It enables telematics service
providers to quickly and easily deploy new voice and data applications
remotely to in-vehicle information systems.  It consists of three components:
the Telematics Server Suite, the Telematics Client Platform software, and the
mGate Modular Vehicle Gateway.  Sensoria has simplified the complexities of
wireless and proprietary vehicle interfaces into a common set of APIs and
web-based interfaces to support third-party software development for the
Sensoria Telematics Environment.

    About Sensoria Corporation
    Sensoria Corporation is a leader in wireless and wire-line connectivity
solutions that network the systems embedded in vehicles, homes and industry
with the Internet.  Sensoria's technology enables access to advanced
telematics, telemetry and location-based services from the car, workplace or
home.  Founded in 1998, Sensoria Corp. is a private company based in San
Diego, California.  For more information, visit http://www.sensoria.com/ or
call (858) 673-4460.

    About Destiny Media Technologies, Inc.
    Destiny Media Technologies, Inc. (http://www.dsny.com) is a leader in
developing easy-to-use tools and enabling technologies to distribute digital
media through the Internet.  The company's suite of streaming and downloadable
products includes:  MPE(TM) (http://www.destinympe.com), a complete, secure
media distribution system that provides e-commerce and digital rights
management directly from within an MP3-compatible multimedia file;
Clipstream(TM) (http://www.clipstream.com), a java-based tool which enables
web pages, e-mail and banners to stream audio without the use of a player;
Video Clipstream(TM) (http://www.videoclipstream.com), a technology for
embedding streaming video into a web page or e-mail; and the RadioDestiny
Broadcaster(TM) (http://www.radiodestiny.com), which allows a user to webcast
live or scripted internet radio from a computer to anyone on the Internet.
Established in 1991, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

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